User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-88790-20130503164346/@comment-188432-20130503192456

I don't know. There are some statements that are so wide-ranging that et al does make some sense to me.


 * The Doctor used his TARDIS to travel through space and time. (TV: An Unearthly Child, et al)


 * Sarah Jane Smith was a journalist. (TV: The Time Warrior, et al)

I mean, there are some facts that are just generally true, and it would be a waste of space to give more than one source. is really for when there's obvious numerical disagreement between a sentence and the number of citations, as with:
 * There were many cases in which Sarah Jane's career as a journalist got her into trouble (TV: The Time Warrior)