Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Stolen Earth

The Stolen Earth
This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests. 
 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 23, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:30, 4 November 2013‎ (UTC)



"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008, the episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies. It is the first of a two-part crossover story with spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, concluding with "Journey's End", the finale of the fourth series, which brings closure to several prominent story arcs created under Davies. In the episode, contemporary Earth and 26 other planets are stolen by the Daleks. As the Doctor (David Tennant, pictured) and his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) try to find Earth, his previous companions Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) convene to contact him and mount a defence against the Daleks. The episode was received positively by the audience and professional reviewers. It received one of the highest Audience Appreciation Index ratings for a television programme, and when first shown was the second most-watched programme of the week.

Based on a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Doctor Who, I'm nominating this article for Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary. I calculate the points as 3: 4 for 50th anniversary, +1 for the article being over a year as an FA, and -2 assuming "Lisa the Skeptic" runs on the 6th. User:Sceptre, who took this through FAR in 2008, is happy for this to be TFA. Edgepedia (talk) 11:16, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, total points should be 4, as it's +2 for a 2008 FA. Edgepedia (talk) 19:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Image added, though better suggestions welcome. Trimmed to under 1,200 characters per standing instructions.  BencherliteTalk 11:48, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the trim and the picture, I'll have a look at the red-eye on that tonight. I've raised the dead link at WikiProject Doctor Who. Edgepedia (talk) 11:57, 21 October 2013 (UTC) Very strange, the photo looks different close up. I'll leave it alone. Edgepedia (talk) 11:59, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. Good image choice. ;) I always thought we should have an independent article on Wikipedia for Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor... &mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:21, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Obvious support. Sceptre (talk) 16:27, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Yep.  Ruby  2010/  2013  20:40, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Allons-y! --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:36, 1 November 2013 (UTC)