Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20130412143615/@comment-88790-20130419144525

ComicBookGoddess does bring up an interesting issue/proviso. That media is a determinant.

To look at CzechOut's examples The Seeds of Death TV story, end titles, subtitles (and also the production paperwork) all have the double-L spelling of Grand Marshall and they're all linked to that medium, the televisual.

The single-L Grand Marshal is linked through the prose medium and likely began with the novelisation and Mission to Magnus, which would have been where Russell got his info the spelling in Legacy (I know I'm making broad assumptions, but it is the reason why in Placebo Effect Wirrn has three Rs in - because it's in the novelisation). So we can track the spelling back through like that.

While we do state all sources as being equal the novelisations are a little less than equal if they contradict with the TV story.

So in CzechOut's case we could actually fall back on the Artifacts or Artefacts of Rassilon? ruling.

Grand Marshall: The Seeds of Death TV story, subtitles, end credits Grand Marshal: Mission to Magnus, Legacy.