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Should the modifications made to the console room set be mentioned under design changes? It's not a new set per se, but there are significant differences when compared to the set used in Series 7 & the 2013 specials.
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Footlessmouse (
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00:51, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
There are no problems with boundaries in writing about fiction, the plots are restricted to a table. All information is verifiable, each episode has its own article.
Footlessmouse (
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04:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Sources are reliable for what they are used for, no contentious statements about living persons, figures are cited, everything not cited is readily verifiable and uncontestable.
Footlessmouse (
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04:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
copyvios search using turniting, search, and links does not reveal any problems. The article contains one medium-length quote which is repeated in multiple sources and the titles of the episodes appear verbatim often.
Footlessmouse (
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11:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Upon initial review with help of Word, I have not found any major spelling errors, but the article will need to be checked thoroughly for consistency with British English. I found several grammar and have listed them in the subsections below. Feel free to add a
Template:Done or
Template:Not done underneath each as you complete, please provide an explanation for rejecting a fix. I will expand and rename the other section as I complete reviews of the article for the various criteria.
Footlessmouse (
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11:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Is there a reason for swapping between present tense, as used in every episode summary, to past tense for this one sentence? -- /
Alex/
2100:40, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
On the Steven Moffat picture, can you provide an appropriate caption for the picture? Things he said can be put in the body of the article and are not relevant in a caption.
Footlessmouse (
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00:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
For the double pic of Capaldi and Coleman, can you expand the caption to say more about who is pictured, rather than when two people were cast in the show?
Footlessmouse (
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00:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done Updated to name their characters and their appearances (i.e. first series, continuing on from previous). -- /
Alex/
2108:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
On the two non-free use images, please fill in the missing blanks in the Media data and Non-free use rationale template. Two fields are marked NA in both, and can see why, but it is easy to fill in "material is copyrighted and cannot be duplicated by third-party sources in a free format" and "it does not impede commercial opportunities for the copyright holders".
Footlessmouse (
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00:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
"It also received high acclaim from critics, with praise going to the writing, directing, and acting." => This may be original research, please provide a direct citation for it, reword to summarize the reviews that follow and nothing more, or remove it.
Footlessmouse (
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01:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done "Critical reaction to the series was highly positive, with praise going to the writing, directing, and acting, with a number of individual episodes receiving critical acclaim." -- /
Alex/
2108:19, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
"The Doctor and Clara are called to a restaurant, only to find it is part of a spaceship that crashed in the past and is filled with humanoid robots." => reword to exclude phrase "only to find" maybe "where they find".
Footlessmouse (
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01:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
"Saibra is later caught by the Teller and activates an atomic shredder. Psi soon follows when caught by the Teller, and Clara and the Doctor gain access to the vaults of the bank" => Reword for clarity and avoid W2W if possible.
Footlessmouse (
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01:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done "Saibra is later caught by the Teller and activates an atomic shredder to dissolve herself, and Psi soon follows her in the same manner." -- /
Alex/
2108:19, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The head writer and executive producers are only introduced in the lead, they should be introduced as such in the body as well, the lead should not contain information that can't be verified in the body.
Footlessmouse (
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02:41, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Development section doesn't discuss it as Capaldi's first time to star as the doctor and the first appearance of the Twelfth Doctor, that section assumes you read and remember the intro first.
Footlessmouse (
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Footlessmouse (
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02:51, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
story arc is mentioned in the lead but isn't expanded on in the body, just short synapsis for each episode, which is a notable aspect of the series as a whole as demonstrated by reliable sources. Story arc is also unreferenced the only time it appears, this currently violates multiple GAC.
Footlessmouse (
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03:09, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Question: I'd say that the episode synopsis is the expansion of the lead's story arc content. As per
MOS:TVPLOT, we are only meant to summarize in the episode table and not have multiple sections dedicated to plot; [a]ll articles should contain a few sentences in the lead to summarize the overall storyline, generally done via a non-copyrighted logline or preview summary. "Story arc" is mentioned twice; once in the lead as a summary, and the second in regards to Gomez's appearance, where it is sourced. -- /
Alex/
2101:10, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The only time the phrase "high acclaim" appears is in the lead with no sources. The only other time acclaim of any kind is mentioned is in reference to two individual episodes.
Footlessmouse (
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02:41, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
"Capaldi had previously appeared on the show as Caecilius in "The Fires of Pompeii". He also played John Frobisher in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood: Children of Earth." => combine, doesn't even need a reference if it's readily verifiable by any resource at hand (Google) it is common knowledge.
Footlessmouse (
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03:15, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Development section should be expanded touching on the highlights of development in prose form, rather than extended quotes, which can be included in references with the |quote= parameter.
Footlessmouse (
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03:15, 19 October 2020 (UTC)reply
At the least, one of the two block quotes can be converted into an inline quote so that it doesn't break flow. Note, this is not required for GA as far as I can tell.
Footlessmouse (
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04:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done "The subsequent success of his drama series, Broadchurch, led Chibnall to state that his schedule would not allow him to contribute to this particular series, although he was willing to write for Doctor Who in the future." -- /
Alex/
2105:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The series is the eighth to air following the programme's revival in 2005, and is the thirty-fourth season overall. It is also the first series since series five not to be split into two parts. => combine these.
Footlessmouse (
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04:07, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Done "The series is the eighth to air following the programme's revival in 2005, the thirty-fourth season overall, and the first series since
series five not to be split into two parts." -- /
Alex/
2105:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the hard work! I've reread the article again and don't see any major issues. Once the issues in Other are resolved, I will go back over everything and evaluate for MOS. Otherwise, everything is looking great.
Footlessmouse (
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04:06, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Pass
After carefully rereading the article again, comparing to similar articles, and going back over the relevant policies, I'm going to go ahead and pass this. I have a few suggestions above that I think could improve it a bit, but at this point the GA criterea are met. The meaning of each sentence and each paragraph is clear and concise and that is all that is required. All of my other critiques were fixed in a timely manner. Thanks for the hard work!
Footlessmouse (
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04:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Great, thanks! I'll still make a few of the edits in the suggestion section even though it's passed, just to clean the article up again. Thanks again for your help! -- /
Alex/
2104:40, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply