Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-26845762-20160825145828/@comment-188432-20160827223842

Thanks to everyone who participated in this debate! I want to especially thank those who thought we were moving a little slowly on this issue for their patience. It's very important, and one of the basic tenets of the wiki, that we make decisions based upon as much information as possible -- not the least of which is being able to actually experience the story in question.

Ultimately, the basic positions being argued by Revanvolatrelundar and PicassoAndPringles, and several others, seem obviously true. This is the same Master and Doctor of Sympathy, and it's apparent within the first couple of tracks of The Library in the Body that Benny is her mainstream self -- the character who was a companion to the Seventh and Eighth Doctors of the prime universe.

There are no known statements from the producers that Doctor Who - The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 3 is meant to be regarded as parodic or otherwise outside the DWU. Her journey out of the prime universe seems completely analogous with the Eleventh Doctor's excursion to a pocket universe in The Doctor's Wife, a story of unquestioned validity.

Therefore, this boxset is completely valid under T:VS, and its narrative elements may be used on any appropriate in-universe page.

Revan has brought up a secondary issue of what to call the Doctor being played by Warner. Logically, under T:ONE NAME, the character should simply retain the name of The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil). Under that same convention, I'd suggest that PicassoAndPringles' concern about what to call this universe be similarly resolved by appending (Sympathy for the Devil) to the universe described here. To me, "Unbound Universe" is a marketing term, and none of the characters use the term "unbound" to my knowledge -- making something like Parallel Earth (Who's Who?) a more appropriate model.

But neither of these naming questions are the subjects of this discussion. I merely take note of them to say that, while current rules would seem to easily apply, they are both eligible for further discussion.