User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-188432-20130514042227/@comment-26975268-20130515184922

Well, it clearly takes place sometime after Clara and the Doctor visited Trenzalore, as evidenced by the use of past tense ("when we went to Trenzalore").

A few choice quotes from T:VS:
 * "We specifically do not consider the quality of the narrative when deciding whether to exclude a story. Instead, we are guided by the legal status of a work as well as the authorial intent."


 * "In these discussions, sufficient evidence must be provided that that the story either doesn't have permission from all relevant copyright holders, or that there are solid non-narrative reasons to believe the story does not occur in the DWU."

So, where are your non-narrative reasons? I've heard quite a few continuity issues (which are ruled out by "a story cannot be ruled invalid simply because it is narratively discontinuous with other stories"), but I've yet to hear any real, non-narrative issues.

Okay, points taken, but, when in doubt, take a look at the authorial intent (one of the main things that T:VS says we are "guided" by), which is unquestionably that SS, HS is meant to be narrative. Do I have to dig through every advertisement and announcement for the "prequel" to show that they consider it to be narrative, just like any other prequel?