Talk:Stingray

Official name?
Has an official name for these guys been given? I personally like "The Swarm" a lot better than "alien stingrays", but I didn't want to rename the page if that's the official designation. - Monkey with a Gun 23:21, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Now that I note that there's already a page for The Swarm, how about "The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)" and "The Swarm (Planet of the Dead)"? Or, alternately, "The Swarm" and "The Swarm (virus)"? Monkey with a Gun 04:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm firmly opposed to a name change. The only name given to them by the script is "alien stingray".  This name is also used in the accompanying Confidential, and in some material on the official site.  Sure, it may not be their actual name, but it is "official" in the sense that it's the only one the BBC have given us.  One definitely gets the sense that it's the name entered in the official UNIT files.  Come to think of it, they probably don't have a "proper" name, because they're not shown to be sentient.  Any names are those given by other species.  Is the real name of horses "horse"?  Let's ask one and find out . . .   Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  17:23, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not really for a change of name either. Though for a slightly different reason (though I agree more or less with CzechOut's point). When they're referred to, or how the characters relate to the stingrays it's as a singular or three rather than as a swarm. The information about them is gathered from the individual encounters; the stingray eating the Tritovores, Christina's encounter and the three that go through the wormhole all more or less singular encounters with the single stingray, rather than as a collective whole.
 * We can always chuck a on the page if there's still some contention over the name. --Tangerineduel 17:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The only reason I was agitating for a name change was really my dislike of the name "alien stingray". I agree, the name "The Swarm" is never used in or out of universe, and C/O has a good point. But still think it sounds a bit dopey. Oh well; somebody out there probably thinks "The Doctor" is a terrible name for a protagonist. - Monkey with a Gun 06:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)