Does that mean that Mel shouldn’t have any story marke with first appearance? 
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Wait what? She doesn’t? She just appearrd out of nowhere???
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Basically yes 
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I did think about that then decided it was 0630 and I didn’t want to think about that yet 
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No! She’s properly introduced (ish) in The Wrong Doctors and Business Unusual. Both of them were intended to be Mel’s introduction but I believe The Wrong Doctors takes place first chronologically!
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It’s a little like the trope “Monster Origin Story”.
There are monsters which have a “first appearance” in an episode like the The Daleks or The Tenth Planet, and then there are episodes where they go back to the original creation of the monster like Genesis of the Daleks, Spare Parts, etc.
I see it a bit like that, so maybe “Companion Origin Story” or something? Although that’s a bad name.
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Yup. She doesn’t get an introductory story as such, on TV.
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It would be odd if either of those stories were marked as her first appearance though wouldn’t it? Seeing as how they retroactively introduce an already established character from the main show 
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Yeah, I then think making a difference between a companions first appearance (our perspective) and this story type https://tardis.guide/story-type/new-companion-introduction/ (their perspective/Doctor’s perspective? Bit complicated with Charley then…) would work well.
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Currently they’re both marked as such on the site. It is definitely odd… but I suppose Who is a show about time travel?
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It is??? 
I must have missed something…
I’m hilarious 
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…are you?
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Yes!
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What about Companion debut (their first appearance in any story) and companion introduction (when they start travelling with Doctor Who)
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I’ve just put in an edit for Stardust and Ashes as the runtime was wrong, I’ve noticed its been changed several times so not 100% sure why but its definitely what I’ve just put in 
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Another question – why is The Time Meddler marked as a companion introduction on the site? The Chase is Steven’s introduction.
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I think I noticed this and was going to change it. Not sure how it slipped through.
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The Daft Dimension imports all have notes sections that say the DWM issue they’re in and Related:.
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well. the ones i checked anyway.
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I just mentioned this to Shauny. It was a mistake.
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