Template:Did you know nominations/The Christmas Invasion
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:53, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
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The Christmas Invasion
- ... that "The Christmas Invasion" was the first story for Doctor Who clearly labelled as a Christmas special?
- Source: [Pixley, Andrew (9 November 2006). "Series Two Companion". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 14 – Special Edition. Page=13]
- ALT1: ... that "The Christmas Invasion" was the first time Doctor Who had featured on the Radio Times Christmas edition cover in the show's forty-two-year history? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20060626200001/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/11/28/27746.shtml
- ALT2: ... that "The Christmas Invasion" was the first full episode starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor? Source: Primary source (the episode itself)
- ALT3: ... that "The Christmas Invasion" featured murderous robot Santas? Source: [Pixley, Andrew (9 November 2006). "Series Two Companion". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 14 – Special Edition. Page=13]
- ALT4: ... that "The Christmas Invasion" led to Christmas Specials becoming a staple for Doctor Who? Source: https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a816678/doctor-who-christmas-specials-ranked/
- Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by DoctorWhoFan91 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:46, 26 October 2024 (UTC).
QPQ is not needed but I'll nonetheless politely ask the nom (@DoctorWhoFan91:) to consider doing it to help with the backlog :) The article is fine (GA status and nom date confirmed), spotcheck did not find any issues. The hooks are fine although neither seems particularly interesting. Instead I'd suggest making a new hook based on this claim from the lead: "and is considered one of the best Christmas specials of the show, with its success leading to the Christmas special becoming an annual tradition". Ping me if a new hook is proposed and I'll check it. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- @DoctorWhoFan91, Piotrus, and DimensionalFusion: Just noting that I have pulled this from prep as this would make a good Christmas hook and will put it into the special occasion holding area. I have not assessed the article.--Launchballer 11:32, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: I have proposed two new hooks- I'm not familiar with reviewing DYKs, so perhaps I'll try a a later date. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, the new hooks are fine. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)