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)