Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-188432-20130514042227

I think there's a valid debate as to whether She Said, He Said violates Rule 1 of our four little rules. Is it actually a story? It seems to me, particularly with the Doctor's bit, that it's just a sort of "in-character advertisement". He's totally breaking the fourth wall the whole time. We don't count any other ads like this — such as that first "ball of flame" trailer from series 1 — as narratively valid. So why are we doing it with this one? Simply because it has an on-screen title?

That's not good enough for me. There's no difference between what Matt Smith is doing here, and what Chris Eccleston did in his first ad back in 2005. Heck, there's no real difference between this and the Strax bit where he tells you to join the official Doctor Who YouTube channel. I move that She Said, He Said be slapped with.  