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On 3 May 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Doctor Who season 18 (1980–1981). The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Evil dopplegangers are so commonplace that they're trivial[edit]

Actually, it's not up to me to decide whether something is trivial...but I can argue that something is trivial. Evil dopplegangers in fiction is so commonplace that mentioning it outside of their respective articles (in this case the individual serials themselves) is rather trivial. DonQuixote (talk) 16:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Colour contrast problems[edit]

It seems that this article is using colours in the infobox which don't satisfy Wikipedia's accessibility guidelines. The contrast between the foreground colour and the background colour is low, which means that it may be difficult or impossible for people with visual impairments to read it.

To correct this problem, a group of editors have decided to remove support for invalid colours from Template:Infobox television season and other television season templates after 1 September 2015. If you would still like to use custom colours for the infobox and episode list in this article after that date, please ensure that the colours meet the WCAG AAA standard.

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Please be sure to change the invalid colour in every place that it appears, including the infobox, the episode list, and the series overview table. If you have any questions about this, please ask on Template talk:Infobox television season. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:30, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The plot summaries should contain what is important to the plot & the series.[edit]

Logopolis is an example, "After her aunt is murdered by the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an unwitting stowaway aboard the TARDIS as it travels to the planet Logopolis." A big waste of words. The summaries should state in Warrior's Gate that Romana & K-9 are left behind; then Logopolis should state simply that Tegan replaces Romana as Dr. companion. The murder of the aunt is not important. But the Block Computation is and the fact that the universe was being kept alive by the Logopolis math monks. (PeacePeace (talk) 02:20, 30 December 2017 (UTC))[reply]

Longer plot summaries are in the respective articles. DonQuixote (talk) 02:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New Opening[edit]

No mention that this season was the first with a redone theme and neon logo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.107.222 (talk) 04:57, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Box set[edit]

The complete box set has been released for this season now. Will the image for the article be changed to the cover of said boxset now? TheMysteriousEditor (talk) 18:52, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- /Alex/₂₁ 22:22, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

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