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::: Which is to say, yes, if Class had been an entirely different series - not set at Coal Hill, not featuring returning characters and concepts like [[Frank Armitage]] and the [[Weeping Angels]], entirely divorced from Doctor Who and never remotely referencing it again after the Doctor's cameo in the first episode, then yes I would argue this. But then it would be a totally different show and not a Doctor Who spinoff. You may as well go further and ask "would you include Class if it wasn't set at Coal Hill nor featured any DWU elements whatsoever AND the Doctor didn’t appear in the frst episode? And that's why we should include Buffy!". It's a total non sequitur that imagines a bizarre case where a Doctor Who spin-off has zero connection to the parent franchise whatsoever but we know it's a spin-off because....???? [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ::: Which is to say, yes, if Class had been an entirely different series - not set at Coal Hill, not featuring returning characters and concepts like [[Frank Armitage]] and the [[Weeping Angels]], entirely divorced from Doctor Who and never remotely referencing it again after the Doctor's cameo in the first episode, then yes I would argue this. But then it would be a totally different show and not a Doctor Who spinoff. You may as well go further and ask "would you include Class if it wasn't set at Coal Hill nor featured any DWU elements whatsoever AND the Doctor didn’t appear in the frst episode? And that's why we should include Buffy!". It's a total non sequitur that imagines a bizarre case where a Doctor Who spin-off has zero connection to the parent franchise whatsoever but we know it's a spin-off because....???? [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ||
:::: But, since you like hypotheticals - if, in theory, some Doctor Who character had made a licensed appearance in the first episode of, say, EastEnders, would you advocate for filling up this wiki with pages on all of the thousands of its episodes? [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 11:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Speaking of BBC Four's Dirk Gently Ep 2. St. Cedd's appears (unnamed) in flashbacks in the pilot episode and is namedroped in Ep 1. [[User:Shteblan|Shteblan]] [[User talk:Shteblan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | Speaking of BBC Four's Dirk Gently Ep 2. St. Cedd's appears (unnamed) in flashbacks in the pilot episode and is namedroped in Ep 1. [[User:Shteblan|Shteblan]] [[User talk:Shteblan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 02:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC) | ||
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