Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-4028641-20151007072528/@comment-2003:4D:EA3B:4201:88A:3DC1:D155:5C6E-20170916213235

For me personally, there are some video games where I would not even a single doubt that they are canon.

These are: 1. The Adventure Games (City of the Daleks • Blood of the Cybermen • TARDIS • Shadows of the Vashta Nerada • The Gunpowder Plot) 2. The Eternity Clock 3. The Mazes of Time • The Christmas Trap • Angels in the Shadows 4. Evacuation Earth • Return to Earth 5. The Doctor and the Dalek

They all have a narrative and the same endings for every player when finishing the games.

I do not have any knowledge about Lego Dimensions, so I can not state my opinion towards this.

I am not sure if any of the Classic video games were considered as canon by the makers or show runners or where only meant to be a nice extra for Doctor Who fans. Well "Destiny of the Doctors" might have been considered as canon, but I have big doubts about the others.

If they were meant to be canon, I think "Destiny of the Doctors", "Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror", "Dalek Attack", "The First Adventure" fullfill the requirements of this wikia. Some people might have doubts about adding "Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror" or "Dalek Attack". "Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror" has one of its most important information added in some of the booklets, but I would consider the booklet part of the game. During that time it simply was like this. Not all information could fit into the computer and was added in the booklets instead, which were needed during the game. In "Dalek Attack" the player has the option to play the adventure also with the Second and Fourth Doctor. However they are just additional extras, the default setting is the Seventh Doctor, so it clearly is a Seventh Doctor Adventure.

I think all of the "Doctor Who: Monster Invasion" have too little narrative to be a valid source. Furthermore I think nobody ever considered them as canon, but I might be wrong.

The Doctor Who website has lots of games I would not even consider as canon. But I think there are some nice video games who have a narrative and give some nice extra knowledge about the things happening in the TV Series.


 * From Cyber Assault, we get to know more about how the Cybermen were fought in Pete's world. Furthermore we get to know some other members of the Preachers.


 * From Ghostwatch, we get to know more about the staff members of the TV show Ghostwatch. We learn what is happening to them when the Cybermen attack.


 * From Art Attack, we get to know that the Ginger cat in Fear Her is actually called Ginger.

I would consider these as canon.

When I want to decide whether a video game as canon or I usually do it like this: In the beginning I ask myself if it was meant to be canon in the first place. Then I look if it has any narrative and if it contradicts the series. If not I only take the things as canon that are the same for every player.

But this makes "Attack of the Graske" also canon for me. It was filmed with David Tennant, which makes it somehow official. The actions in the video game seem reasonable, the story doesn't seem totally bizarre and unlikely. Thus it could be considered as canon by the people involed in the series. Now I look which things are the same for each player. I do not see the person who is entering the TARDIS as the Doctor Who fan who is playing it, but just some random person that is asked to join the Doctor in the TARDIS. That person even has specific traits. He/She only slowly goes into the TARDIS, some of the players would run etc. As for the events that are happening in the video game, I take only the ones as canon, that are the same for every player. I know that the Doctor left Rose at an ABBA concert. Furthermore the mother in one family is taken over by a Changeling. The Doctor hears about it and wants to help out. In 1883 a Graske is kidnapping a young boy. The Graske keep a Slitheen, some Humans and other creatures in Griffoth and replace them with Changelings. I also get to know some of the traits of the Graske which I also consider as canon. I do not want this wiki to add "Attack of the Graske" as a valid source but this is just an example how I would decide which video game consider as canon. Maybe some rules can help to make a similar test for the video games on this site.