Talk:Mechanoid
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Mechanoid vs Mechonoid
There seems to be a growing convention of refering to 'Mechonoids from the planet Mechanus' in a range of publications of late (including the Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide to the Doctor Who DVD Files). Should the wiki rename this title page. I am trying to establish exactly when the name-change occurs in various guides but it would seem that;
- 1973 The Making of Doctor Who refers to Mechons
- 1976 The Making of Doctor Who refers to Mechanoids
- 1981 The Doctor Who Programme Guide refers to Mechanoids
- 1989 The Chase (novelisation) refers to Mechonoids
- 2003 Doctor Who: The Legend (and from then on) refers to Mechonoids
The Librarian talk to me 19:21, September 30, 2011 (UTC)
Someone needs to decide one way or another - the page uses a mix, which is no help to anyone. There should also be a redirect from the alternative (I always Google my Doctor Who words with the hope of getting a link here, and was confused not to find one for "mechAnoid") 87.244.72.208talk to me 18:51, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
- 5 years, and the mess still persists. I would like to add my voice to those who care about this issue. Please unify one way or the other.
- Having said that, I believe that the policies dictate to use the in-universe spelling, which takes precedence over both guides and novelisations. I just checked the credits to one of the episodes of The Chase and saw the Mechonoid spelling there. If none of the comic books or books feature a different spelling, the question can, IMHO, be closed. Amorkuz ☎ 23:21, May 14, 2016 (UTC)
- A question: the Death's Head page currently features a statement that Death's Head is "a Mechanoid, a term not related to the Mechanoids who oppose the Daleks" (or something to that effect). Doesn't the rename free up the space for an actual Mechanoid page that describes Death's Head's species, such as it is, instead of redirecting to Mechonoid? --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:04, September 28, 2018 (UTC)
