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::::: I suggest leaving the page with the current title and renaming it to whatever the eventual DVD or blu ray says. [[Special:Contributions/81.106.187.1|81.106.187.1]]<sup>[[User talk:81.106.187.1#top|talk to me]]</sup> 14:28, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | ::::: I suggest leaving the page with the current title and renaming it to whatever the eventual DVD or blu ray says. [[Special:Contributions/81.106.187.1|81.106.187.1]]<sup>[[User talk:81.106.187.1#top|talk to me]]</sup> 14:28, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | ||
:::::: Agreed. [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Jack "BtR" Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:40, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | :::::: Agreed. [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Jack "BtR" Saxon]] [[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:40, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | ||
I oppose the idea that the full name is somehow more 'accurate'. ((Probably not relevant to discussion here but original production documents state the name of the serial as "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve", although this is an anachronism, as the actual massacre took place on St Bartholomew's Day, so the longer title feels incorrect anyway.)) Anyway, here are some of my thoughts on the matter: | |||
DWM's way of titling is pure hard cope, and stubbornness on their part. They also started being awkward about series numbering a while back (anyone remember when a front cover said "Series 2 with Matt and Karen") and now tend to say awkward things like "the 1986 series" on occasion. They feel like an outlier. I'd say most people know these stories as "An Unearthly Child", "The Daleks", "The Edge of Destruction" and "The Massacre". | |||
Recently, we started to pave the way for locating things much more easily on here, with regards to names like "the Saxon Master" etc. And whilst there was debate, I feel as though the best solution is "what would most people search for?" and I feel in this case, the shortened version of the title is the one most known and used. The Target novelisation goes with "The Massacre", our evil twin cousin Wikipedia uses "The Massacre", The Lost TV Episodes Collection soundtrack CDs go with "The Massacre", the BBC Radio audiobook goes with "The Massacre" (the booklet admittedly goes with both titles), and the official doctorwho.tv website has the longer title in its URL but simply uses "The Massacre" as the title on the story page itself<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories/the-massacre-of-st-bartholomews-eve</ref>, and the old BBC cult website has it as "The Massacre" too.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/massacre/</ref> | |||
We could wait for the DVD / blu-ray but what if it follows suit of other products which use the short title and the longer title (eg. the short title on the disc but then the longer one in the booklet)? And is the blu-ray any more or less 'official' than, say, the official doctorwho.tv website? [[User:FractalDoctor|Fractal Doctor]] [[User talk:FractalDoctor|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 17:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
