If the BBC thinks it's canon, it's canon. People laugh at ME when I try to pick and choose canon, so I don't think anyone else has much chance of getting away with it either. I personally prefer to ignore anything that wasn't shown on screen, but the BBC doesn't agree, and neither, apparently did RTD, nor Moffatt. (of course, the fans that say "wasn't televised" as their cutoff standard ALSO often try to close their eyes and cover their ears when I mention Paul McGann...)
Insofar as the Time War, I don't think there was any choice involved. The Daleks were intending to start that war, and it was really the CIA's fault all along -- plus The Doctor's, of course. It may have taken (by Gallifreyan standards) quite a while for it all to come to a head, but in the end there wasn't much avoiding it.
If you go by the televised material, they've already provided an explanation for why it went THAT badly; for some reason they went and revived Rassilon himself, who turned out -- unsurprisingly -- to be a cast-iron bastard on wheels. Presumably Romana would either have been imprisoned, killed, or exiled/ran away. If we take River Song as a possible Romana, then the bit about "going back to prison" might point to her having escaped/been released from a Timelord prison ("Shada"?).
That's just it, the BBC hasn't ever come out and said "Yes, the Big Finish adventures are Canon and will be treated as part of Continuity...", and if they have- well- I'd like very much to see that press release. :D And Yes- Paul McGann was the Eighth Doctor, though poorly served by only having the single script. I think he would have been brilliant, if given the chance,(and NOT on Fox!)
THAT said... yeah- The Daleks have always spoiled for a fight, (OH!- how I wish the Doctor had crossed those stupid wires!) and reviving the Mad Time Lord Rassilon was a colossal mistake on the part of the Time Lords. IF Romana had come back from E-space, I seriously doubt she was alive when THAT happened.
If things should turn out that River is a partially fob-watched Romana, or even her daughter/sister/cousin- I could handle that- and even appreciate that the Doctor and River keep meeting up in the wrong order! :D
"A cast-iron bastard on wheels." May I steal that phrase? Cause really- That's brilliant.
Insofar as the Time War, I don't think there was any choice involved. The Daleks were intending to start that war, and it was really the CIA's fault all along -- plus The Doctor's, of course. It may have taken (by Gallifreyan standards) quite a while for it all to come to a head, but in the end there wasn't much avoiding it.
If you go by the televised material, they've already provided an explanation for why it went THAT badly; for some reason they went and revived Rassilon himself, who turned out -- unsurprisingly -- to be a cast-iron bastard on wheels. Presumably Romana would either have been imprisoned, killed, or exiled/ran away. If we take River Song as a possible Romana, then the bit about "going back to prison" might point to her having escaped/been released from a Timelord prison ("Shada"?).
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And Yes- Paul McGann was the Eighth Doctor, though poorly served by only having the single script. I think he would have been brilliant, if given the chance,(and NOT on Fox!)
THAT said... yeah- The Daleks have always spoiled for a fight, (OH!- how I wish the Doctor had crossed those stupid wires!) and reviving the Mad Time Lord Rassilon was a colossal mistake on the part of the Time Lords. IF Romana had come back from E-space, I seriously doubt she was alive when THAT happened.
If things should turn out that River is a partially fob-watched Romana, or even her daughter/sister/cousin- I could handle that- and even appreciate that the Doctor and River keep meeting up in the wrong order! :D
"A cast-iron bastard on wheels."
May I steal that phrase? Cause really- That's brilliant.
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