Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-188432-20130514042227/@comment-26975268-20130531025516

Uhh... No. It meets every single criterion for stories. Yes, it has a title sequence, but that's not the point. If my entire defence rested on the title sequence, I wouldn't be arguing my point, would I? No, I'm arguing my point because your entire defence is that: See, the only reason I'm fighting my case is because your entire defence is specifically contrary to current policy. If you can cite policy to explain to me how it's not a story, then I'm all ears.
 * 1) It's marketed as a story, so authorial intent agrees with my stance.
 * 2) It has a plot: the Doctor and Clara went to Trenzalore and found out about each other, and they are now recounting that story in a soliloquy.
 * 3) It meets the Mirriam Webster definition of a "story": "an account of incidents or events". SS, HS is just as much a story as a narrated novel sold as an audio story.
 * 1) It's a soliloquy, and thus is different. For some reason, the fact that it's different seems to make you think it's not a story. We treat all media equally here, including narrations and soliloquys.
 * 2) It narratively contradicts The Name of the Doctor, which specifically goes against T:VALID.