Thread:Brian Linder/@comment-188432-20130304024519

Hey Brian :)

Sorry for the delay in replaying, but I was unexpectedly without internet access for a few days.

While we certainly do want "something special" to help us promote the return of the show in March and the upcoming anniversary in November, I'm not sure what we might actively do. I've been trying to radically update the wiki skin in preparation for the 30 March start the season, and am nearly finished with that.

I've toyed with the idea of changing the Achievement tracks each month to focus on the stories of a particular incarnation. Thus, March would feature achievement tracks related t the third Doctor, April the Fourth Doctor and so on. But we've honestly already missed January and February.

I've also wanted to try to see if maybe we could get one of those Wikia trivia games in November.

But these aren't particularly well-formed ideas. If you have any suggestions about the kinds of things we might do to make the wiki stand out over this period, I'm all ears.

A part of our problem up to this point is that it's somewhat difficult today to predict what happens beyond the eight weeks beginning on 30 March. No official announcements have been given us from the BBC about the actual substance of the anniversary "season". As things stand, we have no date for anything past the third week of May. Yes, 23 November 2013 is the actual date of the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of "An Unearthly Child", but we don't know at this point whether there will be a broadcast of any kind on 23 November 2013, how many episodes might be made in direct celebration of the anniversary, or anything like that.

I've started a thread at tardis:Thread:123537 for our community to give some ideas about how they'd like to celebrate the anniversary. Maybe it will provide some thoughts for us both to consider. 