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Talk:Death Is the Only Answer (TV story) (edit)
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Most of the dialogue's okay, but the plot doesn't make any sense at all. Still, if we decided that episodes can be declared non canon because there plots don't make sense, then we'd lose, ''Ghost Light'', ''The Curse of Fenric'', and several other episodes. The only possible reason to declare this non canon would be that it was written by a group of children. Does anybody know if Moffat or the BBC considers this canon, because that is what really matters.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] <sup>[[User talk:Icecreamdif|talk to me]]</sup> 20:44, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | Most of the dialogue's okay, but the plot doesn't make any sense at all. Still, if we decided that episodes can be declared non canon because there plots don't make sense, then we'd lose, ''Ghost Light'', ''The Curse of Fenric'', and several other episodes. The only possible reason to declare this non canon would be that it was written by a group of children. Does anybody know if Moffat or the BBC considers this canon, because that is what really matters.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] <sup>[[User talk:Icecreamdif|talk to me]]</sup> 20:44, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ||
::I don't know about the BBC, but Moffat is the one who said that "it's impossible for a show about a dimension-hopping time traveller to have a canon".--[[User:MrThermomanPreacher|MrThermomanPreacher]] <sup>[[User talk:MrThermomanPreacher|talk to me]]</sup> 21:08, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ::I don't know about the BBC, but Moffat is the one who said that "it's impossible for a show about a dimension-hopping time traveller to have a canon".--[[User:MrThermomanPreacher|MrThermomanPreacher]] <sup>[[User talk:MrThermomanPreacher|talk to me]]</sup> 21:08, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ||
::Every bit of BBC publicity about this refers to it as though it's part of the series. It's a "one-off mini episode of ''Doctor Who''," a "bonus episode," a "spin-off," a "''Doctor Who'' mini-adventure," and such [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/24/who.shtml][http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2011/wk40/sat.shtml#sat_doctorwho2][http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110707_03/Script_to_Screen_Winners_Announced] none of which implies the BBC intend for it to be taken as anything but part of ''Doctor Who.'' It certainly seems to be within the remit of [[Tardis:Canon policy]], which includes "All Doctor Who television stories;" it's a ''Doctor Who'' story, it was broadcast on television, and it's not a ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''-type overt spoof. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 21:36, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | |||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
We don't know enough to place this in a specific point in the timeline. The current "Timeline" section in this article represents the best guesses with all the available data, but we can't really pin it down to when it definitely occurs for the Doctor. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 17:26, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | We don't know enough to place this in a specific point in the timeline. The current "Timeline" section in this article represents the best guesses with all the available data, but we can't really pin it down to when it definitely occurs for the Doctor. — [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] - '''[[User talk:Rob T Firefly|Δ]][[Special:Contributions/Rob T Firefly|∇]]''' - 17:26, October 2, 2011 (UTC) | ||