Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-1272640-20161223201024/@comment-5918438-20161224050913

Not really, actually. And besides, it does not. It would be very difficult indeed to argue it passes rule 4. Shalka was the pilot to a cancelled continuity past the TVM. Cancelled because, suddenly, a new TV series was commissioned. It's not an alternate timeline; it's not some future Doctor against all intent and direct assertion he's the ninth; it's just plain invalid.