Talk:73 Yards

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... that "73 Yards" is one of the few Doctor Who episodes not to feature the theme music and title sequence?

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/doctor-who-mid-season-questions-73-yards-explained-1235908268/ and https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-new-years-special-questions/

ALT1: ... that Sex Education was still in production when filming on the fourteenth series of Doctor Who began causing Ncuti Gatwa to be absent from most of "73 Yards"? Source: https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-season-14-episode-4-doctor-missing-filming-explained-rtd/
ALT2: ... that real broadcast journalists were used as extras for the portions of the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards" that were filmed at the BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EftAeJcCBo
Reviewed: N/A (second nomination)
Comment: User:Alex 21 moved the article to the mainspace. While I am the primary author, a few other editors have contributed significantly to the article.

Moved to mainspace by TheDoctorWho (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:00, 26 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: I would like to propose a few alt hooks as the second overall editor to the page. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:01, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3: ... that the Doctor is barely in the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards"?

Source: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-why-ncuti-gatwas-doctor-isnt-in-73-yards/

ALT4: ... that the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards" is only the fourth episode in the history of the show to omit the theme song? Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/doctor-who-mid-season-questions-73-yards-explained-1235908268/

Thank you for the extra ALT hooks! I originally had something similar to ALT4 drafted up, but I rewrote it because the source doesn't explicitly state that it was the fourth episode to omit it. While I don't dispute it's a fact, we only have two separate sources that previously three other previous episodes that exclude it, but not that those are the only three. It was a slight case of WP:SYNTH and should probably be re-written in the article, unless such a source exists. That said, I don't have a problem with ALT3 if a reviewer chooses to accept it, but I do of course have a slight preference for the ones that I wrote 😅. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]