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ometimes the \'\'concepts\'\' of the \'\'Doctor Who\'\' Expanded Universe, rather than their actual stories, are accepted as canon by the Whoniverse. An example of this is the Last Great Time War: by the time \'\'Doctor Who\'\' came back following the \
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Sometimes the \\\'\\\'concepts\\\'\\\' of the \\\'\\\'Doctor Who\\\'\\\' Expanded Universe, rather than their actual stories, are accepted as canon by the Whoniverse. An example of this is the Last Great Time War: by the time \\\'\\\'Doctor Who\\\'\\\' came back following the \\\"wilderness years\\\" of cancellation, the Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures and two unrelated WebOriginal stories, \\\'\\\'Death Comes to Time\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'ScreamOfTheShalka\\\'\\\', had all independently written out the Time Lords. (None of these are now considered canon by the TV series, but they were written as a possible canon at the time.) When the TV series returned, it wrote out the Time Lords too -- and this development in turn spawned more ExpandedUniverse stories about the now-canonical war and its consequences.
RTD has a VERY hands-off approach to what is or isn\\\'t canon, but according to Wikipedia:
Russell T Davies, executive producer of the series, commented that there is no connection between the War of the books and the Time War of the television series, comparing Gallifrey being destroyed twice with Earth\\\'s two World Wars. He also said that he was \\\"usually happy for old and new fans to invent the Complete History of the Doctor in their heads, completely free of the production team\\\'s hot and heavy hands\\\". (Source: Russell T Davies, \\\"The Evasion of Time\\\". \\\'\\\'Doctor Who Magazine\\\'\\\' #356 (2005), pp. 66–67.)
RTD has a VERY hands-off approach to what is or isn\\\'t canon, but according to Wikipedia:
Russell T Davies, executive producer of the series, commented that there is no connection between the War of the books and the Time War of the television series, comparing Gallifrey being destroyed twice with Earth\\\'s two World Wars. He also said that he was \\\"usually happy for old and new fans to invent the Complete History of the Doctor in their heads, completely free of the production team\\\'s hot and heavy hands\\\". (Source: Russell T Davies, \\\"The Evasion of Time\\\". \\\'\\\'Doctor Who Magazine\\\'\\\' #356 (2005), pp. 66–67.)
