User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24894325-20151119211902/@comment-24894325-20151229134600

Still I don't completely give up on the idea that some box sets need not have their own pages. Equality argument is indisputable, yes. And I'm not trying to complicate things on purpose. But...

There were TV seasons released in several volumes. For instance, Series 6 (Doctor Who) and Series 7 (Doctor Who). There were iTunes releases of Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and then Vols. 1 & 2. (I think there were also DVD releases like that.) And the ever confusing The Trial of a Time Lord, which is called a single story on this Wikia, which consisted of 4 stories each consisting of 2 or 4 episodes.

I claim that a box set does not always equate to a full season/series. (I think series is used more often in the release data, but I should check on this.) When a box set is explicitly called a series or a season, I bow to the equality. Sometimes the same information can be retrieved from the numbering. The First Doctor: Volume One is numbered 9.0. The next release is planned as 10. Previous Companion Chronicles used to be 8.1, 8.2, etc. So I would say this box set is Series 9 or Season 9 of Companion Chronicles, whichever we decide.

But there are cases where the numbering suggests the opposite: The First Doctor Box Set is numbered 2.01, followed by The Second Doctor Box Set at 2.02, followed by a single story release at 2.03. It appears that these box sets are not series. Maybe that's why they were not given individual pages in the first place? Maybe it should remain this way.

The Fifth Doctor Box Set and The Third Doctor Adventures are in a range without any seasons/series and are clearly standalone releases (at least for now; I wouldn't be surprised if they are pilots for new ranges). So they should continue having their pages. I don't think they need dabbing though.

And now for what I'm really interested in. Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and The War Doctor. Don't they have a feel of The Trial of a Time Lord? One story/story arc, spread over a season, planned and announced as 4/5 box sets from the very beginning? Unlike The Diary of River Song, which is Series 1 but we don't even have an announcement of Series 2, let alone any details?

I don't know much about the Benny range to issue an opinion, but the only remaining case I originally put for not having pages for individual releases was the new UNIT range. And there I would say each box set is its own season. I actually seem to remember them using the term "series" in the CD extras. And, despite 4 box sets announced, I don't remember any promises of serialised story telling. UNIT 2 is supposed to be unrelated to UNIT 1, except for the characters.