![]() ![]() That’s before things get really complicated. Even if you take the simplest view that only the TV shows are canon it won’t take long before massive contradictions materialise.įor instance, how was Atlantis demolished on three separate occasions? Why did The Doctor – a Time Lord – say he was only half-human in the 1996 TV movie?Īnd why were the Daleks described as being created from a race called the 'Dals' in their first appearance, but then apparently genetically engineered from anagram-friendly people called ‘Kaleds' in Genesis of the Daleks? Although fans have put forward their own theories, an official answer doesn’t exist. But it can be extremely confusing to work out a single, coherent Doctor Who story. And for good reason: it’s likely the BBC doesn’t want to rule out Who's extended universe, but, as a public corporation, they’re unable to say that fans need to purchase material outside the show to complete the story.Īs we’ll explain later on, this model of (dis)continuity is far from a bad thing. Do the books, comics or Big Finish audio products truly ‘matter’? Do these wider adventures have any bearing on the main Doctor Who show or not? And what happens when different eras, and episodes, of the TV show contradict one another? ![]() Original creator Gene Roddenberry specifically outlined that everything fans saw on screen was part of the franchise’s lore, but that everything else didn't count towards the continuity of later shows.īut when it comes to Doctor Who? Fans can’t be sure. All Star Wars materials on the higher levels (ie the films) overwrote any contradictions that arose with the lower ones (ie games or cartoons). Throughout its 40-year history, all its stories in all formats have been granted either ‘canon’ or ‘non-canon’ status.Īlthough overthrown now, at one point the franchise categorised every tale from a galaxy far away in the Holocron continuity database hierarchy. Glancing at Who's stablemates, this is even weirder.
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