May. 22nd, 2007
Doctor Who
May. 22nd, 2007 02:23 pmOK, ok, point five gets a post by itself. What ACTUALLY happens is this.
The doctor doubles back on his timeline and edits out any encounters that he dies in or anything, so the universe is like a big adventure playground, everything deadly is gone, and anything where luck and gumption win against great odds remain. Hence what we see.
This explains both major problems:
(a) Why doesn't he cheat with time-travel? And
(b) How come he always survives by the skin of his teeth?
OK, OK, I'm kidding. I'm aware of the dramatic conventions that make it so, and the rationalisations that justify it (see previous post). But I think my way is funny :)
The doctor doubles back on his timeline and edits out any encounters that he dies in or anything, so the universe is like a big adventure playground, everything deadly is gone, and anything where luck and gumption win against great odds remain. Hence what we see.
This explains both major problems:
(a) Why doesn't he cheat with time-travel? And
(b) How come he always survives by the skin of his teeth?
OK, OK, I'm kidding. I'm aware of the dramatic conventions that make it so, and the rationalisations that justify it (see previous post). But I think my way is funny :)