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Series 1?[edit]

What about series 1 of the original Doctor Who? —Frungi (talk) 02:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be Season 1. — Edokter • Talk • 23:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In British English, Season is incorrect, the correct one is Series, but Frungi, the classic dr who series 1 don't have an article of its own. Pro66 (talk) 22:47, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite... older TV shows (not just Doctor Who) did use the term season. — Edokter • Talk • 23:27, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And the BBC still uses the term "season" when referring to classic Doctor Who: see here, for example. It's a handy way to distinguish "Season 1" (1963–64) from "Series 1 (2005). —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:30, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, why is this being called series/season 1 when the original first series/season launched 26 or so years earlier on the same channel? How can Wikipedia have two series/season ones?

That's just what it's called see here. DonQuixote (talk) 18:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Story title[edit]

Why didn't they use a single story title for two parters like they did for the original series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.49.42.131 (talk) 10:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The old series didn't have a single story title either, that is until the middle of the third season. DonQuixote (talk) 14:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Old dead fan forum link used as reference for AI[edit]

Is there no source that can replace this. The hidden editor statement that it was the only source that gave the "correct" values is also rather disturbing - implied there was a difference of opinion between sources and the editor made the choice. GraemeLeggett (talk) 13:22, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected copyright violation[edit]

I've done some analysis on the episode summaries.

The original episode summaries in June 2008 were the same as I removed, except for "Dalek". Placed in quotes the phrase "Rose Tyler is just an ordinary shop worker living an ordinary life in 21st century Britain" is found (today) by google 6690 times, including This list on tvloop, dwf-episodeguides.blogspot.com and doctorwhoseries.blogspot.com. Looking at the summaries for series 1, the orginal wikipedia entry, doctorwhoseries.blogspot.com and episodeguides.blogspot.com are identical.

doctorwhoseries.blogspot.com and episodeguides.blogspot.com also have the identical summaries for series 2, however the the original episode summmaries for series 2 in June 2008 are different for some episodes. One example wikipedia episode summary "By chance, the Doctor encounters old companion Sarah Jane Smith. Rose discovers the legacy of that role" is found (today) by google only 7 times. Edgepedia (talk) 16:34, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was planning on rewriting the summaries because they were just teasers and appeared to be copied from somewhere, also. Can I go ahead and do this? Or does concensus need to be reached on this issue first? Glimmer721 ^talk 21:57, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Those are all blogs, notorious for copy pasting info from each other and Wikipedia. The last blog you show as "evidence" has the date it was posted, more then a year after they were added to wikipedia. The giant notice is pretty overboard and disruptive to the article.

Glimmer721, please do, they're teasers now an need rewriting, when I was overhauling this article some time ago I only did this for episode "Dalek". _Xeworlebi ^(talk) 22:39, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've started doing so in one of my sandboxes here and will continue until I'm finished with all 13 episodes. I'll make sure to incorporate what you wrote for "Dalek" in my summary of it. You did great work with the rest of the article and I actully used it as a model for series 5. Glimmer721 ^talk 01:56, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've replaced the summaries with mine. Cheers, Glimmer721 ^talk 03:10, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Doctor Who (series 1)[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Doctor Who (series 1)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

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From The Curse of Peladon: Sinnott, John (18 May 2010). "Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon". DVD Talk. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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maniquins[edit]

the maniqiuns shot the kids dad,clive sad if your dad dide of maniquin attack what would you do to a maniquin that killed your father? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.216.75 (talk) 00:26, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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15 years and 3 months[edit]

It's 15 years and 3 months not 16 I think it should be changed to reflect that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.146.201 (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DW: TNG?[edit]

Could an established editor provide some background on why the series wasn't called "Doctor Who: The Next Generation"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1008:B160:6376:944C:BE6D:A40F:5159 (talk) 17:14, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The better question is, why should it be? DonQuixote (talk) 17:33, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Has someone been messing around with the AI scores?[edit]

For years it's been well known that Love and Monsters had the lowest audience appreciation index at 76. I also copied the AIs out a few months ago and Rose had 81 and End of the World had 79. Now they both have 76. What gives? 195.226.136.112 (talk) 12:34, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]