Talk:A.O. Osgood

Potential merge with Tom Osgood
This is a simple request, although maybe not a straightforward one; in UNIT Publications, a book is attributed to A.O. Osgood, who shares a name with Osgood (The Dæmons). Now it is, just from the evidence from this source, possible that these Osgoods are the same; two members of UNIT both being called Osgood? I mean, what are the chances?

Now I asked James Goss (the editor of the U.N.I.T. website) on Twitter if they are intended to be one and the same, to which he replied "probably!" I feel this is sufficient evidence, but I would like to hear the opinions of the other editors here.

The only issue is that later "expanded universe" stories named Osgood "Tom Osgood", but I feel there is ample precedent for characters with conflicting names. I mean, it may not even be impossible that this is not the case, as "A.O. Osgood" may be an alias or the initials of his middle names. I'm not suggesting we say as much on Osgood's page, but the name "A.O. Osgood" could be written in the lead along the lines of:
 * Tom Osgood was a UNIT technical officer who served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. According to a book advertised on the UNIT website, his name was A.O. Osgood.

And the behind the scenes section could elaborate more about the names. 16:16, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I think I'd lightly support this. We may need to move the page back to Osgood (The Daemons) honestly. I'd be a little more convinced on the issue if any of us knew what AO was meant to mean.


 * My current theory is that the creator of the website decided Osgood would have the first name of his actor - Alec. Thus his name would be Alec Osgood and his nickname would be AO. OS25🤙☎️ 16:30, 16 June 2023 (UTC)