Talk:John Hurt (in-universe)

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Bearing in mind that this is an encyclopaedia containing everything and everyone involved in the DWU, I can understand the need to cover this version of John Hurt. This reference enough is evidence that there's a John Hurt in the DWU, therefore we should cover it. If we delete this, then we can surely have a clear out of a few Tom Bakers that we have lying around.

To be clear, that was sarcasm. This page has every right to be here. TheFartyDoctor ^Talk 21:23, January 29, 2017 (UTC)

Valid reason. --DCLM ☎ 21:41, January 29, 2017 (UTC)

Maybe the deletion request you placed should be removed. We don't want admins cleaning it up. TheFartyDoctor ^Talk 00:07, January 30, 2017 (UTC)

But hold on. The "Tom Bakers" we have pages for (as far as I'm aware of) actually appeared on a story. From the content of this page, John Hurt was only referenced on Greek Bearing Gifts. I don't see the point of making pages for real-world DW-related actors if they are only mentioned. I do think this could (and should) be only a BtS note on John Hurt (as it was before). OncomingStorm12th ☎ 00:19, January 30, 2017 (UTC)

By that reasoning, why does Akhaten have the category "Planets visited by the First Doctor". That was only a line in an episode, whereas we actually witness the Eleventh Doctor's visit so he earns his category... the Doctor could simply have been lying... TheFartyDoctor ^Talk 00:47, January 30, 2017 (UTC)

Because there is no such thing as a "real world" Akhaten sentient planet-like object. If there was, this would be a different matter. As for the Doctor "could simply have been lying". Yes, he totally could. But that would be speculation, which is not up to us. Anyway, probably an admin could settle this matter down better than us. OncomingStorm12th ☎ 00:58, January 30, 2017 (UTC)

And to those people who don't completely know how this Wiki works? In the "notes" on Greek Bearing Gifts, we link "John Hurt" (from the DWU) to "John Hurt" (from our universe)? Seems a bit silly. I can see where you're coming from regarding "it's just a reference" but this Wiki is built upon "he said, she said". You do realise that the Brothers Grimm has been "referenced" numerous times in Doctor Who throughout its mediums... but they themselves, to my knowledge, have never made an appearance. So why do they have their own page? If you delete this page, it's hypocritical not to delete "Brothers Grimm" and others like it, built on pure mentions and speculations by characters. Don't misinterpret me, I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm stating that this is an encyclopaedia. References either get their own pages or they don't. There's no "well this can go in, but this can't". TheFartyDoctor ^Talk 01:08, January 30, 2017 (UTC)