I posted a similar thread a while back on one of the Star Trek forums, about episodes of the various shows that fans, for whatever reasons, prefer not to acknowledge as having "really happened." Are there any DW stories that fans of the programme treat in the same way (Apart from the obvious Dimensions in Time)?
Stories you disregard
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The part near the end where everyone on Earth is chanting "DOCTOR!!!" and it gives the Doctor magical powers was utter crud, but I quite liked the rest of the story, and it was a major chapter in the lives of the Doctor and the Master that had big repercussions later on, so that gets a pass from me.
I totally ignore "Fear Her." Boring, useless waste of an episode. I currently have mixed feelings on "Planet of the Dead" and "The Waters of Mars."
There are things in Doctor Who I dislike, there are things that annoy me, there are things I hate, but I don't disregard anything. I think I'm a little old to believe that the universe disappears when I close my eyes.
I don't disregard anything because its not my place to do so only to state if the episode was good or bad (fans do not have control over canon just look at TATV, if only we did 
). The weaker ones like Fear Her or the Peter Kay one are lowpoints and I say that and move on.
As for the The Last of The Time Lords episode that was mentioned, RTD almost got it right but should of toned it down. The Doctor should of stayed old but no Golem and I love the idea of using the Master's network to heal himself but no floating please...have the blue glow around him, get younger and have temp powers but please no floating.
). The weaker ones like Fear Her or the Peter Kay one are lowpoints and I say that and move on. As for the The Last of The Time Lords episode that was mentioned, RTD almost got it right but should of toned it down. The Doctor should of stayed old but no Golem and I love the idea of using the Master's network to heal himself but no floating please...have the blue glow around him, get younger and have temp powers but please no floating.
None, i enjoy them all, from the old to the new, they provide me with entertainment and that's all i can ask of them.
Only "The Movie". I mean come on, the kiss, tsk...
.I think the novels and several of the audios have sort of been overwriten by the events in the new series, somewhat. Otherwise, we have certain events happening twice in the Doctor's life, like Human Nature, and Gallifrey being destroyed twice. Plus all the looms/Gallifreyan lore established in the novels has largely been ignored. Not to say they're not enjoyable; just not in the same continuity anymore.
I do consider all the TV series and movie canon.
I do consider all the TV series and movie canon.
There are some key things in the 1996 movie I disregard, obviously the half human bit.
I think from this past episode, I'm going to disregard that he always leaves the brakes on, and that's why the Tardis sounds like it does when it lands. It was kinda funny, but I also did not like it, that didn't need any kind of explanation. Up until now I just figured it was how older Tardis's sounded, unlike newer models that maybe land faster.
I think from this past episode, I'm going to disregard that he always leaves the brakes on, and that's why the Tardis sounds like it does when it lands. It was kinda funny, but I also did not like it, that didn't need any kind of explanation. Up until now I just figured it was how older Tardis's sounded, unlike newer models that maybe land faster.
i don't disregard anything from TV. if there are discrepancies: wibbly-wobbly timey wimey.
i disregard the novels and audios.
i disregard the novels and audios.
Nope, it's all real for me. I currently regard 2379 stories as definitely "really happened", and quite a few more as "probably might have happened".
That's it. I'm sending my friend Achmed to keeel you!
What about where one story openly contradicts another? "The Christmas Invasion" states that the Guinevere probe was Britain's first trip to Mars, quite clearly ignoring classic series stories such as "The Ambassadors of Death", where Britain was sending manned expeditions to the red planet as far back as the early 1970s. And some of the plot points of "The Waters of Mars" are incompatible with "The Moonbase" and "The Seeds of Death."
I take that as wibbily wobbily timey wimey. The entire series focuses on time travel. Little things change frequently. You bring up Waters of Mars. We saw things change in that special. The "wiki" pages or whatever they were telling us everyone had died, changed to show some had lived, for example.
One little thing changing in the past can cause things to change in the future (or in the future-past). That's one reason why there is no such thing as Doctor Who canon. It would be an impossible thing.
