will say though, difference between this wilderness years is that the show is in a terrible place for expanded media if you want to like, push forward with the story. back in 1989 it ended in a spot where you could go on writing new 7th doctor stories but like. where the fuck do you go from the reality war ending
Well that's kind of what NUwho did after the movie, right? We never saw 8's adventures and only saw his reincarnation years later in a short. We didn't see the time war happening on screen either!
There's so much you can write after this to brush it off in classic doctor who fashion. You could even pull off an off-hand joke like
"but Doctor, I think I saw Rose Tyler!"
"Hmm yes so I've been told, very strange, oh look here!"
Or
"Weren't you a blonde woman the last time we saw you?"
"Many such cases, I'm afraid"
Also the movie ended with the revelation of the 8th being half human somehow. They completely ignored that too
