Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-188432-20130514042227/@comment-26975268-20130531025516

Uhh... No. It meets every single criterion for stories. Yes, it has a title sequence, but that's not the point. If my entire defence rested on the title sequence, I wouldn't be arguing my point, would I? No, I'm arguing my point because your entire defence is that: See, the only reason I'm fighting my case is because your entire defence is specifically contrary to current policy. And I'm just not convinced. If you can cite policy to explain to me how it's not a story, then I'm all ears.
 * 1) It's marketed as a story, so authorial intent agrees with my stance.
 * 2) It has a plot: the Doctor and Clara went to Trenzalore and found out about each other, and they are now recounting that story in a soliloquy.
 * 3) It meets the Mirriam Webster definition of a "story": "an account of incidents or events". SS, HS is just as much a story as a narrated novel sold as an audio story.
 * 1) It's a soliloquy, and thus is different. For some reason, the fact that it's different seems to make you think it's not a story. We treat all media equally here, including narrations and soliloquys.
 * 2) It narratively contradicts The Name of the Doctor, which specifically goes against T:VALID.