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Reverted anonymous edit -- no sign of Burke being mentioned in "Getaway" -- Captain MKB 02:48, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
- The medical officer who says "what the--?" on the first page of the issue matches Burke's appearance as illustrated in the first series and in the "Death of Captain Kirk" storyline. She's not named, but it looks like Burke. --Columbia clipper 02:58, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not sure that counts. Besides, Burke in "Death of Captain Kirk" had long hair, and this med officer doesn't. -- Captain MKB 03:20, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
- The depiction of Burke in "Death of Captain Kirk" doesn't seem to match her description or likeness elsewhere. In "The Wounded Sky", "My Enemy, My Ally", and "Swordhunt", she's described as having dark, curly hair, which matches her appearance in "The Last Word" and the medical officer seen in "Getaway" (her hair's the same color as Chekov's, which is dark onscreen), but not the vividly redheaded, straight-haired Burke shown in "Death of Captain Kirk". --Columbia clipper 19:18, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
- I think we should only refer to Lia Burke in the instances where a medical officer named "Burke" is referenced -- as a character who was imported from a novel, the creators probably didn't mean for her to be inserted as every point were a woman with a green collar was shown -- that could easily be Doctor Chapel or Nurse X, we don't know for sure that it is Burke, it is a supposition... -- Captain MKB 00:20, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
- I think you're right in this particular case, but I wouldn't agree that we should only record a character's presence when they're named. Several of the security officers, for instance, are very clearly depicted across issues (I don't recall their names at the moment, but one has a pencil mustache), but are seldom named. I think it would be possible for a character to be very clearly Burke without her name appearing on the page (in a novel, say, she might be the "slim, short, hazel-eyed head nurse whose short, dark, curled hair did little to distract McCoy from her ominous, mischievous gaze"; given the right time period, we'd certainly know this was Burke).
- You're definitely right about borderline cases such as this one, though. --Columbia clipper 03:15, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
In regards to visual media I agree with Columbia, characters can often go unnamed but be entirely recognisable in a comic or episode, and visual references are just as valid as those given in text (though should always be careful with the unsure ones as described here). It might be worth noting them in the appearances and references lists too, maybe something like "visual reference only"?
I'm not so sure about unnamed prose references though, even a very close description of an unnamed character is a lot more ambiguous than being able to see them. --8of5 05:04, July 17, 2010 (UTC)