User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1272640-20161223201024/@comment-28349479-20170105162623

SeaniesBeanies wrote: Scream of the Shalka is set in a separate continuity to the mainline DWU I'm gonna end my quote right there, since using this as a justification for invalidity goes against T:VS, which says "Our methods have long stressed the need to include as many different tales as possible, even if they are in explicit narrative contradiction." The only topic of this debate should be whether the authors intended it to be part of the Doctor Who universe, and, since it was intended to be an official continuation of the series, it clearly is. Yes, it was known there would be a different televised continuation, but it was unknown at that time whether it would be a new Doctor or continue where Shalka left off, so it can't be said that Shalka was made "unofficial" in any way due to the announcement. So far, it seems like the anti-inclusion arguments in this thread have consisted of complete non-sequiturs, as defined by T:VS, so I'm not sure what we're waiting for.