User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20131005034222/@comment-188432-20131009095438

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20131005034222/@comment-188432-20131009095438 What we're trying to do right now is to illustrate articles very clearly with images that are mainly video, and which are unambiguously that of the character, not the actor.

It is a matter of debate whether any of these audio-only actors actually look like the character they portray, since it is demonstrably evident that:
 * Erimem is absolutely dissimilar to her portrayer
 * Lisa Bowerman has not been the universal model for Benny
 * India Fisher has obviously aged considerably to the extent that she simply can't look like she's portrayed on the cover of her most recent Companion Chronicle, given the time frame of that story

But the real clincher is that we would never accept a current image of Tom Baker or Colin Baker as being the Fourth Doctor or Sixth Doctor, so why in the world do we accept current images of audio-only companions? Indeed, when you get into the guest stars and incidental roles, no one would seriously allege that the actors look like those characters. The covers of Big Finish audios use the images of the actors in order to sell the product. The Black Guardian doesn't actually look like David Troughton, but his face is on the cover in order to attract an audience that knows what his face looks like.

This is sorta the new front page of the wiki. We want it to be bright, bold, uncontroversial — and where possible moving — none of which is really possible with audio-only people. It isn't about being "fair" to all media. It's about creating something visually stimulating that will keep people on the wiki pressing buttons.