Huge swathes of the Doctor (as in Doctor Who) page http://www.comicvine.com/the-doctor/29-33354/ are clearly copied from the Marvel Appendix's Doctor entry. http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/doctorwh.htm
e.g. Comicvine
First Appearance:
- Television: An Unearthly Child, BBC1 (23rd November 1963)
- Comics: The Klepton Parasites, TV Comic #674 (14th November 1964)
- Marvel UK: The Iron Legion, Doctor Who Weekly #1 (17th October 1979)
- Marvel US: The Iron Legion, Marvel Premiere #57 (December 1980)
- First Interaction with Marvel Universe Character: The Neutron Knights, Doctor Who Monthly #60 (January 1982)
Appendix
First Appearance
Television: An Unearthly Child, BBC1 (23rd November 1963);
Comics: The Klepton Parasites, TV Comic#674 (14th November 1964);
Marvel UK: The Iron Legion, Doctor Who Weekly#1 (17th October 1979)
Marvel US: The Iron Legion, Marvel Premiere#57 (December 1980)
First Interaction with Marvel Universe Character: The Neutron Knights, Doctor Who Monthly#60 (January 1982)
Okay, first appearance info isn't unique, but having the exact same breakdown in the exact same format and the exact same order?
Another example:
Comicvine:
Rassilon turned his efforts to conquering this new danger, his answer to the threat toward his people was to create vast looms of primordial soup, capable of ‘decanting’ new Gallifreyan’s from the genetic material contained within. The first seven ‘loom born’ were named the ‘Special Executive’, but there was a problem, as more and more of the ‘loom born’ were created, their telepathic powers lessened, eventually becoming nonexistent. They also had lesser life spans, living now mere millennia but now could ‘regenerate’ their forms to live more millennia time and time again.
To combat the now growing ‘over crowding’ problem the Gallifreyan’s had themselves created, Rassilon created the Gallifreyan Houses, and decreed that each House could only have forty five ‘cousins’ at any one time.
Appendix:
Rassilon turned his attention to this problem, and created vast Looms of genetic material, capable of decanting new Gallifreyans from the primordial soup within. His first few prototypes of the new "Loom-born" Gallifreyans would eventually become known as the Special Executive. The later Loom-born had lesser telepathic abilities and shorter life spans than their Womb-born counterparts, but could regenerate their forms. To keep the population under control, Rassilon organised the Gallifreyans into Houses, and decreed that each House could have only 45 "Cousins" at any one time
The Comicvine version is slightly rephrased, but it hits the exact same beats in the exact same order, and was clearly copied from the Appendix.
And one more example (there's plenty more, but I think the point is made):
Comicvine
Back on Gallifrey, Rassilon was a hero; he had brought the Gallifreyan’s into a new prosperous age. A decade after the death of Pythia he ordered a massacre of her remaining followers, killing all who now stood in the way of ‘scientific progress’. He felt no pity towards her acolytes, now knowing that his wife had miscarried, and his child was dead now because of the curse. ‘The Other’ could not stand for the new view on life, the Gallifreyan’s were turning into a militaristic people and were conquering new galaxies every day to ease the spread of their ever growing population. He carried his sole surviving relative and his granddaughter Susan to a far off galaxy before throwing himself into the Loom’s, now mixing his own genetic material with the primordial soup that was within.
Appendix
Back on Gallifrey Rassilon had become a hero, and de facto ruler of the planet. Some nine years after the death of the Pythia, he ordered a massacre of her remaining followers who were hiding in her temple. Rassilon felt no pity for her acolytes as his wife had miscarried when the Pythia invoked her curse, but the Other could not stomach the new, totalitarian regime he could see taking over his world. He ordered that his sole surviving relative (and the last child who had been born before the curse), his grand-daughter Susan, be taken safely off-world, for he saw trouble in his planet's future, and then he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Looms, mixing his genetic material with what was already there.
Ironically, the rephrasings made by the plagiarist have caused errors - the Other didn't personally take Susan off-planet, and though he ordered it done, it didn't actually happen. And in the second example cited, the amendments made to make the plagiarism less obvious added that the Gallifreyan's telepathic powers became non-existent, which isn't true - they remain telepathic, just not as powerful as their ancestors.
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