User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-26845762-20170222025243/@comment-26845762-20170305194354

"Don't confuse the actor with the character. As a forum discussion made clear, a picture of Billie Piper dressed as Rose is not the same thing as a picture of Rose."

- Tardis:Images and Perspective

Example Samjones.jpg is not an image of Sam Jones. It is explicitly an image of Sam's real world twin, Kath from BBC Worldwide. This should not be used

Curiously, while our article on Sam Jones says that Sam's appearance was modelled after Kath, it doesn't actually show any of the ilustrations of Sam that are modelled after Kath!

Anji Kapoor DWM 294.jpg is given in the context of "hey look the Doctor has a new companion". We don't know who this is in real life! This should be used. Unlike the one we use now, it actually shows her face.

Basically
Only when no other source has an image to offer, we should be able to use images of characters/species/objects that have been released within official Dr Who stuff. At the same time, I propose that we should only be able to use images that come from within TV episodes, comics, webcasts, or any other visual thing - i.e. actually come from within the stories - in the writing of articles.


 * 1. Only stories count

Just because they're released in the context of a story doesn't mean covers are actually a part of the story.