User talk:Whoniverse93
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Dates[[edit source]]
- It is a continuity error, why bother put it a year in front and then scrapping it? This policy of a year in Doctor Who/Torchwood/SJA ahead of RL time has been in place for a while; most likely is that the prop people on the CoE set got the date wrong as they were probably told it was a September and so assumed it was 09; however we have always continued on this wiki with the mantra that it is 1 year in the episodes ahead of RL time, so CoE is set in 2010. Another reason being is that it is too soon after the Dalek incident and yet nobody mentioned that; so it has to have been at least a year. ~~MercM~~
Yeh its so annoying, it was quite careless because its something that they've not bothered to continue on, the writers etc. just assume it takes place the year it is aired like in The Fires of Pompeii Donna states that she has came from the year 2008. --86.160.245.131 11:40, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I think they actually have forgotten about it. Whoniverse93 22:42, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Re: Big Brother[[edit source]]
Yes, I was thinking of worldwide. (Didn't it originally start in Holland or somewhere like that?) -- solar penguin/(talk)/(contribs) 08:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
In-universe articles[[edit source]]
Hi, for in-universe articles everything is written in past tense. Additionally in in-universe articles there is no reference to the 'Doctor Who Universe' as when writing in-universe the 'Doctor Who Universe' is the 'universe'. Thanks. --Tangerineduel 18:08, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
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