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::But didn't we have exactly that dilemma with Yana and the Master too. I mean, originally Yana didn't have enough information to warrant a separate page from the Master as at that time, all we had was 2 minutes of Jacobi as the Master. Wouldn't that be the same for Ruth and her version of the Doctor, meaning right now we don't have enough separate information to split them into two pages. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:26, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
::But didn't we have exactly that dilemma with Yana and the Master too. I mean, originally Yana didn't have enough information to warrant a separate page from the Master as at that time, all we had was 2 minutes of Jacobi as the Master. Wouldn't that be the same for Ruth and her version of the Doctor, meaning right now we don't have enough separate information to split them into two pages. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:26, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
:::Furthermore, we don't even know where in the Doctor's timeline she fits in. We have to wait for more information to be given. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:37, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
:::Furthermore, we don't even know where in the Doctor's timeline she fits in. We have to wait for more information to be given. --[[User:Danniesen|DCLM]] [[User talk:Danniesen|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:37, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure what the problem with the timeline is, but at any rate, I would say the reason this differs from Yana is that the War Master in ''Utopia'' was Yana for basically the whole story. He opens the watch, kills one (1) person, and then immediately dies and regenerates. Whereas here, the Ruth Doctor does plenty of things ''not'' related to her Chameleon Arch identity. It ''would'' be perfectly possible to separate her personality and biography from Ruth Clayton's.


:::: Furthermore, unlike the War Master in ''Utopia'', the Ruth Doctor lives to travel another day, leaving no serious doubt on whether we'll see her again. I've got two words for you people, as I often do: "future-proofing." --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:04, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
==Add her to the "More ambiguous" section of the Incarnations of the Doctor template==
==Add her to the "More ambiguous" section of the Incarnations of the Doctor template==


For now, she fits as an ambiguous incarnation, and I think it would be easier to get to her page if she is there in the template.[[User:DenisLuiz|DenisLuiz]] [[User talk:DenisLuiz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:11, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
For now, she fits as an ambiguous incarnation, and I think it would be easier to get to her page if she is there in the template.[[User:DenisLuiz|DenisLuiz]] [[User talk:DenisLuiz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:11, January 30, 2020 (UTC)

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Ruth Clayton

Currently, Ruth Clayton redirects to this page. However, shouldn't Ruth have her own page; a precedent has been set in the cases of similar Time Lords who have undergone biological change via a Chameleon Arch, including John Smith (Tenth Doctor), John Smith (Seventh Doctor) and Yana. 66 Seconds 23:55, January 27, 2020 (UTC)

Just today, one of our administrators, User:SOTO, recommended that we have just such a talk-page discussion, to determine whether we can write about the Fugitive Doctor, and about Ruth Clayton-the-human, as two separate characters, without risking essentially having the same information on both pages. I'd say yes, personally. --Scrooge MacDuck 00:02, January 28, 2020 (UTC)
But didn't we have exactly that dilemma with Yana and the Master too. I mean, originally Yana didn't have enough information to warrant a separate page from the Master as at that time, all we had was 2 minutes of Jacobi as the Master. Wouldn't that be the same for Ruth and her version of the Doctor, meaning right now we don't have enough separate information to split them into two pages. --DCLM 08:26, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
Furthermore, we don't even know where in the Doctor's timeline she fits in. We have to wait for more information to be given. --DCLM 08:37, January 30, 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the problem with the timeline is, but at any rate, I would say the reason this differs from Yana is that the War Master in Utopia was Yana for basically the whole story. He opens the watch, kills one (1) person, and then immediately dies and regenerates. Whereas here, the Ruth Doctor does plenty of things not related to her Chameleon Arch identity. It would be perfectly possible to separate her personality and biography from Ruth Clayton's.
Furthermore, unlike the War Master in Utopia, the Ruth Doctor lives to travel another day, leaving no serious doubt on whether we'll see her again. I've got two words for you people, as I often do: "future-proofing." --Scrooge MacDuck 18:04, January 30, 2020 (UTC)

Add her to the "More ambiguous" section of the Incarnations of the Doctor template

For now, she fits as an ambiguous incarnation, and I think it would be easier to get to her page if she is there in the template.DenisLuiz 00:11, January 30, 2020 (UTC)