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CzechOut wrote: Let's say i accept that, Trebligoniqua. How then do you wave away the fact that the producer of the series twice says before that, "not a Doctor Who spin-off"?

In the context of twice saying "not a DW spin-off", "Doctor Who world" does mean what we at this wiki refer "the DWU". How can a thing at once be "not a DW spin-off", not in the "Doctor Who world", yet be set in the DWU?

What words could you possibly use to explain its situation?

To be perfectly honest, when I first read the quote, I gathered that he was talking about a different issue entirely. In saying that it's "not a spin-off," he was stressing that it's a series in its own right, and not just Doctor Who's kid sister. "It's its own thing." In saying that it's not set in the "Doctor Who world," he's not talking about the universe at all — rather, he's saying that it's not centred around Who elements like regular spin-off (Torchwood: rift, jack, cyberwoman; SJA: SJ, Slitheen, Doctor appearance). He's saying that it's centred specifically on Chase, not the Doctor, and not any elements from his life.