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Its not for fans to say whats canon and whats not. If the officials say it is then it is. [[User:Fan555|Fan555]] 15:41, June 10, 2010 (UTC) | Its not for fans to say whats canon and whats not. If the officials say it is then it is. [[User:Fan555|Fan555]] 15:41, June 10, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:You're misunderstanding the nature of canonicity in the DWU. Piers Wenger's line "Everything you see and experience within the game is a part of the Doctor Who universe" is quite a different thing to saying, "It's absolutely a part of canon." "Canon" and the "Doctor Who universe" are not strictly the same thing. Something can be set in the DWU without it being canon. Fanon is set in the DWU, but it isn't a part of it. A fan film can strive to "look and feel like a proper episode of ''Doctor Who''", but it isn't a part of canon. | |||
:The official policy of the BBC on canon is that there is no policy. The officials are actually ''silent'' on whether or not this thing is a part of canon but they have used the ''marketing line'' that it is like an "extra" episode. They ''want'' us to fall for that line. And really, from strictly a viewing/playing standpoint, it's much more important that it ''feels'' like a part of the DWU than that it's a part of canon. | |||
:Nevertheless, canon is important to us, the editors of this wikia, because we need to know what things we can cite when writing an article, and what things we can't. Because the BBC have never held a firm view of canonicity, this wikia has therefore had to develop its own ''[[Tardis:Canon policy|canon policy]]'', and we have already disallowed some games under that policy. The [[FASA]] [[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game|DW RPG]] was written with all the best intentions in the world, just like this thing. But we don't allow it as a canonical reference. I'm saying this game, too, should be under that policy. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 17:07, June 10, 2010 (UTC) | |||
