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To briefly add to what's been said, the BBC cannot, legally, declare a canon, because they do not actually own all of it. Many prominent DWU elements are in fact owned by individual writers, or their estates. Even today, we can't use the Daleks without permission. That's why there are a large number of works covered by this wiki that are not licensed by the BBC, but which are licensed for their DWU elements.