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: Above, it's questioned what would be done with ''Class'' if on the the first episode had DWU elements - however, I believe this is not the case for ''Dirk Gently'', which actually seems ''more'' like the real ''Class'' than the idea thought of above, as DWU elements appear several times in the series (of course, every episode of ''Class'' has DWU elements predating the show, but still). [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | : Above, it's questioned what would be done with ''Class'' if on the the first episode had DWU elements - however, I believe this is not the case for ''Dirk Gently'', which actually seems ''more'' like the real ''Class'' than the idea thought of above, as DWU elements appear several times in the series (of course, every episode of ''Class'' has DWU elements predating the show, but still). [[User:Cookieboy 2005|Cookieboy 2005]] [[User talk:Cookieboy 2005|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ||
::They also appear "several times" in the Gerry Anderson Universe, the Marvel Multiverse, etc. This does not a spin-off make. Class had DWU elements as part of its premise. Gently does not. However there is absolutely no reason not to validate the crossovers. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ::They also appear "several times" in the Gerry Anderson Universe, the Marvel Multiverse, etc. This does not a spin-off make. Class had DWU elements as part of its premise. Gently does not. However there is absolutely no reason not to validate the crossovers. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 12:34, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ||
:::Well, the question is "what makes a DWU spin-off". Certainly a DWU spin-off can use preexisting DWU concepts in its debut, then carry on largely using the original concepts it established ''in'' that debut; many of them are like this. The logic would thus be that Dirk himself is a DWU element, havng been introduced in a story with Chronotis in it — in the same sense that Vienna Salvatori is a DWU element, having been introduced in a story with the Seventh Doctor in it, or that the Sleeze Brothers are DWU elements, having been introduced in a story with the Meddling Monk in it. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
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