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Canon (fiction)

Index Canon (fiction)

In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe of that story. [1]

44 relations: Alternative universe (fan fiction), Apocrypha, Arthur Conan Doyle, Biblical canon, Canon of Sherlock Holmes, Continuity (fiction), Doctor Who, Doctor Who spin-offs, Expanded universe, Fan fiction, Fanon, Fiction, Fictional universe, George Lucas, Hikaru Sulu, James T. Kirk, Lucasfilm, Novel, Parallel universes in fiction, Peabody, Massachusetts, Portmanteau, Reboot (fiction), Religious text, Reset button technique, Russell T Davies, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes pastiches, Short story, Star Trek, Star Trek (film series), Star Trek (film), Star Trek canon, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Wars (film), Star Wars expanded to other media, Suspension of disbelief, Uhura, Wired (magazine).

Alternative universe (fan fiction)

An alternative universe (also known as AU, alternative timeline, alternate timeline, alternative reality, or alternate reality) is the occurrence of canonical facts about the setting or characterization of a particular fictional universe being explored in a non-canonical way.

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Apocrypha

Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.

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Biblical canon

A biblical canon or canon of scripture is a set of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture.

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Canon of Sherlock Holmes

Traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Continuity (fiction)

In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

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Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Expanded universe

The term expanded universe, sometimes called an extended universe, is generally used to denote the "extension" of a media franchise (like a television program or a series of feature films) with other media, generally comics and original novels.

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Fan fiction

Fan fiction or fanfiction (also abbreviated to fan fic, fanfic, fic or ff) is fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator.

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Fanon

Fanon may refer to.

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Fiction

Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.

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Fictional universe

A fictional universe is a self-consistent setting with events, and often other elements, that differ from the real world.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur.

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Hikaru Sulu

Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise.

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James T. Kirk

James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise.

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Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Parallel universes in fiction

A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained reality co-existing with one's own.

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Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Portmanteau

A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,, p. 644 in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.

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Reboot (fiction)

In serial fiction, to reboot means to discard all continuity in an established fictional universe, work, or series in order to recreate its characters, timeline and backstory from the beginning.

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Religious text

Religious texts (also known as scripture, or scriptures, from the Latin scriptura, meaning "writing") are texts which religious traditions consider to be central to their practice or beliefs.

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Reset button technique

The reset button technique (based on the idea of status quo ante) is a plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction.

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Russell T Davies

Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include Queer as Folk, Bob & Rose, The Second Coming, Casanova, the 2005 revival of the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who, and the trilogy Cucumber, Tofu, and Banana.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Sherlock Holmes pastiches

Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for pastiche, Holmes-related work by authors and creators other than Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.

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Star Trek (film series)

The Star Trek film series is the cinematic branch of the Star Trek media franchise, which began in 1966 as a weekly television series on NBC, running for three seasons until it was canceled in 1969 because of poor ratings.

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Star Trek (film)

Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

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Star Trek canon

The Star Trek canon is the set of all canonical material in the Star Trek universe.

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (sometimes abbreviated to DS9) is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe in the Milky Way galaxy, in the years 2369–2375.

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Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT) (titled simply Enterprise until the third episode of season three) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series.

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Star Trek: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Animated Series (originally known simply as Star Trek but also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek) is a 1973 animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (abbreviated as TNG and ST:TNG) is an American science-fiction television series in the Star Trek franchise created by Gene Roddenberry that ran from 1987 to 1994.

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew.

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Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe that debuted in 1995 and ended its original run in 2001, with a classic "ship in space" formula like the preceding Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG).

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Star Wars (film)

Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.

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Star Wars expanded to other media

Star Wars expanded to other media includes all Star Wars fictional material produced by Lucasfilm or officially licensed by it outside of the films.

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Suspension of disbelief

The term suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief has been defined as a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe something surreal; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment.

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Uhura

Nyota Uhura is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(fiction)

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