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::I acknowledge that one's there. I removed a reference to a similar comment in ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' last night, only for someone to restore it. I removed it again this morning. [[User:Skteosk|Skteosk]] [[User talk:Skteosk|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC) | ::I acknowledge that one's there. I removed a reference to a similar comment in ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' last night, only for someone to restore it. I removed it again this morning. [[User:Skteosk|Skteosk]] [[User talk:Skteosk|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 10:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC) | ||
:: ''War Games'' also references this fact. The quotes (both, remember, by the same man in the same book | :: ''War Games'' also references this fact. The quotes (both, remember, by the same man in the same book range) are these, with the relevant passages bolded — [[User:Skteosk]], you cut your quote above off too early! Though it's quite an understandable oversight. | ||
{{quote|"'''There have been two stolen, you know'''."<br />The younger Time Lord didn't know. "By our enemies?"<br />"No. By Time Lords. They both became bored with this place. It was too peaceful for them, not enough happening." The old Keeper smiled to himself, as though remembering with some glee '''all the fuss when ''two'' TARDISes were stolen'''. "One of them nowadays calls himself 'the Doctor'. The other says he is 'the Master'."|''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon''}} | {{quote|"'''There have been two stolen, you know'''."<br />The younger Time Lord didn't know. "By our enemies?"<br />"No. By Time Lords. They both became bored with this place. It was too peaceful for them, not enough happening." The old Keeper smiled to himself, as though remembering with some glee '''all the fuss when ''two'' TARDISes were stolen'''. "One of them nowadays calls himself 'the Doctor'. The other says he is 'the Master'."|''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon''}} | ||
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:: Note that the latter extract actually alters what the TV story said on this point: the TV script seems to suggest that the War Chief doesn't ''have'' a TARDIS of his own. It has room to assume that he had one when he ran away but later lost access to it, but it certainly doesn't highlight it. So this passage was a very deliberate addition Hulke made to the story when retelling it for the Target format. | :: Note that the latter extract actually alters what the TV story said on this point: the TV script seems to suggest that the War Chief doesn't ''have'' a TARDIS of his own. It has room to assume that he had one when he ran away but later lost access to it, but it certainly doesn't highlight it. So this passage was a very deliberate addition Hulke made to the story when retelling it for the Target format. | ||
{{quote|'''DOCTOR:''' Now I understand. It's my Tardis that you're after, isn't it?<br />'''WAR CHIEF: Exactly! When we are in control, the machines I have brought with me will have expired. If we hold '''the only space time travel machine''', we can rule our galaxy without fear of opposition.|''The War Games''}} | {{quote|'''DOCTOR:''' Now I understand. It's my Tardis that you're after, isn't it?<br />'''WAR CHIEF:''' Exactly! When we are in control, the machines I have brought with me will have expired. If we hold '''the only space time travel machine''', we can rule our galaxy without fear of opposition.|''The War Games''}} | ||
:: In any case, setting aside the tone issue in your previous message, I do want to thank you for your recent diligent work here, @Skteosk. This and previous talk page discussions have established that the idea that the War Chief became the Master does exist in [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid sources]], in the same way that such as ideas as the Doctor being a 49th century human does; but it's easy to get tunnel vision when one is defending a view that goes against the grain. The older, non-chronological version of the overview of the evidence for against really wasn't balanced enough, and while your edits in turn went too far in the other direction, I think the synthesis I tried to produce in my further edits last night is clearly superior to what was there before. <span style="color: #baa3d6;font-family:Comic Sans;">[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']]</span> <span style="color: #baa3d6;">[[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]]</span> 10:23, 25 June 2022 (UTC) | :: In any case, setting aside the tone issue in your previous message, I do want to thank you for your recent diligent work here, @Skteosk. This and previous talk page discussions have established that the idea that the War Chief became the Master does exist in [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid sources]], in the same way that such as ideas as the Doctor being a 49th century human does; but it's easy to get tunnel vision when one is defending a view that goes against the grain. The older, non-chronological version of the overview of the evidence for against really wasn't balanced enough, and while your edits in turn went too far in the other direction, I think the synthesis I tried to produce in my further edits last night is clearly superior to what was there before. <span style="color: #baa3d6;font-family:Comic Sans;">[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|'''Scrooge MacDuck''']]</span> <span style="color: #baa3d6;">[[User_talk:Scrooge MacDuck|⊕]]</span> 10:23, 25 June 2022 (UTC) | ||
