Tardis:DYK nominations

This is the nominations page for the "Did you know . . . " section which appears on the main page. See DYK policy for a more complete explanation of how the process works. Nevertheless, it is important to reiterate here how nominated factoids should be formatted.

A factoid will be worded so as to obviously highlight one article, although it may contain additional links. The subject of the factoid will be bolded, and it should be one of the first nouns the reader encounters, in a phrase that begins with " . . . that". In-universe factoids should include a reference to the story from which the factoid is derived. Finally, the factoid should only include information that is actually in the article implied by the bolding.

It's probably easiest to understand all this by looking at an example. Take the following:


 * . . . that there were two different kinds of abominable snowman controlled by the Great Intelligence? (DW: The Web of Fear)

Note that the clause begins with " . . . that". Also, "abominable snowmen" (or Robot Yeti) is the subject of the factoid, at the front of the clause, in bold, and is the first thing linked in the factoid. The article, Robot Yeti does indeed make clear that there were two different kinds of Robot Yeti. And this point comes from The Web of Fear, which is cited at the end of the factoid.

Nominations
Put your nominations in the appropriate category below. The process of choosing a factoid isn't as formal as the Quote of the Week and Article of the month ("Featured article") procedures. There's no "voting", per se, as it's often a matter of fitting together factoids to make the overall DYK section the correct length. However, strong objections to a factoid (on the basis that the "fact" is untrue or unsubstantiated by an article) may be entered, and may be used to disqualify a nomination. An active editor will then rotate the nominations into the DYK template each week. '''Editors who do change the DYK template should make sure there's one factoid from each of the five categories. This may mean coming up with one on your own, if none have been nominated in that category.'''  See the policy page for more information about these categories.

Past behind-the-scenes
Did you know that Christopher Benjamin is one of a few actors that have had more than one role in Doctor Who. Others have included Freema Agyeman and Karen Gillan. --Catkind121 19:46, April 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * ''Not really true. There have been at least dozens of actors to have had multiple roles in DW.   Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  14:46, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Did you know that Patrick Troughton's, Peter Davison's and Sylvester McCoy's children have all appeared in Doctor who... --Catkind121 19:46, April 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * ''No mention of the existence of a child, much less their DW appearance, in the article on Sylvester McCoy. Therefore, factoid unusable.  The fact must be in the article for it to be usable in DYK.  Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  14:46, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Current story
Did you know that Victory of the Daleks, will be the 24th story in doctor who history to feature Daleks as the main enemy. (DW: Victory of the Daleks) --Catkind121 08:41, April 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * ''Again, not in the article. Even if it were, it's kind of a "blah" fact. Who marks the "24th" of anything?   Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  14:46, April 21, 2010 (UTC)