Talk:Doctor Who series 2/GA1

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Reviewer: Sagecandor (talk · contribs) 23:28, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Saw all the episodes in this season a while back. Haven't ever edited or read the Wikipedia article. Will look it over, and post up a review later. Sagecandor (talk) 23:28, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article's Good Article nomination has been put on hold. During review, some issues were discovered that can be resolved without a major re-write. This is how the article, as of June 14, 2017, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Gonna have to put this one on hold for now as there are several problems. I was gonna quick fail, but I see the nominator is quite active and from the nominator's username, it appears they'll probably get right on fixing these. The lede fails WP:LEAD, needs to be expanded to serve as a full standalone summary of the entire article's contents.

1. • to do

I was definitely planning to, but my gracious thanks to Dresken for working on the nomination requirements on the article! Especially while I'm in the middle of finals exams, but I definitely plan to work on it myself as well, as the nominator and all. -- Alex^TW 03:55, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2. Verifiable?: Several accuracy problems, will label them by sections:

1. Episodes: The first episode of the series, "New Earth", was also the first episode since Doctor Who was revived not to be set in the vicinity of Earth, and the first story since The Greatest Show in the Galaxy from Season 25 to be wholly set on an alien world; every episode of Series 1 had taken place either on Earth itself or on a space station in the vicinity of the planet. = unsourced production info, doesn't fit the guidelines for WP:PLOTSUMMARY, needs citations.
   •  Done -- Text removed Dresken (talk) 03:01, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
2. Episodes: Two mini-episodes were also recorded: "Doctor Who: Children in Need" was produced for the 2005 Children in Need appeal, and interactive episode "Attack of the Graske" was recorded for digital television following the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion". 13 TARDISODEs were also produced to serve as prequels to each episode. All episodes were filmed as part of the second series' production cycle. = uncited.
   •  Done -- cited. Dresken (talk) 04:50, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
3. Main characters: Following his brief appearance in the closing moments of "The Parting of the Ways" he was next seen in the Children in Need special, broadcast on 18 November 2005. "The Christmas Invasion", broadcast one month later, marked his first full episode. = uncited.
   •  Done -- cited. Dresken (talk) 21:38, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
4. Main characters: Noel Clarke's character Mickey Smith, a recurring guest character during the first series, featured in several episodes. = uncited.
   •  Done -- cited. Dresken (talk) 12:43, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
5. Guest stars: Camille Coduri continued to guest in the series as recurring character Jackie Tyler. Shaun Dingwall returned for several episodes as Pete Tyler and Penelope Wilton reprised her role as Harriet Jones. = uncited.
   •  Done -- cited. Dresken (talk) 22:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
6. Production: The second series encompassed a loose story arc based around the word "Torchwood", which first appeared in the 2005 episode "Bad Wolf". The mythology of Torchwood is built across the series; in "The Christmas Invasion" it is revealed to be a secret organisation which possesses alien technology, and its establishment is shown in "Tooth and Claw". Contemporary Torchwood is finally visited by the Doctor and Rose in "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday", at which point it is situated within London's Canary Wharf and accidentally allows the invasion of the Cybermen and, subsequently, the Daleks. The Doctor and Rose are forcibly separated by these events, which lead to Rose's entrapment within a parallel universe. = uncited.
   •  Done -- Added citations. Dresken (talk) 23:22, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
7. Production: A Children in Need special and an interactive episode, entitled "Attack of the Graske", were both produced alongside the series. = uncited.
   •  Done -- Added citation Dresken (talk) 03:01, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
8. Australia: In Australia, this series aired in 2006, on ABC at 7:30 pm Saturdays. The premiere episode was the 2005 Christmas special. During the runs of these episodes, the Doctor Who Confidential Cut Down was not shown at that time. This series aired again from Tuesday, 27 January 2009 starting with "The Christmas Invasion" at 8:30 pm. From 3 February 2009, not only was the show airing on ABC2 on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm, Doctor Who Confidential Cut Down episodes aired right after the episode. This is the second time that the Doctor Who Confidential Cut Down episodes were shown; the first time happened in 2008 when airing series 4 of Doctor Who. Then from 2 January 2012, episodes were shown at 7:30pm on ABC2 daily from Rose to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe to the lead-up of Series 7. The lot of episodes were repeated again a second time later that year. = uncited.
   •  Done -- removed as unsourced and not notable. Dresken (talk) 21:43, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
9. Awards and nominations: At the 2007 BAFTA TV Awards Crispin Green was nominated for Best Editing Fiction/Entertainment, while The Mill were nominated for Best Visual Effects. = uncited.
   •  Done -- Added citation. Dresken (talk) 05:28, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
10. Awards and nominations: At the 2007 Saturn Awards the show was nominated for two awards; Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series and Best Television DVD Release, it did not win either. The show was nominated for the Scream Award for Best TV show but did not win. At the 2007 SFX Awards, the show won Best TV Show, Euros Lyn and Steven Moffat won Best TV episode for "The Girl in the Fireplace". James Strong and Matt Jones were nominated for "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" and Graeme Harper and Russell T Davies for "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday". David Tennant won for Best TV Actor and Billie Piper won for Best TV Actress.[citation needed] = already tagged as "citation needed" = normally a "quick fail" criteria. = uncited.
    •  Done -- Added citation. Dresken (talk) 05:28, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
11. Notes: Canadian release was originally announced as the same day as the US issue, but the decision by the CBC to schedule a two-month mid-season hiatus led to the release date being pushed back; ultimately, it was released before the CBC was able to air the final two episodes of the season. = uncited.
    •  Done -- Added citation. Dresken (talk) 21:30, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
12. References: Much of References sect has red colored problems in citation templates: Check date values in:
    •  Done -- Dresken (talk) 22:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

3. Broad in coverage?: Article contains sections for major aspects, but much of it is unsourced at the time being.

1. •  Done -- all citations covered above. Dresken (talk) 23:23, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

4. Neutral point of view?: Uncited awards info, already tagged as "citation needed", needs to be addressed promptly.

1. •  Done -- all citations covered above. Dresken (talk) 23:23, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

5. Stable? Stable over one month. No talk page problems.

6. Images?: 3 images used. 2 fair use. 1 free use. Free use is good. Fair use in infobox has good rationale. Not sure File:Doctor Who 2005 logo.png adds anything encyclopedic to the article and could be removed.

 Done -- removed image Dresken (talk) 22:17, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully nominator can address the citation issues in 7 days, good luck !

Please address these matters soon and then leave a note here showing how they have been resolved. Within 7 days, the article should be reviewed again. If these issues are not addressed by then, the article may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work so far. Sagecandor (talk) 21:02, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bare links Many bare links and unformatted links in References. Sagecandor (talk) 22:37, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- fixed links in References. Dresken (talk) 05:44, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted. Thank you to AlexTheWhovian for the helpful responses on this page. Sagecandor (talk) 18:13, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More thanks to Dresken, they did far more than I did on this. -- Alex^TW 23:11, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC list The Christmas Invasion as the final episode of Season 1, not as the first episode of Series 2, despite the change of Doctor. [[1]] surely things need to be changed to reflect this? Stub Mandrel (talk) 21:21, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I added more to the critical reception section I think meeting requirements for GA OLI 13:56, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]