Enterprise dimensions and complements become examples of information not consistently established by what viewers see. One argument is that books and technical material are needed to make the fictional organization intelligible. The reply distinguishes filling an omission from contradicting a primary source. Clarke treats Star Trek's films and television as primary, while using The Lord of the Rings to illustrate a franchise whose books hold that position. Different source hierarchies therefore change how an apparent contradiction should be resolved.
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Filling gaps without overriding the primary fictional source
The debate separates supplementary detail from a contradiction of the source that defines a setting.