User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-27280472-20160606210324/@comment-28349479-20161128225617

I'll note that the "feeling of being freed from continuity" cited as justification for the NOTVALID label in the closed thread is extremely similar to how Lance Parkin felt "liberated" from continuity while writing The Infinity Doctors. The scenarios are entirely analogous, and, after a thorough read of the closed thread that's been linked multiple times, I see no reason why Death Comes to Time should be treated as INVALID as opposed to being part of an alternate universe. I agree with Fwhiffahder.

And frankly, I agree that there's no major difference between being INVALID and being in an alternate universe. Especially in the light of things like 12 referencing Shalka's backstory as part of his past, or the David Warner Unbound Doctor boxset, the line is getting more blurred with every release. I think the entire policy should be rethought.

Unrelated, but can someone link me to the inclusion debate thread for Scream of the Shalka? I might just suck at navigating Wikia, but I can't seem to find it.