User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1432718-20190809230204

Came across this discussion at Talk:TARDIS Index Files. Please please please in future bring inclusion questions either to an admin or start a thread here. It's hard to find these things when they're hidden on talk pages, and if something currently valid ends up being ruled invalid, it will make for a lot of cleanup work.

Here's the discussion:

I'm bringing here the validity of these webcasts. They bring us information about some of the Doctor's enemies. They, indeed, have narrative (albeit a very "weak" one). The TARDIS scanner gives us information about the webcast's subject, and images of the alien are shown, either through images from previous stories, or original illustrations. So, let's take a look at Tardis:Valid sources. Rules 2, 3 and 4 obviously are OK. The main problem is Rule 1: "Only stories count.". Can we trully deem these as stories? OncomingStorm12th ☎  15:16, February 24, 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmmmmmmmmm... I'd say Who is the Master? has a story. CoT     ?  15:18, February 24, 2017 (UTC)
 * Does the TARDIS explaining the histories of the Doctor's biggest adversaries count as a story...? I'm not too sure in all honesty. :S The  Farty  Doctor   Talk  15:49, February 24, 2017 (UTC)
 * I personally believe so, they have a narrative, such as the TARDIS explaining facts, it's no different from the Doctor walking in turning on the scanner and wollah, the fact file appears, a narrative is very much present, again as OS12th said, albeit a "weak" one. 82.3.146.201talk to me 16:41, February 24, 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had Who Is The Master? (webcast) as a good example in mind while writing this: from the moment "corrupts" the file, there is a clear story there: she corrupts the file, and begins a dialogue. But is anything show before that a story? How is the first half of the video that different from this page at BBC's website?