Talk:List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2015

151.227.37.193 (talk) 18:30, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

You have not made a request you have only added a template. If you can give us an idea of what you would like to have changed in the article that would help. Otherwise I would suggest that this whole thing be removed so that it no longer takes up space on this talk page. MarnetteD|Talk 18:54, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

&, and, or two lines?

Because there seems to some sort of disagreement on this article when there is more than one person writing a story. Some seasons use (name) & (name), others use (name) and (name) and a select few simply have two lines; the first writer on the top and the second on the bottom. Can we come to some agreement as to which one to use on this article? — RachelRice (talk, contribs) — 22:16, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Whatever is used in the episode. There is a reason for "and" and "&" being used, and this is to do with groups. For example, "Bob & Jack and James" indicates that Bob and Jack worked as a group on that particular episode, and James helped, but not as part of a group. If two lines are used in the episode, they should not be on two lines in the article - "and" should be used over "&" to combine them. Alex|The|Whovian 22:28, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

So, '&' means these two writers worked together, and 'and' means the latter only helped? — RachelRice (talk, contribs) — 23:45, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Pretty much, yes. Alex|The|Whovian 01:38, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

So, how do we know that Steven Moffat only helped Jamie Mathieson write "The Girl Who Died" when it hasn't aired yet? — RachelRice (talk, contribs) — 03:14, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

While I don't have the answer to which way it goes, the information as to whether he helped or worked actively with the other writer isn't going to be explained in the episode itself, it will be explained in interviews with the writers or articles relating to the episode so if it can be sourced properly then that information can be obtained before or after broadcast in theory (depending on when the information is given out, if it ever is). Ruffice98 (talk) 23:31, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Viewers

I've always wondered - with other television series, viewers are always included after the air date. This is due to the the way it's set out in Template:Episode list - there's the OriginalAirDate variable, then the specifically-used Viewers variable after it.. However, Doctor Who places the viewers before the air date, so the season/series tables use the Aux2 variable, which should be for content that a specific variable doesn't exist for (like Aux3's use for AI). Is there any solid reasoning behind this? Alex|The|Whovian 07:21, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I suppose it was just to match the way it was before we started using the template. The air date has always been at the end, so I suppose people felt like they had to go by this "rule" instead of complying with the template itself. — RachelRice (talk, contribs) — 10:44, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

David Tennant Specials heading

Colloquially, the 4 specials of the 10th Doctor are known as Series 4b. Thoughts on adding this somewhere in the heading for that section? Thor214 (talk) 18:17, 5 July 2015 (UTC)