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I think I was one of the first to wonder about its validity in the talk page, thank you for creating this thread.



I consider this book as a collection of NEW lore and setting details from the Time Lord culture perspective but not following a story structure or a chronology. (as @Chubby Potato gave examples of)

Therefore, I see it as a case of encyclopedic novel, which I believe can also be applied to The Book of the War & Brief History of Time Lords. (and why i brought them up in the discussion page)

I believe that the full account of the TARDIS technology and science given in this instruction manual is such an "attempt to render the full range of knowledge and beliefs of a national culture, while identifying the ideological perspectives from which that culture shapes and interprets its knowledge".

I did not think about The Dalek Dictionary, but since it is not written as if it was an in-universe resource, I don't think it should be used as precedent for the TARDIS instruction manual.