Forum:Minor adjustments to the TV infoboxes

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I've been thinking for a while about updating / altering (minorly) the TV infoboxes for the classic and new series:

Classic Series Infobox

{{{image}}}
{{{story name}}}
Series: {{{series}}}
Season Number: {{{number}}}
Story Number: {{{story number}}}
Doctor: {{{doctor}}}
Companions: {{{companions}}}
Enemy: {{{enemy}}}
Setting: {{{year}}}
Writer: {{{writer}}}
Director: {{{director}}}
Producer: {{{producer}}}
Broadcast: {{{broadcast date}}}
Format: {{{format}}}
Prod. Code: {{{production code}}}
Previous Story: {{{previous story}}}
Following Story: {{{next story}}}

New Series Infobox

{{{image}}}
{{{story name}}}
Series: {{{series}}}
Series Number: {{{number}}}
Story Number: {{{story number}}}
Doctor: {{{doctor}}}
Companions: {{{companions}}}
Enemy: {{{enemy}}}
Setting: {{{setting}}}
Writer: {{{writer}}}
Director: {{{director}}}
Producer: {{{producer}}}
Broadcast: {{{broadcast date}}}
Format: {{{format}}}
Prod. Code: {{{production code}}}
Previous Story: {{{previous story}}}
Following Story: {{{next story}}}

What's changed and Why?

Only two things would change is in the classic series infobox Series Number becomes Season Number: and there is the addition of Story Number. For the new series infobox Series Number stays the same, with the addition of Season Number: to the infobox. Additionally for the New Series infobox setting and the responding setting text has been changed to match (to avoid future confusion).

The current infobox (Template:Infobox TV) would continue to serve the classic series (with the changes and additions, though alternatively an infobox could be created called Template:Infobox ClasicTV and slowly changed over) and a new Template:Infobox NewTV would be created to service the new series.

Why?: The 'Series Number' area in the infoboxes seems to mean different things to differnt people, depending on who has edited, some people have it as story number, others season/series. So I'm hoping this will clear everything up. --Tangerineduel 12:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Examples

I've created both infoboxes as: Template:Infobox ClassicTV and Template:Infobox NewTV, and implemented them on Rose and The End of the World (NewTV) and Silver Nemesis (ClassicTV). --Tangerineduel 05:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)