Talk:TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)

This book definitely seems to be written in universe, like A Brief History of Time Lords, and not as an actual reference book. Is there an inclusion debate thread about it ?RingoRoadagain ☎  18:15, December 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * Is it a story? 18:24, December 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * Well in the same way as A Brief History of Time Lords or The Time Lord Letters (novel) are, I would say.RingoRoadagain ☎  19:02, December 2, 2018 (UTC)

"Using psychic printing techniques, this user's guide will - like the TARDIS itself - be presented to you in your native language"

"This manual is synced with your TARDIS's core systems, which means specific observations can be made about the continued operation (and non-operation) of this capsule."

"The case studies contained within this manual are drawn from real-world events from the relative timeline of this TARDIS Type 40 TT Capsule."

(The 'case studies' are events from episodes, written as if they actually happened.)

The above user is right in that this is just as non-fiction as A Brief History of Time Lords (that is to say, it isn't). OMEGATRON ☎  12:59, December 26, 2019 (UTC)


 * I did not change my position, but i may have found another precedent for this case: The Book of the War (novel)


 * It is considered valid by the wiki although according to its article page it is described by its editor as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big … vision."


 * IMHO it is not necessary but I admittedly don't understand when to start those: does the admin team think we need to start an inclusion debate?RingoRoadagain ☎  15:33, December 26, 2019 (UTC)