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The full name of the company was the "Geocomtex Corporation", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=52}}<!--, {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia}}-->) but was more commonly as simply "Geocomtex". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}, {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}, {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=52}}, {{cs|The Time Lord Letters (novel)|chaptnum=4|chaptname=Coal Hill School|namedep=Welcome Home|page=90}}, etc.) In their advertising and on [[Geocomtex website|their website]], the company's name was stylised as "GEOCOMTEX". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}, {{cs|Products (feature)}}, etc.) | The full name of the company was the "Geocomtex Corporation", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=52}}<!--, {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia}}-->) but was more commonly as simply "Geocomtex". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}, {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}, {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=The Daleks|page=52}}, {{cs|The Time Lord Letters (novel)|chaptnum=4|chaptname=Coal Hill School|namedep=Welcome Home|page=90}}, etc.) In their advertising and on [[Geocomtex website|their website]], the company's name was stylised as "GEOCOMTEX". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}, {{cs|Products (feature)}}, etc.) | ||
One account styled the name as "GeoComTex". ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Dalek (game)}}) | One account styled the name as "GeoComTex".{{note|This name appears to be a case of {{w|citogenesis}}; please refer to the [[#Citogenesis?|behind the scenes]] section for details.}} ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Dalek (game)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== | === Citogenesis? === | ||
In licensed ''Doctor Who'' fiction and non-fiction alike, the name of Henry van Statten's corporation is consistently rendered as "Geocomtex", with the full-caps "GEOCOMTEX" used for in-universe branding. However, when this Wiki's [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Geocomtex?oldid=55592 page on Gecomtex was created in 2007], the page stylised the name as "GeoComTex", seemingly coining this stylisation. While unconfirmed that this Wiki's earlier, incorrect page was the {{w|citogenesis}} of the stylisation, it has since been used in the YouTube description for ''[[Sven and the Scarf (webcast)|Sven and the Scarf]]'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2RZ2mwMR8 ''Sven and the Scarf'' on youtube.com]</ref> in an online bonus chapter of the [[2021 (releases)|2021]] reference book ''[[Dalek (reference book)|Dalek]]''.<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/dalek-a-lost-experience/ ''Dalek: A Lost Experience'' on obversebooks.co.uk]</ref> and in the TTRPG {{cs|Dalek (game)|adaption of ''Dalek''}}. | In licensed ''Doctor Who'' fiction and non-fiction alike, the name of Henry van Statten's corporation is consistently rendered as "Geocomtex", with the full-caps "GEOCOMTEX" used for in-universe branding. However, when this Wiki's [https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Geocomtex?oldid=55592 page on Gecomtex was created in 2007], the page stylised the name as "GeoComTex", seemingly coining this stylisation. While unconfirmed that this Wiki's earlier, incorrect page was the {{w|citogenesis}} of the stylisation, it has since been used in the YouTube description for ''[[Sven and the Scarf (webcast)|Sven and the Scarf]]'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2RZ2mwMR8 ''Sven and the Scarf'' on youtube.com]</ref> in an online bonus chapter of the [[2021 (releases)|2021]] reference book ''[[Dalek (reference book)|Dalek]]''.<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/dalek-a-lost-experience/ ''Dalek: A Lost Experience'' on obversebooks.co.uk]</ref> and in the TTRPG {{cs|Dalek (game)|adaption of ''Dalek''}}. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
=== Notes === | |||
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=== References === | |||
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[[Category:Geocomtex| ]] | [[Category:Geocomtex| ]] | ||
[[Category:Corporations]] | [[Category:Corporations]] | ||
[[Category:Electronics companies]] | [[Category:Electronics companies]] | ||
