Board Thread:Tales from the Tardis/@comment-188432-20130325173913/@comment-26975268-20130408172838

Personally, I think that "a side-universe" means, not a separate universe, but rather just a different side of it.

Did the Doctor ever appear in Torchwood? Sure, there were references to the Battle of Torchwood, a Cyberman (woman...), the Doctor's hand and such, but it was essentially a "side-universe" that you don't have to have watched Who to understand.

But there's really a fine line between allowing Torchwpod and allowing Marvel Comics. Our rules aren't really as specific as you seem to think.

Anyway, I think we should just leave it as not DWU until there's a specific reason to think it is. I wish we'd get a more specific answer from BF!!!!

That aside, if there's any sort of loose mention to the Doctor, her origin story, or anything in the DWU, we can reconsider. Until then, though, there's a risky a lot of weight in Czech's above statement.