Despite it not technically being television, the BBC Proms this year showed a little mini-episode of Doctor Who as part of their Kids-Centric Proms. They showed this little episode...
It's quite funny, and I suppose it'd be greatly appreciated in the Albert Hall with lots of children talking to the Doctor. All in all, I loved it. It publicised the Doctor's love of music, it interacted well on a pantomimic scale (especially when listening to the Proms on Radio 3). The ending is a bit.. sappy, but it's all round fun entertainment.
But... I'm going to guess that a lot of people won't. In the comments section of this post, I would like you to find a link of every source you can find which complains about this little mini-adventure for the following reasons:
- It surely can't be canonical
- The Doctor breaks the fourth wall!
- They didn't credit Jimmy Vee!
- Pah! It's far too kids-centric now!
That's your task. Go.
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Call me crazy, but I can't find the video on the page you linked. Has it been taken down?
Yes, the BBC only had it online for fifteen minutes. Oddly. But I've changed the link now to a mirror on YouTube.
Little Jimmy was 2nd in the credits...
Ah yes, but I'm expecting people to complain that he should have been credited in the opening titles...
Aliens are never in the opening titles, so I guess you might have bad luck with that :(
And not-canon: The bit with Tennant - not canon as if it were, he'd have noticed that there were Daleks (and Cybermen and whatever else was there) in the auditorium, and the invasion of the Albert Hall would also be canon. Which it obviously isn't because that doesn't fit anywhere into the usual stories.
I'm not actually asking for people to say if it's canon or not.. I'm looking for links to people who are trying to establish it's continuity or go on and on about WHY it isn't canon.
Which you've actually done quite brilliantly. Thank you.
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