Talk:Stream (The Hollows of Time)

The DWM Bookazine on The Master states that Stream is indeed The Master. Should the page be modified to reflect this, or just be appended to the proper section over on The Master's page? Cousin Zagreus ☎ 16:09, April 1, 2015 (UTC)

Just wondering

I’m sure there IS an answer for this I’m just not aware of, but, just as a matter of curiosity, why, exactly, do we refuse to consider authorial intent that this character was the Master, but we accept other ‘writing around trademarks’ appearances like Kelsey Hooper in Faction Paradox. 217.42.180.119^{talk to me} 14:09, April 14, 2020 (UTC)

I'm no admin, but I think the way it works is this: say you've got an established Doctor Who concept "X", and a concept "Y" in another story, which doens't have the license to "X" but implies very hard that "Y" is a facet of "X". We don't accept the implication itself as valid — but if a third story, licensed to use both "X" and "Y", helpfully says that "X" and "Y" are the same thing, then we allow ourselves to spread the identification even to pages about stories not licensed to use "X" themselves.

So for example, just using Faction Paradox concepts as an example, "X" (The War King) and "Y" (The Master) have never been identified as one and the same in a story licensed to use both characters, so we don't consider them to be one and the same. On the other hand, Lungbarrow establishes that the Time Lord hierarchy ("X") can be collectively known as "the Great Houses" ("Y"), so when Faction Paradox lawfully refers to the Great Houses and their homeworld, we know by process of implication that those are the Time Lords and Gallifrey.

If every a Big Finish story licensed to use the Master and Professor Stream takes the time to confirm that Stream was in fact the Master, then we shall be allowed to say Stream is the Master. But not before (except in BTS sections). --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:18, April 14, 2020 (UTC)