Talk:Binaca-Ananda

Renaming
The new webcast Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract mentions a planet called "Bonarcha Anarda". Curious to see if this was a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as are many parts of that webcast, I ended up finding several "lists of Doctor Who planets" describing it as a planet mentioned in The Power of Kroll, which I figured was this. If you listen to the line it could really be either. I don't know where these websites got that spelling from, but my guess is an encyclopedia or similar book like Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D, perhaps. However, seeing as this spelling does officially appear in the webcast, I think it's reasonable to assume they're the same and rename the page.

For what it's worth, the captions in The Power of Kroll do say "Binaca-Ananda", but (as I believe some discussion determined) captions aren't always trustworthy and are used as a last resort. (e.g. The DVD subtitles for World War Three spell it as "Rexicoricophallivatorius" instead of Raxacoricofallapatorius.) Chubby Potato ☎  07:24, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Funny that this rename went through before anyone checked the novelisation! Which does, in fact, spell it Binaca-Ananda. – n8 (☎) 14:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh dear. That oversight's on me. Mind you, I left a redirect at the old page name. I'd argue spelling that is itself in-universe (something written in the Five Hundred Year Diary) probably ought to trump the spelling of spoken dialogue written out, even so. But I'm open to arguments otherwise. Scrooge MacDuck ☎  14:56, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, per the ruling on novelisations as sources for page titles, you're technically in the clear. I'll add it to User:NateBumber/Sandbox3! – n8 (☎) 14:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ...And now Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract is invalid, so I'm fairly certain both the captions and the novelisation take precedent. Chubby Potato ☎  03:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)