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::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) | :::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) | ||
Both of those debuted in ''Doctor Who stories'' though. They didn't incidentally contain this or that Doctor Who element, but rather were outright released under the Doctor Who banner, "hosted" by the DWU. I don't get what distinction you're trying to make here. Of course they don't all feature characters like the Doctor, or it wouldn't be a spin-off, just the parent franchise. But they still star primary characters who were introduced ''in'' Doctor Who (or another spin-off I suppose). Gently was not, and the series isn't called "The Adventures of Professor Chronotis" (and such a hypothetical series I WOULD consider a spin-off of which the entirety should he covered, as it happens). [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:52, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
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