Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20121202170842/@comment-26975268-20140515001357

So what you're saying is continuity is mostly listing what other stories have to say about this story's subject matter (locations, objects, people)?

Also, on a slightly-to-the-side-but-mostly-centred note, how far can "continuity" go? If the Doctor's talking about airplanes, should we be mentioning some completely unrelated incident where he's driving one (or trying to, lol), or where he's talking about them in a different context? Should we be talking about that time when an airplane appeared in Torchwood and Jack nearly got poisoned? I see lots of very out-there points in continuity now and again that I feel are going a bit too far.

To the point, how much do we need, to be able to say that this line or this scene is referencing another story, or if it's just a coincidence that similar situations appear?