User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-5692737-20180206150757/@comment-28349479-20180206193705

Very well-cited thread. For records' sake, the previous one was at Thread:125464. (It really cracks me up that it was originally said that Vienna should be invalid because it's a "Faction Paradoxy situation".)

I feel like we should keep in mind some sort of hierarchy when it comes to the rule about intent. David Richardson, the producer of Big Finish, has made conflicting statements about whether Vienna is set in the DWU; the anonymous person(s) in charge of the Big Finish website has made a plethora of statements confirming that Vienna is a Doctor Who spinoff, as has the great late producer Paul Spragg; and meanwhile, Jonathan Morris -- the creator of the character of Vienna and the writer of her range -- has been completely consistent in saying that he personally believes the Vienna series to be set in the Doctor Who universe. Which means that, when he wrote The Memory Box', when he wrote Deathworld and The Vienna Experience, he intended for it to be set in the Doctor Who universe. Screw the promotional guys; that right there is some Rule 4 Authorial Intent.

The goal of Tardis Wiki is to be an encyclopedia of the Doctor Who universe. That means that if someone wants to learn about the Vienna series -- which is publicly listed and advertised as a Doctor Who spinoff, by a company that produces a plethora of licensed Doctor Who media, now featuring NuWho Doctors no less -- they should be able to come here to do it.

I look forward to seeing the outcome of this conversation.