User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-9435571-20171227131355

For some reason Amorkuz deleted most of the content of Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart, despite the fact that:


 * 1) most of the content was the summary of the events in the episode in which the character participated
 * 2) the out of universe information was clearly marked as such in the behind the scenes section and there was no reason to remove it
 * 3) Archibald was actually apparently named as the brother of the grandfather of the Brigadier in Night of the Intelligence (at least according to the user who added it before this episode was aired to the grandfather's page citing that novel, but there's no reason to assume it's not true given the ensuing facts), and the tweet from the Haisman estate (removed by an anonymous user in a previous edit) merely confirmed that it's the same Archibald.
 * 4) That said, the fact that Moffat and Gatiss intended him to be the grandfather is also notable behind the scenes info, even if this was trumped by both a statement by copyright holders and by in-universe evidence from the books.

If the copyright holders actually confirm that the character named the same in two stories is supposed to be the same character, I don't see any reason to assume otherwise. Hell, it's actually more proof that they're the same person than we have for Kate Stewart from Downtime and the new series being the same. JagoAndLitefoot ☎  13:13, December 27, 2017 (UTC)