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Almost always, this will be a designation of one in-universe subject as primary over other similarly-named DWU subjects. Sometimes, as with the case of '''[[Jack Harkness]]''', you'll find the "[[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|original]]" is secondary, providing the "mimic" is as prominent in DWU literature as Captain Jack is. In other cases, a major historical figure like '''Queen [[Victoria]]''' is deemed a primary topic over [[companion]]s, like [[Victoria Waterfield]], who would have been named after the [[Queen of the United Kingdom|British monarch]] who was her contemporary. '''Decidedly "major" real-world individuals''' (a category including, but not limited to, [[showrunner]]s and [[:Category:Actors who portrayed the Doctor|actors who have portrayed the Doctor]]) are '''usually deemed primary topics as well'''. Hence, if they have an in-universe counterpart, you'll run into one of the vanishingly rare cases where the real-world topic should take precedence. Because they are based on the real-world person, and that real-world person is more relevant to the [[DWU]], there's a '''one-way causal relationship'''. | Almost always, this will be a designation of one in-universe subject as primary over other similarly-named DWU subjects. Sometimes, as with the case of '''[[Jack Harkness]]''', you'll find the "[[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|original]]" is secondary, providing the "mimic" is as prominent in DWU literature as Captain Jack is. In other cases, a major historical figure like '''Queen [[Victoria]]''' is deemed a primary topic over [[companion]]s, like [[Victoria Waterfield]], who would have been named after the [[Queen of the United Kingdom|British monarch]] who was her contemporary. '''Decidedly "major" real-world individuals''' (a category including, but not limited to, [[showrunner]]s and [[:Category:Actors who portrayed the Doctor|actors who have portrayed the Doctor]]) are '''usually deemed primary topics as well'''. Hence, if they have an in-universe counterpart, you'll run into one of the vanishingly rare cases where the real-world topic should take precedence. Because they are based on the real-world person, and that real-world person is more relevant to the [[DWU]], there's a '''one-way causal relationship'''. | ||
[[File:Tom BAker.jpg|thumb|This is [[Tom Baker (in-universe)]], not [[Tom Baker]]. And the late '''[[John Hurt]]''' takes precedence over [[John Hurt (in-universe)]], even though he wasn't the [[War Doctor]] until 2013.]] | [[File:Tom BAker.jpg|thumb|This is [[Tom Baker (in-universe)]], not [[Tom Baker]]. And the late '''[[John Hurt]]''' takes precedence over [[John Hurt (in-universe)]], even though he wasn't the [[War Doctor]] until 2013.]] | ||
For example, we'd hardly want to confuse casual readers by having the page '''[[William Hartnell]]''' be about [[William Hartnell (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|a fictional actor from the 2060s]], rather than the real individual who played the [[First Doctor]]. This is taken as a ''reference'' to Bill Hartnell, who, it can hardly be overstated, was a foundation for the whole [[The Doctor's universe|universe]] to follow, alongside figures like [[Verity Lambert]], [[Sydney Newman]] and [[Dalek]] creator [[Terry Nation]]. All of them have in-universe counterparts, and each one takes the dab "(in-universe)". | For example, we'd hardly want to confuse casual readers by having the page '''[[William Hartnell]]''' be about [[William Hartnell (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|a fictional actor from the 2060s]], rather than the real individual who played the [[First Doctor]]. This is taken as a ''reference'' to Bill Hartnell, who, it can hardly be overstated, was a foundation for the whole [[The Doctor's universe|universe]] to follow, alongside figures like [[Verity Lambert]], [[Sydney Newman]] and [[Dalek]] creator [[Terry Nation]]. All of them have in-universe counterparts, and each one takes the dab "(in-universe)". | ||
