Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1293767-20151029072618/@comment-5918438-20160108090213

Russell T Davies, DWM 406: ''And I certainly feel the Series Three climax was two stories, no matter what the DWM season poll says. I'm sorry! I just do! I could rattle off the reasons, but we're into the mystical land of canon here, where the baseline of the argument simply comes down to "because I think so!"''

The interpretation has certainly been made, and it is notable that Totally Doctor Who also announced it as such. Then, maybe in part because of Totally, maybe not, DWM did the same thing. But you cannot reasonably say it was the intent at all. RTD has expressly stated that this was not the intent, and that he does not consider Utopia to be part of a three-parter.

And as he says, "Because I think so!" is about the only argument that's truly going to be made. Again, Utopia was produced separately, and directed by a different director. We have decided that the director link is a necessary one in determining multi-part stories. "Because I think so!" cannot be the determining factor.