Talk:The Pilot (TV story)

Daleks
The episode hasn't aired in Canada yet. I'd like to add this to, but I need to know if the Daleks play a "major role" or a "minor role", based on the examples you can see there on the template. 20:31, April 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * They basically only have a cameo. --DCLM ☎  21:06, April 15, 2017 (UTC)


 * It's enough to call it a "Dalek story" but not enough to call the Daleks the "main enemy" of the story. OS25 (Talk) 22:48, April 15, 2017 (UTC)
 * Awesome. Thanks for your answers. It seems someone has already added this to the template. 23:09, April 15, 2017 (UTC)

Friend from the Future
Having rewatched Friend from the Future, the Doctor states that they're going "back to the future" and that "2017 needs us". My question is, how do we sit on this story's connection to The Pilot. As quite rightly stated here, the scene we see in The Pilot was "adapted" in order to make more sense in the context of the episode, with many of these lines removed. If we were to treat FftF as valid (which may require its own inclusion debate at some point), then it would mean the difference between placing this story in "the 2010s" and in "2017". That's a muddle of thoughts but I'm sure you can see what I'm getting at.

An adaptation doesn't make something invalid (just see the Big Finish Novel Adaptations). In fact, it's just the same adventure with two different "witnesses" (so to speak). My immediate question is "Can we use FftF to determine this story as being 2017?" My question for a later date is "What is the exact relationship between FftF and The Pilot?" Because it's not a prequel. Does it classify as a story? As I said, my question here regards the time setting. Any other questions may be best discussed in a Inclusion Debate thread. The Farty  Doctor   Talk  23:34, April 15, 2017 (UTC)

Sentient oil or spaceship?
Didn't the Doctor conclude that the Heather-thing was a piece of a spaceship in that scene in the far future? CoT    ?  03:01, April 16, 2017 (UTC)