User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-20607870-20161224220810/@comment-20607870-20161227235439

AeD wrote: It's so clearly presented as and meant to be a comedy sketch. They're riffing on the show's reputation exactly like how Curse of Fatal Death does -- and how "seriously" Gatiss plays the Doctor, and comparing it to scatological humour in the revived series, is completely irrelevant.

It's like covering The Corridor Sketch as a serious docudrama. The difference is that The Web of Caves was intended to be so-called "canonical". It's stated in DWM 285. Best wishes.