Rambling: Help, Please!

[buttononthetop]

Hello lovelies! I have a couple of questions/requests for opinions from my Torchwood readers:

So, here's my dilemma….

If I have a Torchwood/Doctor Who timeline that I've been working from since I started writing Vizzini's Rule, do you think I can stick with it even though changes have been made as new "canon" (episodes, books, comics, etc.) has come to light?

I used a combination of timelines when I started: one on Wikipedia and one on LJ; I like Option 2.

The big question is really The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky series in DW and how it meshes with TW.  Does anyone know of any canonish info that covers what Torchwood was doing when The Doctor and UNIT were dealing the with Sontaran's?  The timeline I work from originally listed The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky/The Doctor's Daughter happening around the time of Something Borrowed/From Out of the Rain (roughly February 2008).  Obviously the sky didn't get scorched DURING Gwen's wedding, but it could have been shortly before or shortly after without messing anything up in Torchwood. 

However, the timeline has been changed and updated due to new info – specifically, a DW novel called Beautiful Chaos which, according to the Wikipedia footnote, is "set on 15 May 2009, takes place "one month after the skies had burnt", The Stolen Earth and Journey's End are said to take place within six weeks of the events of the novel, meaning May–June" 2009. 

So my question is this – will it grate on anyone if I use my original plan/timeline?  I realize that it's my story and, as my roommate is always telling me, I can do whatever I want. :)  But since my goal with the "Canon 'Verse" was to adhere to canon as closely as possible, I kinda wanted some input from y'all to see if you care.  Technically, I only have to adhere to Torchwood Canon (according to the rules I just made up, hee), so ignoring Doctor Who Canon doesn't bother me as much. :)

Hope to hear from you!
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Comments

[idamus]

The thing is, if you want to include Who canon you should also include Sarah Jane and that just gets too messy and confusing so I prefer to keep them all separated, if you really want to include the Sontaran ep, I think it's set after Exit Wounds, same reason as Bookwrm, they weren't mentioned in the alternate timeline, but it doesn't matter much to me either way

[buttononthetop]

LOL, I'm really not following the Turn Left thing. If it was an alternate timeline then how would it matter to the "real" timeline? :) Too timeywimey for me tonight!

And, oh lord, I never watched SJA so I'd be completely lost if I took that into account! :D I think I'll stick with my "use the DW canon as I see fit" plan. As my roomie says - it's your story, do what you want! :D

Thanks again! :)

[idamus]

It was an alternate timeline, but with the same events happening, just different results from the events, such as the team blowing up, which they obviously didn't in the real timeline.
Heh, try doing timey wimey at 5 am, I'm suffering from a bit of insomnia

[buttononthetop]

UGH! I would be going insane - I can't deal with insomnia. I think I had it once in my entire life. One thing I can do well is sleep. *hugs* I send you soothing, sleepy vibes. :)

[idamus]

Thanks, they helped, I got 2 more hours of sleep :)