User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-1293767-20151122230619

Shambala108 wrote: In Thread:164173, User:Tangerineduel said:

"I believe that for the new series unless a story actually contains the in-titles titling of "Part 1 / 2" as occurred with The End of Time then all should be treated as separate stories.

As all the others are presented with separate titles and are covered separately."

This to me is the simplest solution: only stories that have the same title would be considered multi-parters.

The drawbacks are that it won't be an easy change to make and it will mess up any kind of numbering system that depends on things like making Planet of the Dead the 200th episode.

However, it has the advantage of being easy to enforce and will be applicable in the future, as User:CzechOut states a new rule must be.

It's not my first choice, but I think I could agree to that as a last resort. Not only does it free us of the erratic application of TBCs, but it's a far better option than unreasonably forcing standalone stories together just because an episode ends with, "Doctor Who will return in..." or similar.

Since these issues have major impact across multiple stories/episodes, I think this should be a highlighted topic.