Talk:Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game

Game rebranding
As of the December 2015 edition - the fourth edition of the game featuring the Twelfth Doctor - the game has been rebranded as "Doctor Who Roleplaying Game". The sourcebooks still retain the old title, but the core book isn't branded as such and, aside from legacy copy and an apparent lapse on the product page, the book is no longer being marketed as Adventures in Time and Space.

With this in mind, I recommend we rename this article accordingly. The older title is no longer valid. --Ben Paddon ☎  01:02, May 11, 2016 (UTC)


 * Please note that per Thread:128198 only admins are permitted to move pages. The page has been moved back to the previous name to allow for discussion and/or admin decisions. Shambala108 ☎  23:48, June 23, 2016 (UTC)


 * Duly noted. I was unaware of the rule - I figured after a month and a half of inaction I would tackle the issue myself. Right now, the title of this page does not accurately reflect the product itself, nor has it for over a year now. The page should be renamed accordingly. --Ben Paddon ☎  23:50, June 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * A generally better way of handling situations like this is to keep the article at the old name, create a redirect on the new name, and then change the lead so that the new name is now included at the top of the article. That way, everyone who knows the game, by whichever name, can find it. :) 06:51: Sat 24 Feb 2018
 * All the above done. Some might argue that an image of the latest edition should be on the page, but since there are four, a gallery might be warranted in this case. I haven't dug deeply enough to know whether the 2nd and 3d editions actually have different covers, though one would imagine the 3d does.  In any event there's now a link from Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, so it should be sufficiently findable, whilst not sacrificing the primacy of the original name.  07:27: Sat 24 Feb 2018
 * Oh, one more point about this particular case. Let's not forget that it won its awards under its original name, so that's another great reason for it to be kept under that name, while having redirects at the newer name.


 * That said, if the game has substantively changed in later editions, there might be cause to make a separate page about later editions. But simple rebranding? Nah, we'd wnna keep all the editions on a single page under the original, and in this case, award-winning name. 07:33: Sat 24 Feb 2018

Sourcebook Information
The various sourcebooks might be worth a further look in regards to lore information. It seems that some of them (based on what I read after buying the digital versions from a Humble Bundle) have attempted to add their own background and stories relating to the Doctor Who universe, perhaps mainly for game session inspiration and thus more of speculative ideas, but also being an attempt by the authors to flesh out the story more.

For example, the Eighth Doctor Sourcebook goes into discussion (perhaps speculation, but it never calls itself such) into Cass's backstory, and makes the claim that she actually did join the Doctor and travel as a companion, but the shifting, worsening nature of the timestreams during the Time War meant the Doctor kept having to do it again or something, finding it harder and harder to persuade her each time, ultimately ending with the series of events that we see in "Night of the Doctor".

I suppose this is probably worth considering as trusting as we do non-prose guidebooks like "The Brilliant Book", but I think it's worth noting. I've been toying with adding something of a note regarding the Eighth Doctor Sourcebook's information on Cass to her page, but since the Wiki currently doesn't even give the sourcebook their own pages at this time, I want to lay the issue clear before I go making text changes. Andrewnuva199 ☎  02:39, September 28, 2018 (UTC)