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Authors in the [[DWU]] are unusually literal with their titles. Unlike, say, ''Star Wars'', which mostly shies away from titling stories with the name of a thing in the ''Star Wars'' Universe. Depending on the range, the percentage of DWU stories named for a thing in the universe can be as high as 50%. | Authors in the [[DWU]] are unusually literal with their titles. Unlike, say, ''Star Wars'', which mostly shies away from titling stories with the name of a thing in the ''Star Wars'' Universe. Depending on the range, the percentage of DWU stories named for a thing in the universe can be as high as 50%. | ||
Historically, this has meant that the situation was quite confusing for new editors. Look at just this one run of | Historically, this has meant that the situation was quite confusing for new editors. Look at just this one run of five television stories: | ||
*''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' — not a literal name, so it was safe to title it without a dab term. | *''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' — not a literal name, so it was safe to title it without a dab term. | ||
*''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' – really, quite a literal title, but because the ''office'' was at [[Keeper of Traken]], we got away with not having a dab term. | *''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' – really, quite a literal title, but because the ''office'' was at [[Keeper of Traken]], we got away with not having a dab term. | ||
*''[[Logopolis (TV story)]]'' — [[Logopolis]] is a planet, so we need the dab term | *''[[Logopolis (TV story)]]'' — [[Logopolis]] is a planet, so we need the dab term | ||
*''[[Castrovalva (TV story)]]'' — [[Castrovalva is a city, so we need the dab term | *''[[Castrovalva (TV story)]]'' — [[Castrovalva]] is a city, so we need the dab term | ||
*''[[Four to Doomsday]]'' – and we're back again to a metaphorical title | |||
Of course, most of our users didn't have too big a problem recognising when television stories had literal names. The real problem came with titles in other media. Do you know, for instance, that: | |||
*[[Verdigris]] is a couple of things in the DWU, not just a novel title? | *[[Verdigris]] is a couple of things in the DWU, not just a novel title? | ||
*the [[Gemini Plan]] was more than just the name of a Third Doctor comic story? | *the [[Gemini Plan]] was more than just the name of a Third Doctor comic story? | ||
