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:I have not heard of this, but reading the descrition it looks like it just sumarises stories.  I would probably say it was non canon, though I do think that as an official piece of merchandise we should note that it exists. [[User:Jack's the man|Jack's]] [[User talk:Jack's the man|the]] [[Special:Contributions/Jack's the man|man]] - 21:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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canonical or whut?

personally I consider I Am the Doctor obviously non-canonical and not worth considering as such. but I wanted to hash this. like I said, I don't consider this even remotely canon for the following reasons:

  • No one at the BBC (or any of the other license-holders, i.e. the estate of Terry Nation, which owns part of the copyright for the Daleks, AFAIK) authorized it.
  • John Peel, the author of this book, has made definitive statements regarding how the Eighth Doctor regenerated, etc. not as speculation in the form of a nonfiction, but as Whoniverse fact. this makes the book a kind of fan fiction.
  • As an un-authorized fictional story, I think this falls under the category of un-canonical fiction, just like The Doctor and the Enterprise. (hey, who can sure for sure that the Fourth Doctor didn't actually meet Captain Kirk, right?)

I would argue for not including this in the Wiki at all, if not for the fact that I believe in this Wiki listing this as aWho-related book, albeit un-official. like The Doctor and the Enterprise.

I have not heard of this, but reading the descrition it looks like it just sumarises stories. I would probably say it was non canon, though I do think that as an official piece of merchandise we should note that it exists. Jack's the man - 21:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)