Re: Changing the past
- From: imipak <imipak@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:24:08 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 8, 6:52 am, The Master <tar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
(snip)
In that respect, when the Doctor finds "history all wrong" and needs to
fix it, the history he recalls is based on the fact that he already fixed
it. The same can therefore be said about Jack. The Face of Boa already
existed in the Doctor's personal timeline before Rose accidently made Jack
unable to die until his life force is totally drained from him. Jack's
actions with Torchwood are all ready accounted for in the events leading
up to Casandra trying to kill everyone. As such, Jack cannot screw things
up, since Jack already did it all.
Not quite, as the Matrix is supposed to document all "valid" timelines
and all TARDIS' and Time Lords have limited access to the Matrix via a
telepathic link of some form. (It's how the recall system worked in
Deadly Assassin, and is also covered in the 8th Doctor Big Finish
stories some.) The Doctor's sense of time being wrong appears to be
something along the lines of the Matrix having no record of that
possible timeline existing. The correction is then merely of bringing
that wayward timeline back onto a valid path - which need not occur at
the time of the incident itself, as demonstrated in the resolution of
the Charlie Paradox.
There must be multiple valid timelines, or the Time Lords wouldn't
have been willing to risk the paradox of eliminating the Daleks at
origin.
Pyramids of Mars can be reconciled with this via the Zagreus arc,
where we discover that entirely new timelines can be created - at
enormous effort and with considerable difficulty. But Pyramids of Mars
explains that Sutek is indeed easily that powerful and is far more
powerful than all the Time Lords put together. Thus, when The Doctor
moves forwards in time, it is on a freshly-minted history. (I'l bet
you'll find the price tag still on it.)
You can also explain it via the Key to Time series, as there it is
explained that powers do exist that can freeze or mould the whole of
reality. These powers are not limited to one object, either. The demon
at the end of time would likely have had power over the universe as a
whole, as it was born outside of it. The beings in anti-time could
unweave anything in time they wished. It's likely the beings that
crated the machines involved in The Mind Robber were just as powerful
in manipulating realities, as they certainly seemed able to
manufacture them. And so on. That power is rare, relatively speaking,
but not so rare that a sizable number of Doctors have encountered it
at least once.
.
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