Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-1293767-20151030014715

RogerAckroydLives wrote: I don't believe that Utopia would stand apart from those episodes categorised by this definition. It would, as per my original statement, be categorised as a first part, continued in TSOD, which in turn is continued in LOTTL.

I was referring to Utopia being an outlier because of the point you made about Davies refuting it as the first of a three-parter:

RogerAckroydLives wrote: And yes, we can infer that Utopia is Part 1/3, as we and most other groups do. But it has been stated that this is not true by the writer

I'd actually never heard that before, but it wouldn't really change anything about that episode here because we currently consider it 1/3 anyway.

Your suggestion sounds very reasonable to me. As far as two-parters go, it would keep everything basically as we have it:

The Almost People and A Good Man Goes to War would not be considered a two-parter because they are credited to separate writers.

The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor would not be considered a two-parter because over six months passed between their premiere broadcasts.

The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived would not be considered a two-parter because they are credited to separate writers.

If we went with this definition and rejected the notion that TBC cards and return cards are the same thing, the only change we would have to make is the separation AGMGTW and LKH.