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On 16 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death to The Curse of Fatal Death. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Should this really be in the category of Doctor Who serials, considering it was a one-off and not part of the official televised serial list? Ditto with Dimensions in Time. --khaosworks 04:20, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Isn't there more than one mention of the planet Terserus in the series? That should have a note, I think (but I don't remember where Terserus was mentioned, help!)...
Terserus was also mention in the last frame of the comic strip 'A Matter of Life and Death' in DWM 250.
I reworded the note about the "three Ninth Doctors" mentioned in The Gallifrey Chronicles, because I was concerned that speculation about connecting the three Ninth Doctors with the three versions of the Eighth Doctor (audios, novels and comics) was a bit too speculative. If there's a real indication of that in the novel that I've forgotten, please feel free to restore the notion — but if it's just a bit of fan speculation, we shouldn't have it here (unless it's been published in a reliable source like Doctor Who Magazine or something — in which case we should have a citation). —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 08:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone notice a similar resemblance to the music from Logopolis in this story? Xdt (talk · contribs)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
At Richard E Grant, he's called the "The Conceited Doctor". Here, it's the "Quite Handsome Doctor". So, which is it??--Jeffro77 (talk) 02:47, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
The article currently includes these li'l snippets:
I can just about see the relevance of the first one, if it can be referenced. It's still sort of a "coincidence of charity", unless it can be proved that the actors agreed to the performance as a way of trying to angle for a part in a future revival or of finally playing the part in the only way available to them at the time. Eh, it still may relevant enough as a "spooky coincidence". But the second one—I dunno. If it was a deliberate thing done by Moffat, where he was literally quoting Hartnell, it's significant. Otherwise, it's just coincidence, isn't it? CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 15:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I removed the following from the "Broadcast and Releases" section:
Although some Internet users video-captured the special and placed it up for unauthorized download in the small video formats feasible at the time, it was not officially webcast in any way. The fact isn't worth noting here. Rob T Firefly (talk) 19:32, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
An anonymous editor added "Rose" in the "followed by" field in the infobox. I reverted it, but I suppose it's worth discussing. Is the "followed by" field for "next Doctor Who story aired on television", or is it for "next television story in the ongoing narrative of Doctor Who"? Because if it's the former, I suppose we should put Doctor Who (1996 film) in the "preceded by" film, and put this (as well as "Rose") in the "followed by" field for the TV movie, the way we do for the Children in Need specials, or the way that Survival does for Dimensions in Time. Is it too "fannish" to consider the fact that when the TV series returned, it followed on from the TV movie, and not this spoof (despite Moffat's involvement)? Is continuity too unencyclopedic a criterion? Discuss. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
The synopsis is more than that, it's the whole plot with lots of detail. Perhaps someone could do a proper synopsis without retelling the whole story?
This should be done in respect of the authors (go see the thing) and the readers (point them to the story, don't present it here.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigwbrown (talk • contribs) 10:43, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
We have the precedent of Doctor Who and the Silurians, but I'm wondering if The Curse of Fatal Death would fit better per WP:COMMONNAME? This is not a requested move. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Old Naval Rooftops (talk • contribs) 21:08, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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The phrase "Never Cruel Or Cowardly" is very likely to have appeared in a Paul Cornell novel (no reference is given but it's plausible) but I believe the original is from Terrance Dicks either in an internal style guide for writers or in the book "The Making of Doctor Who" in the early-mid 1970s. I do not have an authoritative reference to hand, however. Rob Burbidge (talk) 23:48, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
"The Doctor believes in good and fights evil. Though often caught up in violent situations, he is a man of peace. He is never cruel or cowardly. In fact, to put it simply, the Doctor is a hero. These days there aren't so many of them around ..."
"Put in simpler terms, the Doctor always cares about people; he believes in good and fights evil. He is never cruel, and he never carries a gun or other weapon. He is often in battles, but he hates war."
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The result of the move request was: moved. Moved as proposed. BD2412 T 16:07, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death → The Curse of Fatal Death – Per the article, the episode was known as "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death" around its original broadcast. As far as I can tell, no on-screen title was used during the Comic Relief 1999 evening. The VHS release then used the standardised format of displaying the series logo and "The Curse of Fatal Death" underneath, as shown in the cover image in the article, and according to the article the home release uses the simplified title on-screen also. There doesn't seem to be any reason why the series title is included in this iteration of the title for the article. "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death" may be an acceptable alternative, but I suggest the simplified version due to the lack of an on-screen broadcast title and the official home release that uses it, in conjunction with WP:CONCISE. Move requires overwriting of the present redirect. U-Mos (talk) 11:34, 16 March 2024 (UTC)