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TheChampionOfTime wrote: Technically, the Daleks in this film couldn't be from 21304: that set comes with bronze-colour Daleks.

Ha, good point. And maybe it's not stated that this is the same kid's ridiculous LEGO collection in his dad's basement. But it seems to me there's a strong implication that all movies in this franchise are, in some way, supposed to represent a kid's imagination and that kid's LEGO toys. And of course the director's statements tell us that he's at least going for that sort of feel.

But you (OS25) are absolutely correct that it's not so clear-cut even in the first film. Aside from Emmett seemingly having a consciousness outside of the LEGO set in that one scene, though, it is made clear that those minifigs, the bricks and the sets themselves are there precisely because the father bought corresponding LEGO sets. The worlds are built out of those bricks, representing things, like a Western setting, and taking on that life in that capacity, but very much in a multiple-delineation way.

So if there was a Doctor Who world within that movie, I might say that the LEGO representations of DWU characters and worlds (that is, the sets and minifigs come-to-life) are not, them-selves, those worlds and characters from the DWU. If the Twelfth Doctor was in The LEGO Movie as a Master Builder, I would say it's more akin to a Toy Story-esque animation of a Twelfth Doctor toy, than to the Doctor actually having travelled into this LEGO universe, where he's also being played with by some kid who looks remarkably like Louis Moffat. I think it's framed very differently in LEGO Dimensions, which is very much within the LEGO video games range, quite separate from the films, branding aside.