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This is my process for creating good and featured [[WP:EPISODE|episode]] articles, modelled after [[The Stolen Earth]]:
[[Image:TSE writing- DWC.jpg|thumb|Handwritten notes for ''Confidential'' and...]]
[[Image:TSE writing- podcast.jpg|thumb|...the BBC7 podcast]]
#Before transmission: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=218844265&oldid=prev Create article]
#Transmission time: Watch the media in question.
#The night after transmission: Listen and watch to companion media to media, and take notes. (See right and below)
#The morning after transmission: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=222929473&oldid=222925788 Start editing synopsis]
#A day or two after transmission: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=223189364&oldid=222929473 Add production details]
#A few days after transmission: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=223193065&oldid=223189811 Add ratings]
#A few days after transmission: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=223617165&oldid=223189811 Visit review sites and include reviews in one fell swoop.]
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=223724869&oldid=223723109 Copyedit and remove original research inserted by other editors]
#As time progresses, steadily add new information while continuously copyediting:
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=231892015&oldid=231363093 Add some reviews, a cast member's theory about his character, and some filming locations]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=232148091&oldid=231995506 Add some more filming locations]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=233707055&oldid=232911298 Add new review]
#After the FAC, keep adding information when you can find it:
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=234352603&oldid=234005879 Add some microformats]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=253731636&oldid=252859856 Add information from a new book by writer of the episode]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=258970985&oldid=258337378 Add public reception]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=260812215&oldid=260118788 Add info from DVD commentary]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=262018649&oldid=261260869 Add info from an analysis book]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=271858602&oldid=271854862 Add new interview]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=284360995&oldid=283854458 Add more filming locations and group them into a reference class]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=284364227&oldid=284360995 Add new section about public hype]
#:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Stolen_Earth&diff=284544342&oldid=284367640 Add new review, minor information, and group another reference class]
#:Done? There may still be improvements to make!
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Statistics:
*Number of edits: 407 and counting;
*Amount of work: nine months of maintainance and improvement;
*Size at creation: 1KB
*Size before transmission: 8KB
*Size before expanding: 16KB
*Offline media used: ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'', ''[[Stephen James Walker|The Monsters Within]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issues 397–403, ''Doctor Who Magazine'' Special Issue 20, ''[[SFX magazine]]'' Special Issue 35, three issues of ''[[Radio Times]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (series 4)|Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series]]'' DVD
*:Approximate cost: £115 (≈US$170)
*Size after passing FAC: 48KB
*Current size: 105KB
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{{hidden begin|ta1=center|title=Notes from DVD commentary taken in Notepad}}
<pre>Milkman recast in SJA
traffic accident happened when filming in Traffic Control Centre
Booking for finale took place as early as 2004; Freema contracted in 2006, Donna in 2007
Aubrey Fairchild — reused for TND
Sycorax, Hath, Isolus in SP
treatment of Julian's voice was under discussion as late as the commentary was being recorded (late May)
Shadow Controller is "pure science-fiction"
Harriet's storyline was a "three-act play"
Elton or Donna were alternatives for Harriet
fact of Jones overuse was going to be pointed out
Graeme, Tate, and Tennant made the decision to selectively ignore Sarah mentioning the Daleks as it would ruin the emotion
Davies and Gardner doesn't think that 10.5 is the Eleventh Doctor</pre>
{{hidden end}}