Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-31010985-20180428165444/@comment-4028641-20200107205257

"continuity" is contentious because of our policies surrounding not becoming invested in continuity or canon. Although, by most simple definitions, a canon is simply a collection of stories, and it is accurate to call the "Cushingverse" a "collection of stories outside of regular Doctor Who story collections."

Reality was simply a compromise to suggest neither timeline or universe, as both would imply that there was in-universe proof to support this.