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"A big ball of '''wibbly wobbly, timey wimey''' stuff" was how the [[Tenth Doctor]] described [[time]] to [[Sally Sparrow]] through a [[DVD]] [[Easter egg]]. Though he quickly admitted that the sentence had "got away from [him]", the term was soon thereafter applied to an invention of his, the [[timey-wimey detector]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink | "A big ball of '''wibbly wobbly, timey wimey''' stuff" was how the [[Tenth Doctor]] described [[time]] to [[Sally Sparrow]] through a [[DVD]] [[Easter egg]]. Though he quickly admitted that the sentence had "got away from [him]", the term was soon thereafter applied to an invention of his, the [[timey-wimey detector]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | ||
Though it was seemingly his tenth incarnation who coined it, the [[Fifth Doctor]] was familiar enough with the expression to complete the phrase when the Tenth Doctor started it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') | |||
After hearing [[Rose Tyler]] say it, the [[Ninth Doctor]] was dismissive of the phrase. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doctormania (comic story)|''Doctormania'']]) | |||
When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] used it in front of the [[War Doctor]], he ridiculed his successors, asking why they insisted on talking like [[child]]ren. The Tenth Doctor, embarrassed, claimed he "[had] no idea where he gets that from". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
The Tenth Doctor used it at least once after the [[Weeping Angel]]s when trying to think. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | |||
[[The Doctor]] began using "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey" and variations with greater frequency following his [[regeneration]] into the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') The term lent itself to two other devices during this incarnation: the [[wibbly lever]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'') and the [[timey-wimey distress beacon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'') | |||
During the overnight invasion of [[tree]]s, the [[Year 8 Gifted and Talented Group]] of [[Coal Hill School]] drafted a speech to tell the people of the [[Earth]] to leave the trees alone on the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s instructions. Amongst the chatter of the children, one of them said "timey wimey". ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') | |||
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