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 :Hm. Well, certainly it's not quite the same Doctor as in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''.
-:But it really must be highlighted that although you ''can'' squeeze them into one continuity, it's also difficult not to notice, if you approach it with an open mind, that the Dr Who in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' seems to be from a completely different universe to the one in the first movie. The ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' Cushing Doctor is a respectable citizen of the 20th century, a law-abiding "pottering professor" type. He has two granddaughters. The ''Daleks' Invasion'' Cushing Doctor appears to be a drifted in Time and Space alongside his single granddaughter and his unearthly-seeming niece; he seems to want to avoid detection by 20th century authorities, such that he kidnaps Tom Campbell, Hartnell-in-''An-Unearthly-Child''-style, at the mere ''approach'' of the police. And then, of course, there is the fact that the TARDIS control room looks completely different with no explanation.
+:But it really must be highlighted that although you ''can'' squeeze them into one continuity, it's also difficult not to notice, if you approach it with an open mind, that the Dr Who in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' seems to be from a completely different universe to the one in the first movie. The ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' Cushing Doctor is a respectable citizen of the 20th century, a law-abiding "pottering professor" type. He has two granddaughters. The ''Daleks' Invasion'' Cushing Doctor appears to be a drifter in Time and Space alongside his single granddaughter and his unearthly-seeming niece; he seems to want to avoid detection by 20th century authorities, such that he kidnaps Tom Campbell, Hartnell-in-''An-Unearthly-Child''-style, at the mere ''approach'' of the police. And then, of course, there is the fact that the TARDIS control room looks completely different with no explanation.
 :Is the ''Journey into Time'' rendition of the Cushing Doctor really that much more different, then, from the variance already  in evidence within his other appearances? More to the point, is this difference greater than that which exists between the Hartnell Doctor in ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', the Hartnell Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', and the Hartnell Doctor in ''[[Who is Dr Who? (short story)|Who is Dr Who?]]''? Generally, our policy has been to separate Doctor by apparent incarnation, not by "continuity", except for things specifically ruled to take place in a parallel universe or to fail [[Tardis:Valid sources|Rule 4]].
 :Mind you, it's not been proven that ''Journey Into Time'' fails Rule 4; it appears to be {{tl|invalid}} simply because it fails [[T:OFF REL]]. I could see an argument that it really just features a typical 1960s EU version of the [[First Doctor]], just recast for convenience's sake with an actor who ''happens'' to also have portrayed his own Doctor in other production. (There is a [[Nicholas Briggs|precedent]] for that.) [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:59, 26 March 2021 (UTC)