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::::: Who are you agreeing with @Scrooge? [[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC) | ::::: Who are you agreeing with @Scrooge? [[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC) | ||
::::: I have found what I believe to be the closest comparison, [[DWM]]'s ''[[The Time of My Life (comic story)|The Time of My Life]]'' has the Doctor remembering multiple different adventures between himself an Donna. Each short segment has a different art style albeit no chapter heading. As I mentioned before Titan Comics seem to ''always'' put "The End" (or some alternate) at the end of their stories no matter how short. None of these "individual stories" received that treatment but the very end of the entire story did.[[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 09:55, 31 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
::::::I vehemently disagree with merging. The Many Lives of Doctor Who is a spiritual successor to ''[[Prisoners of Time]]''. This wiki decided the best way to cover POT was to give each issue a separate article, even though the story titles were referred to as chapters and were only established in collected editions. (See also our coverage of [[The Incomplete Death's Head]].) The most clear and convenient way to cover The Many Lives of Doctor Who is to give each vignette a separate article because they are all functionally separate comic stories. | |||
::::::Furthermore, one synopsis reads (emphasis mine):[https://www.penguinrandomhouseretail.com/book/?isbn=9781785868726] | |||
::::::{{Quote|An introduction to the brand new thirteenth Doctor, featuring '''multiple stories''' of previous incarnations of the Doctor.|}} [[User:LegoK9|LegoK9]] [[User talk:LegoK9|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:33, 29 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
I disagree that the art styles between vignettes in that example differ, but, even if they did, they all have the same artist, so I don't feel that's a very close comparison at all, personally. [[User:Schreibenheimer|Schreibenheimer]] [[User talk:Schreibenheimer|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:31, 3 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
: The art styles are intentionally different in that story (most notably in the classroom story with the Doctor/Donna presented in a more cartoon style). [[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
:: I'm in favor of merging the pages for the reasons Corrie has given. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 16:55, 11 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
::: Thanks. | |||
::: Can I also point out that currently on ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)|The Many Lives of Doctor Who]]'' page the references section already includes the narrative-linking comments that occur in the "individual stories". For example; ''"* The Doctor recalls that, in his second incarnation, the Time Lords eventually caught up to him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') forced him to regenerate ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]'') and [[Exile on Earth|stranded him on Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')"'' - this reference occurs in what would be ''Card Conundrum'' if they were counted individually. [[User:DrWHOCorrieFan|DrWHOCorrieFan]] [[User talk:DrWHOCorrieFan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:15, 11 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
::::I've added merge tags to the other stories which are part of ''The Many Lives of Doctor Who'' but didn't have the merge tag present. And I've placed a link to this discussion on all the merge tags for those stories just so anyone's clear where the merge discussion is taking place. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 04:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
:::Last year I said I was in favor of merging the pages, but I've done more thinking on our broader coverage of multi-story stories, so to speak, and I think our black-and-white, "all-in" or "all-apart" approach really breaks down in cases like these. [[User:LegoK9|LegoK9]] brought up ''[[Prisoners of Time]]'' as a comparable case, and there we very clearly materially benefit from separate coverage of the parts. So I reverse my vote. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 15:24, 10 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
::::Having read through this story again, I think this is more so a case of an anthology work with some interlinking structure. | |||
::::All the separate stories have separate narratives, without any reference to the ''[[The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)]]'' framing narrative, which is there framing itself against these stories. | |||
::::I think they should remain separate. —[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 14:12, 23 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Further to this I'd suggest the stories remain ''separate'' as there are examples of anthology with interlinking material already covered ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)]]'' has the main stories, with interlinking material throughout the anthology, which like this provides commentary and info on those stories. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 06:03, 6 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
==Closing== | |||
I'm closing this discussion, based on my above post of interlinking but separate, and the pre-existing page of ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)]]''. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 02:15, 15 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
