Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1827503-20141023232658/@comment-1293767-20151029073759

Bwburke94 wrote: Also, counting "the Doctor will return" as a clear indication of a two-parter would result in various series finales and Christmas specials being joined to the preceding and/or following episodes, with "Utopia" through "Voyage of the Damned" being a four-parter, "The Stolen Earth" through "The End of Time" being a seven-parter, and "The Rebel Flesh" through "Let's Kill Hitler" being a four-parter.

So here's my personal opinion: anything that does not place "A Good Man Goes to War" as standalone is not an option. There is absolutely no source within production that states AGMGTW is anything other than standalone, and the only way to join it to another episode is to interpret an unresolved policy thread from 2010 in a manner it was never intended to be interpreted.

I absolutely agree with you and raised the same point about the havoc that would cause by making it a precedent in Thread:183627, which I created specifically to address the policy issues concerning the TBC and return cards.