The Cartmel Masterplan is closer to canon, as it would have been played out if Sylvester McCoy’s tenure hadn’t ended so abruptly after “Survival”. Part of that survives in spin-off media: the Gallifrey Chronicles and Lungbarrow, in particular. Yet at least one crucial element of Lungbarrow was contradicted on the show: we saw the young Master, and if Lungbarrow is correct, Time Lords emerge full-grown, so I think we must assume that spin-off media are, at best, guidelines, and that things like the futures of Susan and Romana and Ace are still fair game.
BTW, I actually hope the spin-off media is ignored, because if we take them as canon, then Romana became President. The events of “The End of Time” I believe really could only work if she’d been killed in that continuity. So I prefer to imagine she didn’t become President, so I can imagine she’s still in E-Space and has survived the Time War and Rassilon’s renewed Presidency. ;-)
]]>Then when the Daleks invaded Earth again, Susan and Alex were sadly killed, trying to save the Doctor, along with his companion, Lucie Miller. These losses sent the Doctor in a dark state, wearing new clothing and a new hairstyle.
Now as for what I thinks going to happen in the next episode, something big. If SM plays this right, this could Really change Doctor Who for the better. If he plays it wrong, I dont want to think about it…
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