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I’m sure there IS an [[The Question|answer]] for this I’m just not aware of, but, just as a matter of [[curiosity]], why, exactly, do we refuse to consider authorial intent that this character was [[the Master]], but we accept other ‘writing around trademarks’ appearances like [[Kelsey Hooper]] in [[Faction Paradox]]. [[Special:Contributions/217.42.180.119|217.42.180.119]]<sup>[[User talk:217.42.180.119#top|talk to me]]</sup> 14:09, April 14, 2020 (UTC) | I’m sure there IS an [[The Question|answer]] for this I’m just not aware of, but, just as a matter of [[curiosity]], why, exactly, do we refuse to consider authorial intent that this character was [[the Master]], but we accept other ‘writing around trademarks’ appearances like [[Kelsey Hooper]] in [[Faction Paradox]]. [[Special:Contributions/217.42.180.119|217.42.180.119]]<sup>[[User talk:217.42.180.119#top|talk to me]]</sup> 14:09, April 14, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:I'm no admin, but I think the way it works is this: say you've got an established ''Doctor Who'' concept "X", and a concept "Y" in another story, which doens't have the license to "X" but implies very hard that "Y" is a facet of "X". We ''don't'' accept the implication itself as valid — ''but'' if a third story, licensed to use both "X" and "Y", helpfully says that "X" and "Y" are the same thing, ''then'' we allow ourselves to spread the identification even to pages about stories not licensed to use "X" themselves. | |||
:So for example, just using ''Faction Paradox'' concepts as an example, "X" ([[The War King]]) and "Y" ([[The Master]]) have never been identified as one and the same in a story licensed to use both characters, so we don't consider them to be one and the same. On the other hand, ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' establishes that the [[Time Lord]] hierarchy ("X") can be collectively known as "the [[Great House]]s" ("Y"), so when ''Faction Paradox'' lawfully refers to the Great Houses and their homeworld, we know by process of implication that those are the Time Lords and Gallifrey. | |||
:If every a Big Finish story licensed to use [[the Master]] ''and'' Professor Stream takes the time to confirm that Stream was in fact the Master, ''then'' we shall be allowed to say Stream is the Master. But not before (except in BTS sections). --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:18, April 14, 2020 (UTC) | |||