Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii
Re: Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii
If fixed points in time are so impossible/dangerous to tamper with, how is the Doctor able to travel there in the first place? Or, once having arrived there, why doesn't he get back in the Tardis and leave at the earliest opportunity? Seems like you're running serious step-on-a-butterfly risks otherwise.
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Re: Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii
Because the Doctor and Donna were always part of the fixed point. Accordimg to the logic of the plot, Vesuvius would not have erupted without the Doctor's intervention due to the aliens using it as an energy source. As Vesuvius did erupt historically, the Doctor must have always been there to foil their plan. That is the best way out of the conundrum I see.Fianna wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:07 am If fixed points in time are so impossible/dangerous to tamper with, how is the Doctor able to travel there in the first place? Or, once having arrived there, why doesn't he get back in the Tardis and leave at the earliest opportunity? Seems like you're running serious step-on-a-butterfly risks otherwise.
It does suggest that the Doctor cannot undo what he did there, at least not easily.
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Re: Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii
Which would be an inherent paradox for the Time Lords generally.Mickey_Rat15 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:54 am It does suggest that the Doctor cannot undo what he did there, at least not easily.
