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Separately from the above line of argument, I think the classic line of argument that "by the time ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' came out, the BBC had already decreed it wouldn't be the Official Continuation, and therefore Cornell knowingly put it out as something which 'wouldn't count'" is just wrong. | Separately from the above line of argument, I think the classic line of argument that "by the time ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' came out, the BBC had already decreed it wouldn't be the Official Continuation, and therefore Cornell knowingly put it out as something which 'wouldn't count'" is just wrong. | ||
It might seem strange to believe in hindsight, but no one was sure that [[Russell T Davies]]' [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] would really work out, even after it entered production. We're talking about late [[2003 (releases)|2003]] here. For reference, ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' only started shooting in [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]. Even the casting of [[Christopher Eccleston]] hadn't been announced yet — just "Russell T Davies will headline a ''Doctor Who'' revival on BBC Wales". ''Anything'' could have gone wrong yet, and so it's obvious, without hindsight-bias, why the BBC would avoid putting all its eggs in one basket. It downplayed ''Shalka'', yes, because why would you jinx the BBC Wales show before it even started by confusing the branding? But it didn't cast it out entirely, nor immediately cancel the planned sequels. | It might seem strange to believe in hindsight, but no one was sure that [[Russell T Davies]]' [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]] would really work out, even after it entered production. We're talking about late [[2003 (releases)|2003]] here. For reference, ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' only started shooting in [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]. Even the casting of [[Christopher Eccleston]] hadn't been announced yet — just "Russell T Davies will headline a ''Doctor Who'' revival on BBC Wales". ''Anything'' could have gone wrong yet, and so it's obvious, without hindsight-bias, why the BBC would avoid putting all its eggs in one basket. It downplayed ''Shalka'', yes, because why would you jinx the BBC Wales show before it even started by confusing the branding? But it didn't cast it out entirely, nor immediately cancel the planned sequels. | ||
As reported by [[User:JDPManjoume]], who's done a lot of research on this subject: at [[Talk:Scream of the Shalka (webcast)#Note for possible future validity discussion]]: | As reported by [[User:JDPManjoume]], who's done a lot of research on this subject: at [[Talk:Scream of the Shalka (webcast)#Note for possible future validity discussion]]: | ||
