User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-27501528-20160109230049

The final scene rule doesn't work, since technically there are two more scenes after Churchill's appearance - the scene back in the TARDIS interior, and the final exterior shot of Starship UK. Obviously that's a very pedantic interpretation of the rule, but still a valid one.

I think the five lines of dialogue rule works better, but it's still somewhat arbitrary, and has its weaknesses. For example, Father Christmas has more than 5 lines in Death in Heaven, but obviously isn't a guest star. The cliffhanger rule might be the way to go - but what if, for example, we get a similar 'cliffhanger' scene at some point in the future which features multiple characters? For example, if the Churchill scene in TBB had also featured Bracewell, even if for only a line?

Again, I'm sorry to be so irritating with all of this nit-picking.