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... why is the first iteration called "list of doctor who serials" and the second "... episodes"? is that terminology they use or terminology used just for disambiguation? --[[User:Lquilter|LQ]] 13:51, 19 April 2007 (PDT) | ... why is the first iteration called "list of doctor who serials" and the second "... episodes"? is that terminology they use or terminology used just for disambiguation? --[[User:Lquilter|LQ]] 13:51, 19 April 2007 (PDT) | ||
:The format of the show changed when it was revived in 2005. The original series used to have self-contained storylines spread over anywhere from 2 to 12 episodes: serials, usually featuring cliffhangers at the end of every episode. (Albeit, at the very beginning each episode had a distinct title, but the serial format still applied, inasmuch as the stories ''were serialised''. Later episodes featured one title per serial, and numbers for invididual episodes within a serial.) In the '''new''' series, the serial format no longer applies: with the exception of a few two-parters, all the stories are episodic and stand-alone. Also, creating two lists, one for the original show and one for the new series, is only practical, given the enormous total number of episodes we're dealing with and the 16 years separating the two productions. --[[User:Ide Cyan|Ide Cyan]] 19:53, 19 April 2007 (PDT) | |||
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Actually, now that I think of it, we need Doctor Who (character). Why don't we need disambiguation? There's the TV series, movies, books, character, ... radio, I think, probably other media as well .... --LQ 19:19, 13 February 2007 (PST)
- Although he was credited as "Doctor Who" for some time, the character's name is not "Doctor Who". It's "the Doctor". I do not want to make Doctor Who a disambiguation page for this show because I don't want to be stuck typing in the additional "(TV series)|Doctor Who" part in ALL internal links relating to the original title of the show, from which any spin-offs, adaptions, etc. were derived, and which is still the official title of the series. If you want a disambiguation page, make it Doctor Who (disambiguation), and have links to the Cushing movies or the TV movie there. That's the only thing that might cause any actual ambiguity, and they? Were remakes and an intermediary failed pilot/sequel of dubious canonicity. This isn't like with Buffy where the movie came first. It's the TV series that began everything and it's not so common a title that it needs to be clarified, like one-word titles often do. Signed, a crabby Whovian... --Ide Cyan 19:29, 13 February 2007 (PST)
- And, oh, look! Even Wikipedia agrees with me. --Ide Cyan 19:33, 13 February 2007 (PST)
- Well, that makes sense. Doctor Who (disambiguation) it is, then. --LQ 19:38, 13 February 2007 (PST)
... why is the first iteration called "list of doctor who serials" and the second "... episodes"? is that terminology they use or terminology used just for disambiguation? --LQ 13:51, 19 April 2007 (PDT)
- The format of the show changed when it was revived in 2005. The original series used to have self-contained storylines spread over anywhere from 2 to 12 episodes: serials, usually featuring cliffhangers at the end of every episode. (Albeit, at the very beginning each episode had a distinct title, but the serial format still applied, inasmuch as the stories were serialised. Later episodes featured one title per serial, and numbers for invididual episodes within a serial.) In the new series, the serial format no longer applies: with the exception of a few two-parters, all the stories are episodic and stand-alone. Also, creating two lists, one for the original show and one for the new series, is only practical, given the enormous total number of episodes we're dealing with and the 16 years separating the two productions. --Ide Cyan 19:53, 19 April 2007 (PDT)