Fear the Reapers... (or not)

More questions *dies* by TheScribe on 2012-01-09 19:09:00 UTC Reply

1) How do you refer to a dummy possesed by a second-person Mary-Sue OC? Do you simply say "the dummy" until the Sue has been named?

2) What are minis in the Doctor Who continuum called? I apologize for not looking in the Wiki, the organization method confuses my brain.

3) Do the actors' names misspelled count as minis, even though they are not technically part of the canon or badfic plotline?

Answers by Neshomeh on 2012-01-09 19:23:00 UTC Reply
1. "The dummy" works, or "the Sue," or "it," or whatever other pronouns apply, or whatever else you can think of to distinguish it from the other characters. Kinda like anything else.
  
  2. They are mini-Reapers. (What those are and why not Daleks I have no idea, but there it is.)
  
  About the wiki, I'm curious about what you find confusing. I'll be the first to admit the organization could be improved in places, but specifics would be useful.
  
  That said, though, there is a search bar, and putting in "Mini" gets you a page that lists all the ones we've defined in alphabetical order by continuum, so... yeah.
  
  3. I... don't actually know. I know you get a mini by misspelling the author's name, though those minis aren't adoptable, so I guess that could apply to actors as well. I don't know if it's come up before, though.
  
  ~Neshomeh

Mini-Reapers. by Huinesoron on 2012-01-10 07:44:00 UTC Reply

As I recall (and I wasn't involved, I don't think) the reason it's Reapers rather than something like Daleks is... probably twofold. First, Daleks are intelligent, which most mini'd species aren't, noticably. Second, they're often lesser monsters - Balrogs, not orcs; Aragogs, not basilisks or, er, Voldemorts; Rancors, not Sarlaacs or, well, Sith. Oh, and third, I think Father's Day had just come out ;).

hS
Fear the Reapers... (or not) by Fish Custard on 2012-01-09 19:28:00 UTC Reply

This is a Reaper.

They're from the first series of the reboot, and are basically time-bacteria that latch on to temporal inconsistencies and 'clean house' by... destroying everything in a sizable radius around the event (or so it seems).

Oh... by TheScribe on 2012-01-09 20:49:00 UTC Reply

I had always referred to them as "those dinosaur things from that one episode with the timey thing."

Although that could describe most monsters in Who.
I didn't know there was a name for those (nm) by Phobos on 2012-01-09 19:46:00 UTC Reply

It was never given on-screen, only in the script. (nm) by Fish Custard on 2012-01-09 21:53:00 UTC Reply