User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1432718-20200905235227/@comment-6032121-20200910104947

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1432718-20200905235227/@comment-6032121-20200910104947 That's true, but if it's a matter of trying to align facts between Who? and History Tour, then that means an effort is being made for History Tour to be part of the universe of Who? by Who?’s own creators. So, if we have evidence that Who? isn't meant to take place in the DWU, it would follow that authorial intent is that History Tour doesn't either, even if History Tour is not a parody itself. Might it be worth considering Who? and History Tour a universe unto themselves, I wonder?

But @User:Belegityt — are you quite sure about the wording of "comedy strip"? Again, what makes Who? invalid is that it's intended as a parody, a spoof that's not quite part of the same universe as normal Doctor Who stories. Its irreverent tone and comic-strip-style format do not in itself invalidate it — the Titan backups are, after all, often very similar in outlook, but with those, we know explicitly that they're intended to be set in the DWU, simply adding "slapstick comic strips" to the list of types of stories that can be told in the DWU.

Would also appreciate direct quotes about that "spinoff" business.