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Well, our Tardis:Canon policy is that there is no canon, but now we know from both Ellerby and Bell that their stories are definitely not intended as parodies. Presumably the same is true of Smith's, especially given Ellerby's comment:

My DW comics are indeed within the universe and are not parody, the BBC are actually quite tough with anything that is too meta or self referential (not that I’ve had to change anything but the warning’s been in place since the get-go).

Titan Comics editor Andrew James also gave his approval of Ellerby's reply in the form of a like of the post via his own Tumblr account, so I see no reason to believe the Tenth Doctor backups would be any different to Eleven's and Twelve's in terms of the license guidelines.