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The term "'''what if?'''", also stylised as "'''what if...'''", is a term coined by [[Marvel Comics]] for their series of alternate continuity comics {{w|What If? (comics)|of the same name}}. The term has since been adopted for usage of speculative fiction of alternate histories,<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_if What if on Wiktionary]</ref> and has even made its way into official usage by writers of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction; both the short story ''[[Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)|Father Time: "Set Visit"]]'' (set in an alternate version of the real world) and the fiction piece ''[[What If? (feature)|What If?]]'' in [[DWM 255]] (set in a universe where the [[Eighth Doctor (What If?)|Eighth Doctor]] was portrayed by [[Richard Griffiths]]).
The term "'''what if?'''", also stylised as "'''what if...'''", is a term coined by [[Marvel Comics]] for their series of alternate continuity comics {{w|What If? (comics)|of the same name}}. The term has since been adopted for usage of speculative fiction of alternate histories,<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_if What if on Wiktionary]</ref> and has even made its way into official usage by writers of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction; the short story {{cs|Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)}}, (set in an alternate version of the real world) the fiction piece {{cs|What If? (feature)}} in [[DWM 255]], (set in a universe where the [[Eighth Doctor (What If?)|Eighth Doctor]] was portrayed by [[Richard Griffiths]]) and {{cs|Time Warped! (feature)}} in [[DWA 5]] (set in various [[parallel universe]]s).


The term "what if" is directly comparable with "[[unbound]]", a term derived from [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio drama series.
The term "what if" is directly comparable with "[[unbound]]", a term derived from [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio drama series.

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The term "what if?", also stylised as "what if...", is a term coined by Marvel Comics for their series of alternate continuity comics of the same name. The term has since been adopted for usage of speculative fiction of alternate histories,[1] and has even made its way into official usage by writers of Doctor Who fiction; the short story Father Time: "Set Visit" [+]Loading...["Father Time: \"Set Visit\" (short story)"], (set in an alternate version of the real world) the fiction piece What If? [+]Loading...["What If? (feature)"] in DWM 255, (set in a universe where the Eighth Doctor was portrayed by Richard Griffiths) and Time Warped! [+]Loading...["Time Warped! (feature)"] in DWA 5 (set in various parallel universes).

The term "what if" is directly comparable with "unbound", a term derived from Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who Unbound audio drama series.

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