Category talk:Doctor-lite stories
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Deletion
Although I agree with the rationale for deletion there is a definition on the Doctor-lite article under the subheading 'Usage on this wiki'. So the articles in this category should be changed to reflect that. --Borisashton ☎ 16:22, May 23, 2017 (UTC)
- Yea, I don't agree with the deletion at all. There are clear examples of Doctor-Lite episodes - Love and Monsters, Blink, Turn Left, etc. However, I do propose we have "Doctor-Lite Television stories", "Doctor-Lite Audio stories", "Doctor-Lite Prose stories", etc as sub-categories. Xx-connor-xX ☎ 02:08, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
- You misunderstand my point. The definition on the page is what I am proposing to implement. That is, BBC Wales episodes which feature less of the Doctor due to double banking.
- According to that article there are thirteen episodes which have been double banked and are therefore candidates. Of those thirteen only Love & Monsters, Blink, Turn Left and The Crimson Horror feature the Doctor in a reduced role. Therefore all other members of the category should be purged. I am happy to include other stories if strict definitions can be found that cover them. --Borisashton ☎ 12:45, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
- Oh! Well, I disagree with your point entirely. You seem to be only interested in television Doctor-lite tales despite the fact that there are audios, Living History for example, where he hardly appears at all. Also, I don’t count ‘the Crimson Horror’ as Doctor-lite at all, he was hardly out of it! Xx-connor-xX ☎ 14:07, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
- I am perfectly alright with including non-televised stories but as it stands there is no strict definition that we can use to determine which of those non-televised stories are in and which are out. This is a clear violation of Tardis:Category naming conventions, which is the rationale for deletion at the moment. In fact I would like there to be more than four members in this category but there is currently no way to define "Doctor-lite" in a non-television context. I invite you to find a strict definition from somebody that holds an official position to include these stories.
- Oh! Well, I disagree with your point entirely. You seem to be only interested in television Doctor-lite tales despite the fact that there are audios, Living History for example, where he hardly appears at all. Also, I don’t count ‘the Crimson Horror’ as Doctor-lite at all, he was hardly out of it! Xx-connor-xX ☎ 14:07, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
- According to that article there are thirteen episodes which have been double banked and are therefore candidates. Of those thirteen only Love & Monsters, Blink, Turn Left and The Crimson Horror feature the Doctor in a reduced role. Therefore all other members of the category should be purged. I am happy to include other stories if strict definitions can be found that cover them. --Borisashton ☎ 12:45, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
- Aside from my main point, Living History cannot be a Doctor-lite story because it is a spin-off (something which is noted in the definition on the page). In the example you provided the Doctor hardly appears in it, but he does not appear in it in a reduced role. It's like saying Zero Space or For Tonight We Might Die are Doctor-lite. They aren't, they just aren't ranges focusing on the Doctor so he can't appear as much as he would have in say, Mummy on the Orient Express. --Borisashton ☎ 18:33, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
