Talk:The Keys of Marinus

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that actress Carole Ann Ford described her character in the Doctor Who serial The Keys of Marinus as "pathetic"?

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Voord merge discussion

Latest comment: 10 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was merge. Given it's been a month with no further input and the support for a merge was unanimous, I'm electing to close this per WP:MERGECLOSE Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 19:41, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

The Voord have only appeared in one adventure on-screen, The Keys of Marinus, and beyond that have been prevalent in spin-off media. However, the current Voord article is almost entirely based around information from their one episode. It either is about developmental information from that episode, brief comments about their role in the episode, or descriptions of their appearance in the episode. I was only able to find one significant source discussing separately from Keys: Once Upon a Time Lord: The Myths and Stories of Doctor Who: [1]. This source is a good overall source discussing their various cross-media appearances, and is really the only source I've found that discusses them as a species and not just as an aspect of Keys. This source, I feel, is not enough for a standalone article when so much of the present Voord article overlaps with Keys, which per Wikipedia:NOPAGE, means it'd be better covered at this article. Any information related to the Voord's later appearances can either be included at this article at a "Legacy" section or something similar, or at List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens, which already discusses their various spin-off appearances. Overall, though, there's just not much justifying a separate Voord split when they'd be infinitely better covered as part of this article, where they can be better understood in the context of the creation of their most notable appearance. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 22:48, 14 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Merge A lot of context is lost in the Voord article by not being part of Keys, per the first point in WP:NOPAGE. Additionally as the proposal states, content can be easily merged into an article that doesn't need to be split per WP:TOOBIG. Yes I am a nerd -XCBRO172 (How could you tell?) 05:49, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
Merge. Most of the information is already included here (including a paragraph in § Commercial releases), and any further information about their later appearances can go to List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens § Voord. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 05:58, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

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