User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20151023022659/@comment-4028641-20151027182227

It just doesn't work on a hand full or two, I'd say it doesn't work on most non-televised multi-Doctor stories. And I don't really see how "it's that way because it's meant to be that way" is in any way a strong defense of the issue at hand. The multi-Doctor variable doesn't work on these pages and it would be an easy fix to allow multiple Doctors to be listed in that box just for that one sort of story that needs it.

It is odd for us to say 'that variable is for one character only' or that it is for 'only the main Doctor' whilst we are bascially doing guess work on most of these stories. Four Doctors, for instance, claims that the story is a Twelfth Doctor story with Clara as the only companion. That's not us listing the most important Doctor, that's just us being blatantly wrong. It's also bizzare that you dictate that the viable must only include one Doctor when you then say that the variable shouldn't be used for the stories that have been suggested. So you're saying that instead of having a fix for the stories where multiple Doctors and companions be used in the story, then we should not use the 'Doctor' or 'companion' variables. Then what's the point of not fixing it if you acknowledge that there's a huge problem? If we add multiple variables to the Doctor box, it will only affect the pages you're suggesting we don't use the variable on, and will not bleed over onto other pages. So there's no problem! I really don't understand why this little change is a huge issue.