Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-25566332-20140115180525/@comment-1272640-20161208000821

Here's my opinion:

The scenes in which actors are in-character are valid, but nothing else.

The appearance of the Doctor in the 2010 Proms and of Clara and the Doctor in the 2013 Proms should be considered valid, the former being a non-issue in my opinion - it's not even acknowledging the existence of Doctor Who as a series. The Doctor just shows up, has a kid help him defuse something, and leaves. For that, we have a home video version - the one on the DVD release of A Christmas Carol.

Under this suggestion:

1. The scenes where the Eleventh Doctor appears (rather than Matt Smith out-of-character) of the 2010 Proms are valid. 2. The scenes where the Eleventh Doctor and Clara appear (rather than Matt and Jenna out-of-character) of the 2013 Proms are valid.

Any thoughts?