Talk:The Corsair

I don't suppose we could use the singular they in this article to avoid the clumsy pronoun trouble? --SB | T 18:42, November 5, 2011 (UTC) No; grammatically incorrect. Keep it as is. CloneMarshalCommanderCody ☎ 02:40, June 17, 2014 (UTC)

Both

Shouldn't this article metion something about The Corsair being the only Time Lord to be both male and female?Mandalore74 ^{talk to me} 22:44, November 16, 2011 (UTC)

Not the only one — just the only one we know about. (For all we know, Borusa started out female.) —Josiah Rowe ^{talk to me} 04:56, May 15, 2012 (UTC)

Davies and Lost in Time

I deleted a potentially bogus paragraph claiming that Russell T Davies (described as "head canon", whatever that means) said the Shopkeeper from Sarah Jane Adventures was the Corsair. The cited source contains no such reference, and The Doctor's Wife was produced and broadcast after the Shopkeeper was introduced in Lost in Time, and Davies has never made any statement as to the origins of that character (the DWM special editions on SJA make no reference to the Corsair having any connection). Feel free to put it back if an actual source can be found. 70.72.211.35^{talk to me} 14:28, April 10, 2013 (UTC)

Seeing as how the writer of the episode, Neil Gaiman, is the source for this information I think it should be included. PonyEnglish ☎ 03:15, July 4, 2013 (UTC)

This information will not be added to the article unless it occurs in the narrative. Out of universe sources are not valid sources for in-universe articles. Shambala108 ☎ 03:21, July 4, 2013 (UTC)

I would argue that since it is a "behind the scenes" bit that Gaiman warranted a blog post commenting on it that it should stay. It doesn't add to the character in-universe, true, but it adds a bit of creative, if not a bit of trivia, to the character. I don't see the harm.PonyEnglish ☎ 03:44, July 4, 2013 (UTC)

My IP has changed since I deleted the comment, but I have no problem with it being in Behind the Scenes, though there should be a direct link added to where Gaiman says this in the blog. It would be even better if we could find a second source. Has Davies mentioned this? Although it's all "non-narrative" right now there is always potential for Gaiman to write a future episode or novel - perhaps even bringing the Corsair back and making the Shopkeeper connection official. 68.146.70.124^{talk to me} 13:10, April 15, 2014 (UTC)

Plagiarism

The behind the scenes section is almost completely copied from the source (see the first footnote). I changed it when I noticed, but it's still too similar. CloneMarshalCommanderCody ☎ 02:39, June 17, 2014 (UTC)