Talk:Phantasmagoria (audio drama)

Quality Assessment
Start Class:


 * The article contains a useful picture or graphic
 * There are multiple links to websites with more info on the topic
 * There is one subheading which fully treats an element of the topic - the cast section and info box with useful info
 * The plot section is basic and will need to be expanded

To increase to B class will need expansion of plot and additional sections on production, etc as well as more clear referencing

Importance Scale:

Mid - While the story is notable within Doctor Who field it is unknown outside of this --Amxitsa (talk) 21:18, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Anachronism
The text below was added with [this edit] by CissyJA, who reverted my attempt to remove it:


 * The story is set in 1702, but during the story, the song Ring a Ring o' Roses is heard. This nursery rhyme / folksong first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version had been sung to the current tune in the 1790s. The inclusion of the song is anachronistic to the story.

1) There is no source stating that this is an anachronism, this is is a deduction made by an editor, thus it is WP:SYN.

2) There is no proof anyway that the nursery rhyme could not be that old. There is no record of when it was actually composed, it may be much older than the earliest known mention. 202.81.242.216 (talk) 06:41, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This is anachronistic to the story. In the play (From memory), the rhyme is used in related to the plague. It's widely argued that this interpretation is incorrect. It may well have been known before the 1790s, but the evidence given on Wiki and other sources gives it a date of 1790 (I only linked back to the Wiki article because it was easier to do this).


 * I stand by my claim that this is an anachronism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CissyJA (talk • contribs) 12:43, 7 October 2013 (UTC)


 * What you have done here is your own deduction, i.e. WP:SYNTHESIS. This is not allowed. There is no date of composition of this song anyway. It could have existed in oral tradition for decades or centuries. And I just listened to the play, I never even noticed the song. It was certainly not an important part of the story. 13:15, 8 October 2013 (UTC)