User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-1272640-20161223201024/@comment-4028641-20170114232826

The only way we can call the Shalka Doctor the "Ninth Doctor" is through out-of-universe logic. But by the same logic, we also can figure out that this Doctor was likely meant to be Doctor #8, but we never see that in the comic so it's never mentioned on his page. It's hinted what incarnation Shalka is in, but never out-right said.

In that sense, I think it's totally a rational plan to simply treat both Shalka and Party Animals equally the same.