Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-2.26.183.189-20170416191252/@comment-4028641-20170416225818

Thefartydoctor wrote: It's also logical to note that the scene in FftF ends abruptly with them returning to the future...

No it doesn't. It ends with the Doctor saying "We have to get back to the future [as soon as possible." Then they get backed into the hall by a Dalek. That doesn't contradict The Pilot, indeed it supports it.

Thefartydoctor wrote: The context is lacking in FftF and this lack of context is the main reason why the whole scene had to be rewritten.

citation please. The scene wasn't re-written, it just wasn't put in the episode. There's not an equivilant version in the episode itslelf. There's a gap where this story goes. You can't claim that the scene was changed or not included for a specific reason without proving that. We, in fact, have a quote by Moffat detailing what was meant of the scene and what happened to it in the end.

Writers can indeed change their minds, but clearly Moffatt didn't. He meant for it to count by the time these two stories had came out, and thus we have all the authorial intent that we're ever going to need, alongside all that we're ever going to get.