User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-4028641-20170222073756/@comment-4028641-20170224233519

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-4028641-20170222073756/@comment-4028641-20170224233519 Amorkuz wrote: That is the point of view I vehemently oppose: arguing on the counterfactual basis that, were it not a game, it would have been valid so let us treat it as quasi-valid.

Authorial intent tho. That's what matters. That's what we're discussing. What Doctor Who is to the LEGO Media franchise.

So Lego Dimensions does matter.

Furthermore, it was previously decided during the Trek/Who debacle that in a crossover it's fine to include information from outside of the stories that we deem valid. I believe it was specifically brought up as an example that a Phaser would still be a Phaser even if Kirk didn't feel like saying "Oh, this is a Phaser. Just explaining that for the people at TARDIS Wiki."

So we are, in fact, allowed to include basic info about the LEGO Multi-verse presented in stories that we say "don't count." By all accounts, our treatment of The Infinity Doctors is much more bizarre -- in this case we quote the authorial intent in reference to a sequel that doesn't exist.