Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 July 8

= July 8 =

Castlevania’s name
How was Castlevania entitled? Is it a blend of castle & Transylvania? --Romanophile (talk) 03:48, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It certainly looks that way. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:00, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed. It is a portmanteau, if you will. ;) Kurtis (talk) 21:05, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

The Sarah Jane Adventures - Ian & Barbara not aging
In the Sarah Jane Adventures episode Death of the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith says that Ian and Barbara Chesterton never aged. Not since the '60s. What did she mean that they never aged, since the 1960s? 31.49.30.10 (talk) 14:55, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Once again you are trying to evade blocks - please stop. David J Johnson (talk) 17:35, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I would take that to mean that the characters appeared to be of the same age they were 50 years ago in the series. It's a typical device in fiction to have characters that don't age. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:27, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * But it usually applies to all the characters in the fictions concerned: in this instance only Ian and Barbara have apparently not aged, while all others – including other Companions – have and do. (Timelord regenerations obviously don't count.) In the context of the Doctor Who Universe, this remains for the moment an unexplained mystery, only mentioned this once, which potentially could be explained in the future if the script writers ever choose to do so. I myself can, on the spur of the moment, think of two potential explanations plausible in the context of the series. Perhaps I'll mention them to Neil Gaiman the next time I see him! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 5.66.223.127 (talk) 16:34, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Contacting the scriptwriter is as likely as anything to answer your question. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:39, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It would help if OP contacted the correct script writer. Russell T Davies wrote the episode that they mention. Not Gaiman. Dismas |(talk) 16:48, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ironically, Davies is a gay man, and Gaiman is a straight Gaiman. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  21:54, 9 July 2016 (UTC)