Talk:Belinda Chandra/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 23:17, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk · contribs) 03:02, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Hey, I am excited to review this! Expect comments soon :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:02, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Hey, this was super interesting to read and review! You have done an excellent job - well done! :) I cannot see any major issues and Earwig shows no copyright violations, so here are my comments:

Lead:

1. "starting with the Christmas special" - I am a bit confused as the "first appearance" parameter and the prose does not suggest that she appears in the Christmas special, and neither does the following sentence

• Woops, I copied this first paragraph's formatting from Ruby Sunday and accidentally forgot to remove that chunk. Fixed now. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. I think a sentence explaining how Belinda criticises the Doctor and explaining their relationship would benefit the second paragraph

• Their relationship is mostly described in the lead; Belinda criticises the Doctor and wishes to return home and not travel with him. I'm not sure I can really squeeze this in the lead, but I did put an example in conception and development, which should help make the relationship there more clearly defined. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Appearances

1. May it be worth linking Time Lord for alien?

• Not sure if that would be violating WP:EASTEREGG or not, since one would expect a link saying "alien" to just link to extraterrestrial life, instead of Time Lord.

1. Is it possible to link "star diploma"?

• Surprisingly not. I'm genuinely surprised we don't have an article on star diplomas/certificates, but as of now there's nothing to link to.

1. "The Doctor, remembering her descendant Mundy Flynn (as seen in the 2024 episode "Boom")" - Is it possible to reword this to explain that the descendant is a relative of Belinda's that the Doctor worked with from a different time period? Had I not reviewed other articles or watched the show, I would have not understood this

• Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. Could you possibly please give some examples of novels and comic books that she appears in?

• A lot of her stuff hasn't really come out yet, so there's not much I can do in terms of particular examples without just giving name drops as of right now. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. Could you please put the actor names of the characters (e.g. Alan, Poppy, the Doctor etc) in brackets please to aid readers?

• Done, though note that in Alan and Poppy's cases, they don't have individual articles I can hyperlink to. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Creation and development:

1. "she appeared as the character Mundy Flynn in the 2024 episode "Boom", which was an appearance that was not announced prior to the episode's airing" - Could you please specify if this happened before or after it was announced that Sethu would be playing the companion?

• Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. "Sethu's introduction as a companion makes her pairing with Fifteenth Doctor actor Ncuti Gatwa the first time in the series that the main cast of the show was portrayed by an entirely person of color cast" - I reworded this slightly to change it to the English spelling of "colour" and to explain that it was the first time in all Doctor Who seasons

• Thank you! Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. There are a lot of "stated" in the final paragraph - I changed one, but could you please replace some others?

• Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. "which bled through into the performance of both characters" - This sounds a bit like an opinion rather than fact - could you please clariy/expand? E.g. saying that the actors believed that it impacted their performances or that critics believed it etc?

• I mean this is literally what they said, I just paraphrased. I've added an "according to" for this. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. As this article does not have any free pictures, I would recommend adding a free image of Gatwa in this section

• I feel Gatwa is admittedly not a very large part of the conception section to justify an image here; likewise with Davies. I feel there's not really any free use pictures that are super necessary here. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Reception:

1. There are a lot of "stated" in this section - I changed one, but could you please replace some others?

• Done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. "be grounded in her character" - Could you please clarify what this means?

• Sort of in the sense of being anchored and invested in the character. Reworded a bit. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. "as the scene in which the Doctor attempts to return her home was stated to be "unsettling", as it provided a flip in the dynamic of the series that made viewers want the Doctor to get her home, instead of take her on adventures like with their other companions" - Could you please reword this? I struggled to understand it

• Tried to do so but I'm not sure how much you want me to alter this. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. It would be helpful if it could be clarified whether the rest of the reception/critics comments in the first paragraph refer to Belinda's first appearance or her role throughout the season

• The first sentence states this is post her first appearance in Robot Revolution. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

1. "instead of displaying the traits that had made her stand out in "The Robot Revolution"" - Is it possible to briefly say which traits these are?

• They are the traits in the character dynamic and Belinda's personality that the first paragraph of Reception is largely devoted to. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Please let me know if you have any questions at all or need assistance! Once these have been addressed I will do a source spotcheck and pass the article :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:12, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

• @DaniloDaysOfOurLives: addressed the above, let me know what else needs to be done. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 16:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

  Hey, thank you for your changes :) I have spotchecked Sources #4, #6, #13 and #23. Well done! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 16:35, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

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