Tardis:DYK nominations

This is the nominations page for the "Did you know . . . " section which appears on the main page. See DYK policy for a more complete explanation of how the process works. Nevertheless, it is important to reiterate here how nominated factoids should be formatted.

A factoid will be worded so as to obviously highlight one article, although it may contain additional links. The subject of the factoid will be bolded, and it should be one of the first nouns the reader encounters, in a phrase that begins with " . . . that". In-universe factoids should include a reference to the story from which the factoid is derived. Finally, the factoid should only include information that is actually in the article implied by the bolding.

It's probably easiest to understand all this by looking at an example. Take the following:


 * . . . that there were two different kinds of abominable snowman controlled by the Great Intelligence? (DW: The Web of Fear)

Note that the clause begins with " . . . that". Also, "abominable snowmen" (or Robot Yeti) is the subject of the factoid, at the front of the clause, in bold, and is the first thing linked in the factoid. The article, Robot Yeti does indeed make clear that there were two different kinds of Robot Yeti. And this point comes from The Web of Fear, which is cited at the end of the factoid.

Nominations
Put your nominations in the appropriate category below. The process of choosing a factoid isn't as formal as the Quote of the Week and Article of the month ("Featured article") procedures. There's no "voting", per se, as it's often a matter of fitting together factoids to make the overall DYK section the correct length. However, strong objections to a factoid (on the basis that the "fact" is untrue or unsubstantiated by an article) may be entered, and may be used to disqualify a nomination. An active editor will then rotate the nominations into the DYK template each week. '''Editors who do change the DYK template should make sure there's one factoid from each of the five categories. This may mean coming up with one on your own, if none have been nominated in that category.'''  See the policy page for more information about these categories.

Past behind-the-scenes

 * ...that a tyrannical caveman called Kal was the first villain in Doctor Who. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Extremely debatable. The first villain in Doctor Who'' is, I think,  the Doctor.   Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  17:25, March 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * How is the Doctor a villin explain. --Catkind121 09:22, March 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * ''Watch the single episodes, "An Unearthly Child" and "The Cave of Skulls". The heroes are Barbara and Ian, the villain is quite clearly the Doctor. Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  07:54, March 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * ... that the documentary The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond contains brief interviews with the creators behind The Dark Dimension, a failed attempt to revive Doctor Who that predates the 1996 tele-film?  Czech Out  ☎ | ✍  16:03, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

Race, technology or concept

 * ...that the Daleks were first fought by the Doctor to save the Thals.I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

Current behind-the-scenes

 * ... that Ray Holman — the former costume designer on Torchwood — has succeeded Louise Page on Doctor Who, and that he is responsible for designing the "look" of the Eleventh Doctor?  Czech Out  ☎ | ✍  23:05, March 17, 2010 (UTC)