Forum:Are the Invisible Enemy clones characters in their own right?

Now, I notice that, despite all the Ganger pages, as well as the Martha and Second Doctor clones, there aren't individual pages for the clones of the Fourth Doctor, Leela or Professor Marius that entered the Fourth Doctor's mind in DW: The Invisible Enemy. Is there a specific reason for that, such as their connection to one another or somesuch, or are they not there just because no-one's got round to it? -- Tybort (talk page) 19:30, January 6, 2012 (UTC)

Given people's inability to understand the difference between signgifcant and insignificant details, I would say it's because the people who watch the older series are a small percentage of the people working here. In terms of story, I would claim that these do not operate as separate characters, certainly not the way that most of the gangers in the two-parter does. Given my druthers I would not sepaate out Amy as a Ganger, nor Rory as an auton, although the Ganger doctor does operate as a separate character. However, the purpose of Ganger Amy was to act as a linking device for the season arc -- had she been kidnapped at the end of The Almost People instead of being dissolved, there would have been no effective difference to the arc. So I would not have these separate pages.

However, as I say above, given the inability of the majority of contributors to understand these distinctions, it's an oversight. I suggest we continue to overlook it. Boblipton talk to me 20:05, January 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * What's your reasoning for the ones inside the Doctor's mind not counting, may I ask? You sort of got off track mentioning the Gangers, which wasn't really my main point (besides, the Amy Pond (Ganger) page was deleted some time back). Tybort (talk page) 22:13, January 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * They acted as the characters.... under bizarre circumstances, mind you, but there was clearly a continuity of character. Whent hey left the brain, they resumed continuity -- at least the Doctor did. I'd have to take a look to be sure about the others. Given the tangled continuity of the entire series when examining the Doctor's timeline, this is relatively straightforward. Boblipton talk to me 22:20, January 6, 2012 (UTC)