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{{retitle|The Panopticon/Reviewing novelisation policy}} | |||
Regarding novelisations, [[Tardis:Valid sources]] currently says, | Regarding novelisations, [[Tardis:Valid sources]] currently says, | ||
{{quote|[Per] [[Forum:Doctor Who Novelisations - canon or not?]], some excerpts [are valid:] If the passage specifically contradicts established facts on television, then that passage is disallowed. But if the book gives a new fact not contradicted by television — such as a character's name — then it's allowed.|[[T:VS]]}} | {{quote|[Per] [[Forum:Doctor Who Novelisations - canon or not?]], some excerpts [are valid:] If the passage specifically contradicts established facts on television, then that passage is disallowed. But if the book gives a new fact not contradicted by television — such as a character's name — then it's allowed.|[[T:VS]]}} | ||
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Holding that in mind, I posit that naming a page [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]] rather than [[Miranda Gerhardt]] is just like naming a page [[Clara (The Bells of St John: A Prequel)]] rather than [[Clara Oswald]]. (Or should that be [[Clara (Asylum of the Daleks)]]?) After all, surely Ms Oswald is far more commonly called “Clara” than “Clara Oswald”, inside the ''Doctor Who'' universe? But for some reason, this logic doesn’t extend to Miranda Gerhardt, or [[Cass (The Night of the Doctor)|Cass Fermazzi]], or [[Bert (The Dæmons)|Bert Walker]] -- not to even mention characters like [[Co-pilot (The Horns of Nimon)|Sardor]], [[soldier (Planet of the Spiders)|Hodges]], and [[Pilot (The Horns of Nimon)|Sekkoth]], all of whom are simply given job titles like “soldier” or “pilot” rather than their proper names. | Holding that in mind, I posit that naming a page [[Miranda (Doctor Who)]] rather than [[Miranda Gerhardt]] is just like naming a page [[Clara (The Bells of St John: A Prequel)]] rather than [[Clara Oswald]]. (Or should that be [[Clara (Asylum of the Daleks)]]?) After all, surely Ms Oswald is far more commonly called “Clara” than “Clara Oswald”, inside the ''Doctor Who'' universe? But for some reason, this logic doesn’t extend to Miranda Gerhardt, or [[Cass (The Night of the Doctor)|Cass Fermazzi]], or [[Bert (The Dæmons)|Bert Walker]] -- not to even mention characters like [[Co-pilot (The Horns of Nimon)|Sardor]], [[soldier (Planet of the Spiders)|Hodges]], and [[Pilot (The Horns of Nimon)|Sekkoth]], all of whom are simply given job titles like “soldier” or “pilot” rather than their proper names. | ||
The authors involved in today’s releases – [[Steven Moffat]], [[Russell T Davies]], [[Paul Cornell]] – stand as a testament to the important role the Target novelisations played in exposing a whole generation of Doctor Who fans and writers to Classic stories they’d never have otherwise enjoyed or been inspired by. I think it’s about time we give the novelisations the promotion they deserve: proper classification under the (novel) dab term, and equal standing with all the other valid stories on this wiki. | The authors involved in today’s releases – [[Steven Moffat]], [[Russell T Davies]], [[Paul Cornell]] – stand as a testament to the important role the Target novelisations played in exposing a whole generation of Doctor Who fans and writers to Classic stories they’d never have otherwise enjoyed or been inspired by. I think it’s about time we give the novelisations the promotion they deserve: proper classification under the (novel) dab term, and equal standing with all the other valid stories on this wiki. | ||
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