Talk:Eighth Doctor

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Infobox pic

Is this still the best we can do?

It was decided by discussion some time ago that the infobox pic was the best possible pic we could have of McGann, given his singular performance. Now that he's had two performances, though, the question can be opened up again. Anyone have strong feelings as to whether the image should be from the TVM or Night of the Doctor?
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  01:02: Thu 28 Nov 2013

Even if Eight's appearance towards the end of his life is more representative, Night of the Doctor simply does not have the best lighting. If a well-light left-looking image of Eight from NOTD can be found, though, I'm all game.
--SOTO ☎ 01:10, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

I suppose one question I'd have to ask, seeing as how I'm only somewhat familiar with the Lucie audios and none of the books or comics: is it the TVM or Night appearance which is more representative of everything else in those 17 years in between (prose and comic depictions, and any narration describing how Eight looks in audio), particularly short hair versus wig? -- Tybort (talk page) 01:41, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

In the Short Trips stories, he is described as having shoulder length curly brown hair. Shambala108 ☎ 02:06, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

If you want a pic from NOTD would this do?

Will this do?

- MrSiriusBlack ☎ 14:43, December 18, 2013 (UTC)

If not, what about this --> [[1]] from the TVM? MrSiriusBlack ☎ 14:47, December 18, 2013 (UTC)

Here are some guidelines to what we look for in infobox pictures: Tardis:Guide to images. Unfortunately, the image you've suggested here doesn't quite meet the guidelines. It's not close-up enough, and it's a bit dark. Shambala108 ☎ 15:21, December 18, 2013 (UTC)

Probably a bit premature to actually be suggesting pics. The question before to start with is just whether we should stick with TVM or choose something from TNOTD. Let's settle that first before we go putting up a lot of alternative images.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  23:05: Wed 18 Dec 2013

I like the look of Eight from the Night of the Doctor, patly because the production values that time around were greatly superior to the movie where its always grainy and he looks a bit off--Storm ^{Long nights lay ahead.} 21:03, December 19, 2013 (UTC)

Well, I don't see much in the way of grain in the current pic. I'd assume that the Doctor Who Restoration Team would have sorted that out for one of the DVD releases, but the movie's not fresh in my mind. To me, unless there's really good evidence that, as SOTO says, the end-of-Eight's-life era is more representative of Eight in general, the one from the tele-movie we have (which itself has a lot of dim shots throughout as I recall) is just better lit than most NOTD images I've seen taken. Keep in mind that what's legible in a thumbnail is not the same as what's legible in the image's "original" size. -- Tybort (talk page) 21:58, December 19, 2013 (UTC)