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:Other publications like ''[[Doctor Who: The Legend]]'' state that novels like the NAs, MAs, EDAs and PDAs continued the travels of the Seventh and other Doctors. Which points towards a continually developed adventures (and therefore universe). | :Other publications like ''[[Doctor Who: The Legend]]'' state that novels like the NAs, MAs, EDAs and PDAs continued the travels of the Seventh and other Doctors. Which points towards a continually developed adventures (and therefore universe). | ||
:On Telos Novella's site [http://www.telos.me.uk/archiveDWNovellas.php?id=91 here], they mention "Doctor Who universe", in the context in which it's mentioned it's talking of the fictional universe of DW. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 15:23, July 28, 2012 (UTC) | :On Telos Novella's site [http://www.telos.me.uk/archiveDWNovellas.php?id=91 here], they mention "Doctor Who universe", in the context in which it's mentioned it's talking of the fictional universe of DW. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 15:23, July 28, 2012 (UTC) | ||
"DWU is as noted bound by the stories you use to create it"...or in other words, it's created by a person as they see fit, it's not an official concept. | |||
The BBC book the Legend actually cites "Scream of the Shalka" as part of the tv continuity. And whatever it says about the novels, it DOESN"T mention that they are part of any "universe". And, as noted, several times, the PDA include Scream of the Shalka(#64). And it's wholly unsourced POV to state that just because there's "continued travels" means that there's a "Doctor Who Universe". We may as well call it WhoLand or DoctorWhorld or whatever. | |||
Haining's book uses the term in a far more general usage than this article. In fact, in his usage, both this website, as well as the two of us would be part of the "Doctor Who Universe"! | |||
Both the BBC articles mention a "Doctor Who Universe", but what they don't do is clarify what it actually ''is''. | |||
Likewise, the Telos site mentions only that the book "stepping into the Doctor Who Universe for a while". Not only is this ambiguous(to say the least), but even IF we accept it as being the so-called "fictional space", it doesn't define the borders of that "fictional space". | |||
So, yes there ARE ''some'' references to a "Doctor Who Universe". Most of them are ambiguous or so vague as to be meaningless. The '''only''' unambiguous reference is Haining's which includes various aspects, including fandom, as part of the "Doctor Who Universe". And that's certainly not the way this unsourced article uses the term. | |||
