User talk:The-Macra
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The Doctor (When Times Change...)[[edit source]]
Just wondering, but would it be possible if you could post a quote or two from When Times Change which confirm that the woman that gives Conall the photo is the Doctor? We must be careful to only use evidence from within the story itself. CoT ? 21:26, July 18, 2017 (UTC)
- Sure! Here's the whole story (it's very short):
<redacted per T:SPOIL>
When Times Change[[edit source]]
There's a difference between oblique, winking references and an outright named use of the character. In fact, the illustration accompanying the story uses edited promotional photos of the Doctor, despite no legal rights to do so. There's a word for stories that disregard copyright like this: fan fiction. (Well, two words.) We have four rules to determine whether or not a story gets included on the wiki, and this falls afoul of rule two:
A story that isn't commercially licensed by all of the relevant copyright holders doesn't count.
This is pretty non-subjective, as you suggest. I can't speak to the stories you mentioned, as I haven't read them, but I would say mentioning the Doctor as part of the character's backstory is fine. In When Times Change, the Doctor meets one character "off-screen", has their appearance described, and has their photographic image used in the accompanying illustration. I'm no copyright lawyer, but I think it's well within the BBC's rights to issue a takedown notice, especially given that Candy Jar is charging for it.
One last thing: given the spoiler-y nature of the contents, I'm going to have to remove the story from your talk page, per Tardis:Spoiler policy. It will still be accessible in the page history. Thanks for your understanding in this matter. P&P talk contribs 01:38, July 19, 2017 (UTC)
