1) Hartnall Version of Dr. Who was/is a member of the Gallifreian Celestial
Intervention Agency. Consequently he is privy to MOST of the important
secrets of the Time Lords.
2) He objected to some restructuring activity that the Agency was about
to undertake using the Hand of Omega and Nemesis (both powerful and
destructive devices)
3) He fled Gallifrey, but only by stealing an old Mark3 TARDIS, with
the Hand of Omega and Nemsis.
4) He then proceeded to hide both devices somewhere in time and space
(why choosing Earth for these hiding places I don't know -
probably because this planet was a backwater)
5) Nemesis was hidden in 17th Century England but then put in comet orbit
due to Lady Peintforth's interference.
6) The Hand of Omega was hidden in 1963 England in the Undertakers and
was to be buried.
7) This could not be successfully carried out due to the arrival of
Stephen and Barbara following Susan (Unearthly Child)
8) .... Credits role on 26 years of time travelling adventures ....
"Evidence" for this theory:
a) It is well known that Dr Who had stolen the TARDIS and was on the
run from the Time Lords.
b) McCoy version Doctor went back to retrieve the HoO.
etc...
"Problems":
a) Who is Susan?
b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
David.
We'll never know.
>b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
Well, what makes you say that it's "such an antique"? The fact that
he didn't know how to steer it or the fact that the chameleon circuit
had broken? First, you must remember that at least up until An
Unearthly Child, the chameleon circuit worked perfectly - because when
they arrived in prehistoric earth, The Doctor mutters to himself "It's
still a police box! Why didn't it change? Oh dear, oh dear..." A
few stories later, Susan tells Ian and Barbara about the time it was
disguised as an iron maiden...
As for the inability to steer it, we have every reason to believe that
it was the Doctor's own incompetence that made it unpredictable. He
said "The problem is that this isn't working properly. Or should I
say that the CODES ARE STILL A SECRET..." (emphasis mine). Obviously,
if you watch the show nowadays, the Doctor has the ability to steer it
absolultely perfectly. He must have learned along the way, right?
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This makes sense and would explain some points of ambiguity. But then again,
why didn't the Doctor know of the Daleks then when he first confronts them.
I would assume that the CIA would know all about the Daleks, Cybermen and
so on. The Doctor did know about Sontarans and I would think that the
Daleks were a much greater threat for the CIA to worry about than the
Sontarans. (of course, we'll never clear that up as it [the fact that
the Doctor didn't know about Daleks or Cybermen until he first met them]
an inconsistancy due to the writers not thinking ahead).
>
>2) He objected to some restructuring activity that the Agency was about
> to undertake using the Hand of Omega and Nemesis (both powerful and
> destructive devices)
>
>3) He fled Gallifrey, but only by stealing an old Mark3 TARDIS, with
> the Hand of Omega and Nemsis.
It is not clear how he winds up with these artifacts. Based on Remembrance
of the Daleks, I think that he took the Hand of Omega when he fled
Gallifrey, but the Nemesis statue is another story. We our not certain
that it is even of Gallifreyan origin.
>4) He then proceeded to hide both devices somewhere in time and space
> (why choosing Earth for these hiding places I don't know -
> probably because this planet was a backwater)
>
Well, since the Doctor couldn't control the Tardis at that point in his life,
he probably landed on Earth in the 60's and decided it was as good of a place
as any to hide the Hand of Omega.
>5) Nemesis was hidden in 17th Century England but then put in comet orbit
> due to Lady Peintforth's interference.
>
Which may be an entire story that we have yet to see???? Or then again...
>6) The Hand of Omega was hidden in 1963 England in the Undertakers and
> was to be buried.
>
>7) This could not be successfully carried out due to the arrival of
> Stephen and Barbara following Susan (Unearthly Child)
>
Actually, that was the arrival of Ian and Barbara. And yes, they screwed
up the Doctor's plans (this was a marvelous little ploy in the Remembrance
of the Daleks, showing us that the Doctor had to return to finish some
interrupted business).
>8) .... Credits role on 26 years of time travelling adventures ....
>
>"Evidence" for this theory:
>
>a) It is well known that Dr Who had stolen the TARDIS and was on the
> run from the Time Lords.
>b) McCoy version Doctor went back to retrieve the HoO.
> etc...
>
We also know that the Doctor is a well known and possibly powerful Time Lord.
He was President for a while due to his direct descendance from Rassilon (we
know this from the episode The Invasion of Time).
>"Problems":
>
>a) Who is Susan?
as someone else already suggested, probably a stow away when the Doctor
left. My main question is was she a Time Lord (Time Lady) or human or
something else? She implies being from Gallifrey but we don't know that.
Since we didn't know about Time Lords at the time she left the show, we
never knew if she was one or not.
>b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
Probably the only thing around. If you recall from the Deadly Assassin,
all Time Capsules had been recalled except for the Doctor's. At the time
he left Gallifrey, I'm sure the time capsules that were there were under
guard of some kind.
One of my biggest problems is one that I stated already. The inconsistancy
of the knowledge of Daleks, Cybermen, and many other occurances which should
have been known to the Doctor (or at least to the High Council on Gallifrey).
>David.
>
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I agree with your comments on the Hand of Omega, but I am not so certain
about Nemesis. I believe the metal that makes Nemesis is not of Gallefrean
origin. I do believe though that the Doctor was fully involved with
others in hiding it, as if only the Doctor knew about it how did the
Cybermen learn about it. I am not certain about when (which regeneration)
actually hid the Nemsis. Remember, Lady Peintforth knew what the current
Doctor looked like. But she may be also able to recognize Time Lords
after a regeneration. There is also that business about the painting
of Ace in period costume. The whole Nemesis story is a can of worms.
>"Problems":
>a) Who is Susan?
His granddaughter. She may have been his assistant, or more likely
she had stowed away on the TARDIS before the doctor made his escape.
>b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
It may be the only one that was available to the Doctor at the time.
Possibly it was the hot model from his childhood (I have freinds
that still drool over 57 Chevys).
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>Well, what makes you say that it's "such an antique"? The fact that
>he didn't know how to steer it or the fact that the chameleon circuit
>had broken? First, you must remember that at least up until An
>Unearthly Child, the chameleon circuit worked perfectly - because when
>they arrived in prehistoric earth, The Doctor mutters to himself "It's
>still a police box! Why didn't it change? Oh dear, oh dear..."
Various Time Lords, including the Doctor and (I believe) the Master,
have referred to the Type 40 as being "old" or "antiquated" or have
used other, less polite terms. 8-) The Doctor, in addition, once
said that the model he stole was made "before they did the chameleon
conversions". I believe the story in question MAY be "Logopolis",
which would make sense; I know in any case that it was a Tom Baker
story.
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1) She states in "An Unearthly Child" that she is from "another time,
another world". This generally rules out humanity -- even if she was
from a future human colony, one would be hard pressed to really
believe this is what the script-writers had in mind.
2) In "The Five Doctors", she clearly recognizes the Death Zone on
Gallifrey. Since the Doctor could hardly have taken her for a visit
after he left 8-), I doubt he picked her up during his exile.
>Richard Fox
> >Here is a theory:
> >
> >1) Hartnall's Dr. Who was/is a member of the Gallifreian Celestial
> > Intervention Agency. Consequently he is privy to MOST of the important
> > secrets of the Time Lords.
>
> This makes sense and would explain some points of ambiguity. But then again,
> why didn't the Doctor know of the Daleks then when he first confronts them.
> I would assume that the CIA would know all about the Daleks, Cybermen and
> so on. The Doctor did know about Sontarans and I would think that the
> Daleks were a much greater threat for the CIA to worry about than the
> Sontarans. (of course, we'll never clear that up as it [the fact that
> the Doctor didn't know about Daleks or Cybermen until he first met them]
> an inconsistancy due to the writers not thinking ahead).
Actually, the general impression that I got from Hartnell's Doctor
was that he was a sort of bureaucrat or lower-level politician,
with little or no scientific knowledge, and thus couldn't
really operate the TARDIS (this is of course contradicted by
later episodes when we're told he majored in Astrophysics,
or such, in the Academy ("Time and the Rani", I believe)).
Following this theory, one could argue that he was with
the Gallifrean government (probably a very Kafka-esque one),
working in some uninteresting corner of the organization,
when he discovered the existence of the Celestial
Intervention Agency. Finding it morally reprehensible,
(dirty dealing between CIA and Sontarans?), he steals
their tools and weapons, and a TARDIS, and runs off with
his granddaughter Susan, worring that she might be used
as a hostage. Perhaps the Master was in the CIA, and
the Doctor confronted him, before fleeing, when he left evidence
of CIA wrongdoings (which were lated blamed on CIA evil-
guy-turned-CIA-scapegoat, the Master).
How's this theory? Fun, but I'm sure several
of you can punch it full of holes.
--paul
[details of theory deleted]
Yes, this sounds like a solid theory, and fits the facts quite well.
> "Problems":
>
> a) Who is Susan?
Although I haven't seen the first Doctor Who story, as I understand it
Susan was the Doctor's grandchild. In the book "The key to Time" (which
contains production notes for the first 21 years of the show) it was mentioned
that Susan was made out to be the Doctor's granddaughter, due to the fact that
it was not "proper" for a young girl to be roaming around in the presence of
an old man!
As to whether this was mentioned in the TV show itself, is another matter
entirely.
> b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
The TARDIS happened to be in dry-dock at the time of the Doctor's escape,
and so it was basically the only time machine available for him to "borrow".
That is why the chameon (sp?) circuit packed up soon after, when the Doctor
landed on the planet earth for his first adventure; it is also the reason for
it's unreliability.
As we know, the Doctor has attempted to fix the TARDIS many a time (how
often have we seen the console in bits and pieces, eh?).
>
> David.
>
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I agree with this...I think, in fact, he was the head of the C.I.A. - it makes
it even more clear why he would be president (CIA is probably just as good a
route up as being head of an academy) I think we can throw out the Doctor's
ignorance (acted?) of the Daleks and Cybermen as something that made sense at
first, but later information made impractical. In fact, the Doctor already
knew that the Daleks were what the hand should get BEFORE THE DALEKS...so I think
it is safe to assume he "played" ignorant. However, I doubt he knew the true
origin of the Daleks and about Davros until after he witnessed it - In fact, it
is likely no Time Lord knew the whole story until then. I think this is
supported by the fact that the Doctor did not, even in Rememberence, know about
two rival Dalek factions.
|
|>3) He fled Gallifrey, but only by stealing an old Mark3 TARDIS, with
|> the Hand of Omega and Nemsis.
|
|It is not clear how he winds up with these artifacts. Based on Remembrance
|of the Daleks, I think that he took the Hand of Omega when he fled
|Gallifrey, but the Nemesis statue is another story. We our not certain
|that it is even of Gallifreyan origin.
It's been a while since I've seen Silver Nemesis, but the Hand of Omega is such
a strong item that he must have been either given it (and been a high figure) orstolen it.
|
|>8) .... Credits role on 26 years of time travelling adventures ....
Actually, more like 520 years of "who" time - Does anyone remember if
Romana says in Ribos Operation how many years it's been since the Doctor
stole his TARDIS --- that'd be a real good figure, (more likely double that
amount)
|>"Evidence" for this theory:
|>
|>a) It is well known that Dr Who had stolen the TARDIS and was on the
|> run from the Time Lords.
|>b) McCoy version Doctor went back to retrieve the HoO.
|> etc...
|>
|We also know that the Doctor is a well known and possibly powerful Time Lord.
|He was President for a while due to his direct descendance from Rassilon (we
|know this from the episode The Invasion of Time).
It isn't, to my knowledge, a requirement to be a descendent of Rassilon to be
president. I wouldn't be surprised that he (and for that matter, the Master)
are likely decendents of Rassilon, but that doesn't mean they necessarily are.
|
|>"Problems":
|>
|>a) Who is Susan?
|as someone else already suggested, probably a stow away when the Doctor
|left. My main question is was she a Time Lord (Time Lady) or human or
|something else? She implies being from Gallifrey but we don't know that.
|Since we didn't know about Time Lords at the time she left the show, we
|never knew if she was one or not.
I actually believe, in fact, that she is his grandaughter. I don't see any
reason to believe she is not, and if, as has been hinted, (as recently as
Season 26, if I remember right) that the rest of his immediate family faced
a tragic (and unknown) fate, and he is still reluctant to discuss it.
|>b) Why did the Doctor steal such an antique time capsule?
|Probably the only thing around. If you recall from the Deadly Assassin,
|all Time Capsules had been recalled except for the Doctor's. At the time
|he left Gallifrey, I'm sure the time capsules that were there were under
|guard of some kind.
If, there was, as has been suggested at various times, a violent upheaval on
Gallifrey that killed off the Doctor's immediate family, he likely took thei
first thing he could get.
|
|One of my biggest problems is one that I stated already. The inconsistancy
|of the knowledge of Daleks, Cybermen, and many other occurances which should
|have been known to the Doctor (or at least to the High Council on Gallifrey).
Simple, at first, until he was caught at the end of his second incarnation, he
did not want to discuss his knowledge of certain events to be revealed to either
his enemies or his companions. This may especially be true that he wanted this
kept secret from Susan, Ian, and Barbara.
This may sound stupid, but what, in fact, do we know (or are fairly sure) we know about the Doctor - why not compile a simple 'list' of facts we can be fairly
(75%) confident that we know the answer.
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Not true. Based on some of the comments made by the Doctor and Susan,
they did not land in England 1963 right after leaving Gallifrey. They had
some adventures and made it to at least some earlier period in Earth's
history as the Doctor (or maybe Susan) had commented about the Tardis taking
on the shape of a pillar or something like that. Only after several months
of journeying did they wind up in England 1963 where the Chamelion Circuit
picked the shape of a Police Box and got subsequently stuck. They stayed
in 1963 for several months while Susan enrolled in the nearby school.
> As we know, the Doctor has attempted to fix the TARDIS many a time (how
>often have we seen the console in bits and pieces, eh?).
Well, he tried to fix it at least once in Attack of the Cybermen where he
was successful although the Circuit did not find a shape that blended in
with its surroundings. I do not believe the Doctor ever tried to fix it
on any other occasion except for Logopolis when he went to Earth to
meassure a real Police Box. He did not dissassemble the console though on
that occasion.
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To justify that something really nasty happens when you loop your time
stream consider this:
There have been countless times that the Doctor could have looped back
on his time stream and saved lives. Adric's death is a prime example.
The Doctor tells Tegan and Nyssa that he just go back in time and save Adric.
The Master could also use this technique to pop back to any one of his
numerous defeats by the Doctor and prevent the Doctor from winning. Thus there
must be very good reasons why an individual can not loop back on their own
time stream. Inconsistency or a fuzzy time stream could be the result.
Dan Thomsen
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The rebellion theory also appears in the short story in the 20th anniversary
magazine, which also has a list of all episodes through Davison's last season,
and a list of companions as well. Curiously, they said that Susan was the
last remaining descendant of Rassilon...
Travis Butler
I would also suspect that the Doctor may have had little or no dealings with
the Daleks unitl "The Daleks". They would not have been a universal threat
until after they had devloped the means for space travel. All of this is
rather difficult to discuss with out an accurate time line (and even then
with the Doctors bopping back an forth throughout other planets history
it would be rather tough to follow).
>This may sound stupid, but what, in fact, do we know (or are fairly sure) we
>know about the Doctor - why not compile a simple 'list' of facts we can be
>fairly (75%) confident that we know the answer.
A lot less than we would like to know, but we are working on it.
> Curiously, they said that Susan was the
> last remaining descendant of Rassilon...
That means that the Doctor isn't descended from Rassilon,
but he married (or at least reproduced with) someone
who was!
Perhaps that's the key to the whole thing: the Doctor
married into a sort of royal family, i.e., the family
of direct lineage to Rassilon. After a while, he
couldn't take the lack of attention he got (in contrast
to the gobs of attention the Gallifreyan media gave
his wife) so he got steamed, kidnapped their granddaughter,
and ran off in a Tardis!
And the program that we call "Doctor Who" is really
entitled "Gallifrey's Most Wanted"! What's the 800 number?
--paul
Well I am not one for naming every single time the Dr. tried to fix the Tardis
but I recall that he had the console in pieces during the "Horn of the Nimon"
and several Jon Pertwee episodes (Though I do admit the Jon Pertwee era was
more of trying to get the tardis working again), but I do remember other
occassions that the Doctor was working on the tardis from Pertwee on.
Um, I think there's some really faulty logic there. Remember, the Doctor is
Susan's grandfather, not father (at least for the sake of this argument).
Therefore, she could have gotten her Rassilonian blood from her other parent
(the one who wasn't the Doctor's progeny).
By the way, is being a Time{Lord|Lady} hereditary, or something you become
by graduating from the academy, or what? Because I believe that it's only
the Time{Lords|Ladies} who get to regenerate, and not Gallifreyans at large.
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That's a simliar story as given by Eric Saward in the story he wrote
for the 20th Anniversary Magazine, except for the fact that the
Doctor was a Tardis engineer instead of a professor (thus giving him
easy access to a Tardis).
> In any case, when
>this revolt was put down by the Citadel Guards, many students and other people
>slain, along with most of the Doctor's family. For this and other reason's
>I do not recall offhand, the Doctor stole a TARDIS and fled Galifrey with
>his only remaining family member, his grand-daughter, "Susan."
I'm not so sure about this. In "The Curse of Fenric," the Doctor is
asked "Don't you have a family?" The Doctor replies sort of wistfully:
"I don't know." He doesn't say "they're dead" nor does he make any mention
of Susan (then, again, I don't think she was actually his granddaughter
anyway -- I think Susan used "grandfather" the way many people use "uncle").
The impression I'm getting from the past couple seasons ("The Greatest
Show in the Galaxy," "Silver Nemesis," and especially "Fenric"), is
that not only do we not know the Doctor's origins, but he is just now
starting to become aware -- or he's beginning to remember -- just
who (no pun intended) and what he is.
If the new producers follow this thread, things could get REAL interesting
in the near future.
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1) A group of people back in 1963 had a cute idea for a historical drama
series for children.
2) They wanted to be able to show the kids scenes from many periods of
history, thus they required time travel.
3) They hired Hartnell to be the gruff-old father-figure he was (but with a
heart of gold, of course), and added Susan to give the kids someone to
relate to, and Barbara and Ian to give them the educational stuff.
4) Unfortunately for the show's original concept (but fortunately for us
devoted fans) they hired Terry Nation to write the second episode.
The Daleks were born and Dr. Who became a "future" show as much as an
historical one.
5) 26 years of hacking by other script writers, producers, directors, and
story editors have fleshed out the character somewhat, little by little.
Not all of their innovations were well thought out, and many of them
contridict each other, but hey, it's been 26 years -- that's a lot of
writing.
6) Like the ancient story tellers, neither the BBC nor anyone else anywhere
in the galaxy knows who Dr. Who is, where or when he came from, or
what he's going to do next. But with each tale, they plan on giving
us, the viewers, more mysterious details to ponder and discuss.
btw: Concerning the Doctor's stealing the Tardis: Remember that originally,
the Doctor told Barb and Ian that he'd *built* the Tardis.
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Sorry, let me clarify that point for you: by first adventure, I meant the
first televised adventure! I realise that the TARDIS functioned reasonably
well until they landed on earth, at which point the Chamelion Circuit gave up
the ghost and has never worked since. It seems to be one of those circuits
that the Doctor _doesn't_ know how to fix ;-)
In any case, the TARDIS was in dry-dock awaiting repairs; obviously the
previous owner knew there were problems with the machine, even if they hadn't
completely manifested themselves at that stage. Call it a 1000-year checkup
:-) The Time Lords were never in the habit of leaving working TARDIS around
Gallifrey for people to just pick up and stroll off with.
> >As we know, the Doctor has attempted to fix the TARDIS many a time (how
> >often have we seen the console in bits and pieces, eh?).
>
> Well, he tried to fix it at least once in Attack of the Cybermen where he
> was successful although the Circuit did not find a shape that blended in
> with its surroundings. I do not believe the Doctor ever tried to fix it
> on any other occasion except for Logopolis when he went to Earth to
> meassure a real Police Box. He did not dissassemble the console though on
> that occasion.
Apart from "Attack of the Cybermen" and "Logopolis", I do remember one time
during Tom Baker's rein when the Doctor had dismantled the console and opened
a few portals on the wall in an attempt to do something about the Chamelion
Circuit (although my memory on what he was attempting to fix may be faulty).
As well as this, he has dismanted the console many a time to fix one thing or
another, which is what I was refering to.
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Rassilon could have married the Doctor's daughter, making Susan Rassilon's
daughter, or the Doctor could have married Rassilon's daughter, making Susan
Rassilon's great-granddaughter, or the Doctor could be Rassilon's father.
All of these would make Susan, but not the Doctor, a descendant of Rassilon.
(Assuming, of course, that "granddaughter" wasn't just a term of affection,
and that the statement that Susan is a descendant of Rassilon is true)
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What I could never understand was why the Doctor did not zoom over
to the space ship in the Tardis, pull Adric in, then dematerialize,
*before* the ship crashed into the planet in the original time frame.
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He explains the reasons in the episode immediately following
Earthshock. However, I don't remember them. I believe that the Doctor
explained it as impossible to do. Because it would cause him to rematerialize
in too close a space as himself at the same time. And as we all know, there
can't be two Doctors at any one time and space, unless of course, it is a
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If I remember correctly (which is not at all guaranteed), he could not get a
fix on the ship because of its erratic spiralling backwards through time.
If you'll remember, the cybermen really wanted him to fix on the ship, even
going so far as to threaten Tegan's life. The Doctor explained that it just
wasn't possible given the circumstances.
because (a) Matthew Waterhouse (sp?) wanted to leave the show in a bang and
because (b) we wanted Adric to die.
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The TARDIS is a time machine. There's no rush. The doctor could repair the
console and return to rescue Adric any time he wanted, even this season.
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>The TARDIS is a time machine. There's no rush. The doctor could repair the
>console and return to rescue Adric any time he wanted, even this season.
Wait a minute, what on earth are you talking about ! I remember at the end
of that episode, Tagen asked the Doctor to save Adric and the Doctor,
"don't ever ask him to do that again". I hope you realised that there
is such a thing as the laws of time even to the Time Lords.
Anthony
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Well he's also said that if he were to violate the laws of time, the Time
Lords would know immediately, via the Matrix. (And it DOESN'T lie! :-))
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Well, that's not the same as a temporal impossibility. It is the legislated
position of the Time Lords which prohibits him from rescuing Adric. Remember,
he's broken the "laws" of the _Time Lords_ before. I doubt if he has ever
broken the laws of _time_. I don't think that the two sets of laws are
equivalent because the Time Lords are not omnipotent.
Hogwash. The Doctor could easily go back to a point before "Earthshock"
ever happened at all. Then what? The premise at the end of Earthshock
is that the explosion wiped out the dinosaurs. Now: clearly we
exist. Let's assume for the moment, in the interests of sci-fi, that
the explosion DID cause the extinction of the dinosaurs. If the Doctor
were to go back and save Adric before he died, then how can you explain
our history (i.e. if there was no explosion, then the dinosaurs would
not have been wiped out).
I think it points towards multiple time-lines... ultimately. Maybe I'll
post my thoughts on this...
Joseph
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+ You have a time machine. You got back in time to before you are born.
+You then procede to try to kill your parents, grandparents, etc - generally
+prevent your birth.
+
+ Can you? If you succede you cannot then got back in time and succede ie.
+you need to be born to prevent yourself being born.
+
+ Conclusion - there are some physical laws of time, and some moral laws
+of time - the latter when broken presumably incurr the wrath of the high
+council and the CIA, unless they do it themselves of course :-)
+
+[Of course this is only a TV program, this is not yet a "real" physics
+problem, more a scripwriting problem.]
There does exist a *real* physical theory that resolves the time paradox you
are describing. It would allow me to *actually succeed* in preventing my own
birth and yet continue to exist!! Further explainations upon request ...
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Iain....