Talk:Tenth Doctor
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[edit] Number of episodes/stories
An anonymous editor recently upped the count of episodes and stories by one. I almost reverted, but then realized that the anon is right if you count the Children in Need mini-episode. I can see arguments on both sides of the issue. On the one hand, it's part of the series' narrative, released on the Series 2 DVD, and produced by the official production team. On the other hand, it's only 7 minutes long, and doesn't even have a name. So, should we include it in our counts of episodes and stories? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I think we should- they don't call it a mini-episode for nothing. ninjafish 6March
A cracking article, this one - it reads very well, and isn't burdened by too much geek detail. Well done to all editors concerned. jamesgibbon 09:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Definitly not, the mini-episode was nice and definitly worth a space on the serials, although it wasn't ever considered a 'real' episode, its just a bridge from one episode to th other. If I were you I'd revert straight away.--Wiggstar69 16:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jack as a companion
Like Martha, it's been pretty obvious that Jack is going to return at the end of S3. Unless anyone can come up with a reason not to, I'm adding him to the infobox. --Quadratus 15:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Go ahead I say--Wiggstar69 15:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hm. Just saw the notice on the editpage. I won't add him, even though I don't exactly agree with not adding him. :P --Quadratus 16:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'd say leave it be until he actually appears. We shouldn't record things that haven't happened yet as if they have; for all we know, John Barrowman could fall out with the BBC, or be hit by a falling jet engine, or take a vow of silence, or have any number of unpredictable and/or wacky events happen that would end with him never filming those episodes, or their never airing. Nothing's certain until it's done. ShaleZero 02:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm of two minds on this: on the one hand, ShaleZero is correct that anything could happen, but on the other hand we know a lot more than we did when that tag was placed on the page, the episodes are already in the can, and in the latest Radio Times Russell T Davies writes, ""Jack's back! As John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness comes storming back on board the Tardis — with an arrival like no companion has ever had before — it's time for the Tardis's wildest ride yet!" I think that's solid enough evidence to add him to the infobox now. If his inclusion is problematic, we could always footnote it to the Radio Times article. The original objection was that although we knew he would be returning, we didn't know whether he would be returning as a companion (he could have been resentful of the Doctor leaving him on the Game Station, and conspiring with Mr. Saxon or something). Since RTD implicitly calls him a companion in the Radio Times summary, I say we can do the same. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 16:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- If Barrowman is to be mentioned, it should be referred to as speculative and not definite. As ShaleZero said, Barrowman might fall out with the BBC and not go on. And, if I know Torchwood, there'll be some twist to the story. And even then, I don't think he'll be a companion as such. Mageslayer99 16:37, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm of two minds on this: on the one hand, ShaleZero is correct that anything could happen, but on the other hand we know a lot more than we did when that tag was placed on the page, the episodes are already in the can, and in the latest Radio Times Russell T Davies writes, ""Jack's back! As John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness comes storming back on board the Tardis — with an arrival like no companion has ever had before — it's time for the Tardis's wildest ride yet!" I think that's solid enough evidence to add him to the infobox now. If his inclusion is problematic, we could always footnote it to the Radio Times article. The original objection was that although we knew he would be returning, we didn't know whether he would be returning as a companion (he could have been resentful of the Doctor leaving him on the Game Station, and conspiring with Mr. Saxon or something). Since RTD implicitly calls him a companion in the Radio Times summary, I say we can do the same. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 16:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'd say leave it be until he actually appears. We shouldn't record things that haven't happened yet as if they have; for all we know, John Barrowman could fall out with the BBC, or be hit by a falling jet engine, or take a vow of silence, or have any number of unpredictable and/or wacky events happen that would end with him never filming those episodes, or their never airing. Nothing's certain until it's done. ShaleZero 02:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hm. Just saw the notice on the editpage. I won't add him, even though I don't exactly agree with not adding him. :P --Quadratus 16:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Go ahead I say--Wiggstar69 15:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
