User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-1827503-20151123013915

Wording for a "separate episode titles = separate stories" policy would go something like this:


 * A "story", for the purposes of televised Doctor Who, is one or more consecutive episodes... (continue to define term as it is currently defined)
 * From An Unearthly Child to The Gunfighters, a "story" refers to any run of consecutive episodes with the same production code.
 * From The Savages onward, a "story" refers to any run of consecutive episodes with the same title.
 * There are a few unusual circumstances concerning story titles:
 * The first episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs was titled Invasion, to hide the identity of what was invading Earth. We treat Invasion as the first episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs.
 * Season 23 was broadcast as The Trial of a Time Lord in 14 episodes, composed of four serials. We treat this as one story for numbering purposes but as four stories for all other purposes.
 * (add information relevant to Torchwood, SJA, K9, and various other televised stories)