User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24894325-20151119211902/@comment-24894325-20151229191019

First about numbering. There are two types of numbering used by BF: N.K or N or mixed with N increasing by 1 from time to time (sometimes N can be Roman instead of Arabic, or, confusingly, both are used in the Bonus Releases range but for different types of releases; if a number in the range is out of place, it often means that this release is conjoined to this range topically but truly belongs to a different range: this is the case of The Mahogany Murderers in the Jago&Litefoot range, added there as a backdoor pilot).

You can find this number at the main page of a release, in large digits before the release name on the webpage of the release at BF website. So, according to our current consensus (defined as the absence of dissenters), BF only breaks some of its ranges into series by numbering. Main range, for instance, uses the N system and, hence, has no obvious series, despite being the longest range. The Companion Chronicles, on the other hand, are numbered N.N, thus creating series, with the last box set release being the complete Series 9. Doom Coalition uses N, but each release has several stories, so would still be broken into series according to your definition (sorry, I forgot about the BTS references to series for these guys).

Now about box sets. My ambition is, essentially, to eliminate the 3rd tier between series and stories. A typical classic era season, say Season 1, has a table with DVD releases and their dates, some of which are box sets. But would not necessarily link to a box set page even if that exists. Due to my other project I've looked at all individual story pages in Seasons 1-7, and I can tell you that very few box sets from this period are present in the category you pointed out. I have learned to consider any occurrence on this Wikia as potentially being a fluke, a misunderstanding on the part of the editor (and I know first hand how that happens). From what I see, it does not feel like there is a consistent policy on creating pages for DVD/Blueray boxes.

In addition, they are significantly different from the audio boxes. Funnily enough most boxes in the category you pointed out are anthologies in the proper sense of the word: they are collections of selected, previously released stories. The absolute majority of audio boxes are original releases. Perhaps, a better analogy to an audio box would then be the case when a TV channel decides to broadcast two episodes back to back (I'm not sure Doctor Who ever did it, but many other shows do it for the 1st and 2nd episodes of a season or for the last two. Similarly, a box set constituting a whole season corresponds to the way Netflix releases its series: all episodes of a season simultaneously.) Such an occurrence surely deserves a mention and a picture on the series page. But does it deserve its own page?