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==Controversy section needed== | ==Controversy section needed== | ||
The article needs a Controversy section. There's sufficient criticism online now regarding the fact the game isn't being released for free outside the UK (not just fans complaining on boards, but things like the Doctor Who Information Network blog in Canada). Plus as a direct result of the game being geofenced, there are numerous media sources reporting that people are seeking pirated versions, many of which are infected with malware (EDIT: after typing this I noticed copies of the game are now even being put up for auction on eBay). Additional controversial points include the fact none of the advance publicity from the BBC indicated there would be restrictions on the release. There should be sufficient reputable sources to build a section from this. [[Special:Contributions/68.146.81.123|68.146.81.123]] 18:49, June 8, 2010 (UTC) | The article needs a Controversy section. There's sufficient criticism online now regarding the fact the game isn't being released for free outside the UK (not just fans complaining on boards, but things like the Doctor Who Information Network blog in Canada). Plus as a direct result of the game being geofenced, there are numerous media sources reporting that people are seeking pirated versions, many of which are infected with malware (EDIT: after typing this I noticed copies of the game are now even being put up for auction on eBay). Additional controversial points include the fact none of the advance publicity from the BBC indicated there would be restrictions on the release. There should be sufficient reputable sources to build a section from this. [[Special:Contributions/68.146.81.123|68.146.81.123]] 18:49, June 8, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:Really? EBay and pirated versions? Thats bad. It can be easily downloaded from website, with just using correct proxy. Even instalation can be fooled to think it is in UK. But I guess it could have bad consequences if detailed manual was here... But if you want it, I can post it. --[[User:TakeruDavis|TakeruDavis]] 19:00, June 12, 2010 (UTC) | |||
==Skaro makes this thing non-canonical== | ==Skaro makes this thing non-canonical== | ||
Irrespective of the nice sentiments from Wenger and company that this is another episode of series 5, doesn't the presence of Skaro completely render this thing non-canonical? How can Skaro have possibly survived as a place in normal space, freely visitable by the Doctor and the Daleks, if the "entire war was time-locked" ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')? So the Dalek homeworld was kept, ruined, outside the [[time-lock]], but Skaro wasn't? This story is a ''major'' challenge to one of the fundamental "truths" of the new series, and we as a wikia community, should have a ''serious'' debate as to whether to consider it canonical — quite apart from what the production team are telling us. '''Of course''' they're going to say it's a "real" episode, and that it "counts", cause ultimately they want us to buy them. (At some stage they ''will'' be on sale.) But that doesn't mean we have to fall for their schtick, does it? As Captain Jack said in ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', "One minute they're the greatest threat in the universe, the next minute they vanished out of time and space." I don't see how you go from that, to "Well, actually, their planet is still here in an easily-repairable state." No, this game is deeply threatening to the mythology, if you stop and think about it for even a few minutes. We should declare it non-canonical. '''[[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>]] 15:34, June 10, 2010 (UTC) | Irrespective of the nice sentiments from Wenger and company that this is another episode of series 5, doesn't the presence of Skaro completely render this thing non-canonical? How can Skaro have possibly survived as a place in normal space, freely visitable by the Doctor and the Daleks, if the "entire war was time-locked" ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')? So the Dalek homeworld was kept, ruined, outside the [[time-lock]], but Skaro wasn't? This story is a ''major'' challenge to one of the fundamental "truths" of the new series, and we as a wikia community, should have a ''serious'' debate as to whether to consider it canonical — quite apart from what the production team are telling us. '''Of course''' they're going to say it's a "real" episode, and that it "counts", cause ultimately they want us to buy them. (At some stage they ''will'' be on sale.) But that doesn't mean we have to fall for their schtick, does it? As Captain Jack said in ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', "One minute they're the greatest threat in the universe, the next minute they vanished out of time and space." I don't see how you go from that, to "Well, actually, their planet is still here in an easily-repairable state." No, this game is deeply threatening to the mythology, if you stop and think about it for even a few minutes. We should declare it non-canonical. '''[[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>]] 15:34, June 10, 2010 (UTC) | ||
