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::Every bit of BBC publicity about this refers to it as though it's part of the series. It's a "one-off mini episode of ''Doctor Who''," a "bonus episode," a "spin-off," a "''Doctor Who'' mini-adventure," and such [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/24/who.shtml][http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2011/wk40/sat.shtml#sat_doctorwho2][http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110707_03/Script_to_Screen_Winners_Announced] none of which implies the BBC intend for it to be taken as anything but part of ''Doctor Who.'' It certainly seems to be within the remit of [[Tardis:Canon policy]], which includes "All Doctor Who television stories;" it's a ''Doctor Who'' story, it was broadcast on television, and it's not a ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''-type overt spoof or an obvious out-of-universe affair like ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]].'' Indeed, there's precedent for winners of childrens' contests being every bit as official as anything else; [[Susannah Leah]]'s [[Junk TARDIS]] console design was featured in the relevant episode and ''Confidential'' and even made into a licenced toy. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 21:36, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ::Every bit of BBC publicity about this refers to it as though it's part of the series. It's a "one-off mini episode of ''Doctor Who''," a "bonus episode," a "spin-off," a "''Doctor Who'' mini-adventure," and such [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/24/who.shtml][http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2011/wk40/sat.shtml#sat_doctorwho2][http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110707_03/Script_to_Screen_Winners_Announced] none of which implies the BBC intend for it to be taken as anything but part of ''Doctor Who.'' It certainly seems to be within the remit of [[Tardis:Canon policy]], which includes "All Doctor Who television stories;" it's a ''Doctor Who'' story, it was broadcast on television, and it's not a ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''-type overt spoof or an obvious out-of-universe affair like ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]].'' Indeed, there's precedent for winners of childrens' contests being every bit as official as anything else; [[Susannah Leah]]'s [[Junk TARDIS]] console design was featured in the relevant episode and ''Confidential'' and even made into a licenced toy. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 21:36, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ||
That makes sense. It's not like it really matters whether it canon or not anyway. If it is, then we have to modify the Ood and Einstein pages, and maybe a few others, but the mini-episode doesn't exactly impact the entire show. There isn't really any good reason not to consider it canon, except that it isn't very good.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] <sup>[[User talk:Icecreamdif|talk to me]]</sup> 04:01, October 3, 2011 (UTC) | |||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
We don't know enough to place this in a specific point in the timeline. The current "Timeline" section in this article represents the best guesses with all the available data, but we can't really pin it down to when it definitely occurs for the Doctor. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 17:26, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | We don't know enough to place this in a specific point in the timeline. The current "Timeline" section in this article represents the best guesses with all the available data, but we can't really pin it down to when it definitely occurs for the Doctor. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 17:26, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ||