Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-5.2.105.85-20170222095120/@comment-4028641-20170307045456

Also, it's been heavily hinted in this thread that we should treat DiT as a "dream," as per the suggestion in one of the books. I think precedent leans against this.

The actual quote is:

"I once had [a nightmare] where all my old foes chased me round a soap opera"

That is not specific enough to connect it to DiT from an in-universe perspective. If statements that vague got us off, the Shalka Doc would be an alternative timeline and the Unbound stories would have been validated entirely by The 100 Days of the Doctor.

Storm in a Tikka, which just treats it as a regular adventure, is much more up-front and direct about its meaning.