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I don't think the analogy to "Tremas Master" holds much water, since "Tremas Master" is itself a fandom name that the wiki has to fall back on because there's nothing even resembling an official one; if someone were to unearth an official score from the 1980s with a track called something like "The Anti-Tremas" or "The Nega-Tremas" - something that's at least recognisably a name variant coined for the character, rather than a general description like "The New Master" or "Not Nyssa's Dad" - then I would definitely also support using that over the fan name. As a minor point, I also want to mention that the name "The UnBruce" also appeared in ''[[Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary Collection (soundtrack)|The 50th Anniversary Collection]]''. [[User:PintlessMan|PintlessMan]] [[User talk:PintlessMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:14, 12 January 2023 (UTC) | I don't think the analogy to "Tremas Master" holds much water, since "Tremas Master" is itself a fandom name that the wiki has to fall back on because there's nothing even resembling an official one; if someone were to unearth an official score from the 1980s with a track called something like "The Anti-Tremas" or "The Nega-Tremas" - something that's at least recognisably a name variant coined for the character, rather than a general description like "The New Master" or "Not Nyssa's Dad" - then I would definitely also support using that over the fan name. As a minor point, I also want to mention that the name "The UnBruce" also appeared in ''[[Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary Collection (soundtrack)|The 50th Anniversary Collection]]''. [[User:PintlessMan|PintlessMan]] [[User talk:PintlessMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:14, 12 January 2023 (UTC) | ||
:I like [[The Master (The TV Movie)]]. Unlike cases such as [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)]] where a user might have to click through to ''Terror of the Autons'' to remind them whether that was a Pertwee-era or Baker-era story, "The TV Movie" is completely unambiguous! Besides maybe Roberts' last name, "The TV Movie" is by far the most closely associated term for this character; this makes it the perfect dab term, and changing it would be a regression in clarity and usability. In the rare cases where this incarnation needs to be disambiguated from other incarnations in-text, such as multi-Master stories, we can use ad-hoc disambiguation as each story demands; but I don't think that needs to be reflected in the actual title of the page, which is meant to indicate the official name of the character. If for some reason we still decide this perfect dab term is unacceptable, I prefer "Not Bruce Master" and "The UnBruce" to "Bruce Master", in that order, given their conformity to dialogue (in the first case) and official promotional material (in the latter). – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 14:41, 12 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
