I'm hoping it's going to turn out to be a different timeline. That way they can throw out all of the pinikity continuity they've had to adhere to and have another go at the universe.
One of the joys of Doctor Who is that for the most part they don't care when and if most of the events occur to the Doctor. They just sort of do and it really doesn't matter about the dating of the UNIT episodes / how Atlantis fell / if William Hartnell really was the first doctor. It's about the story telling.
When Voyager did that really good episode set in 1996, fans were bleating about how the Eugenics War was supposed to be happening then. Why didn't they mention the Eugenics War. Get over it. Doesn't matter. Did you enjoy the show? Was it dramatic? Did you want to see it again? Good. That's all that matters.
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I'm hoping it's going to turn out to be a different timeline. That way they can throw out all of the pinikity continuity they've had to adhere to and have another go at the universe. One of the joys of Doctor Who is that for the most part they don't care when and if most of the events occur to the Doctor. They just sort of do and it really doesn't matter about the dating of the UNIT episodes / how Atlantis fell / if William Hartnell really was the first doctor. It's about the story telling. When Voyager did that really good episode set in 1996, fans were bleating about how the Eugenics War was supposed to be happening then. Why didn't they mention the Eugenics War. Get over it. Doesn't matter. Did you enjoy the show? Was it dramatic? Did you want to see it again? Good. That's all that matters.