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Thefartydoctor wrote: I agree totally with Shambala. It's extremely sad that it has to remain invalid but the truth of the matter is any programme that isn't Doctor Who does not have the right to set any story in the DWU regardless of which license(s) they hold. It's the same reason for why fanfics aren't valid. Any non-Who writer can manipulate these characters to fit their own agendas, whether it be for the greater good (i.e. education) or bad (i.e. to sell merchandise). :) By that logic, we must discard the BBV spinoffs and their siblings - Shakedown, Downtime, Wartime, Zygon, the Auton trilogy, etc.. If the BBC licensed Search Out Science to make a DWU universe story, then the product is a DWU story.