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'''Crystallized time''' were rare stretches of immutable [[time]], periods possessing huge [[Temporal inertia|inertia]] and making them difficult to tweak and disrupt. Any disruptions or changes to events would send ripples of unimaginable power out through the substrata of crystallised time and into the [[Time Vortex]], creating anomalies, warps in time; breakthroughs from an [[alternate timeline| | '''Crystallized time''' were rare stretches of immutable [[time]], periods possessing huge [[Temporal inertia|inertia]] and making them difficult to tweak and disrupt. Any disruptions or changes to events would send ripples of unimaginable power out through the substrata of crystallised time and into the [[Time Vortex]], creating anomalies, warps in time; breakthroughs from an [[alternate timeline|alternate universe]] where what happened because of the change — ''happened''. This usually manifested as small things like dates changing their days or phantom newspaper headlines, before time sprang back into its ''natural'' shape, releasing huge amounts of energy. | ||
The [[Garvond]] and [[Epsilon Delta]] planned to disrupt a thousand-year period of cystallized time in [[Earth]]'s history, centring on an assassination that never happened in [[1993]] and the Garvond growing its power in the [[24th century]]. Epsilon Delta planned to trigger the assassination to release enough temporal energy to restore [[Epsilon Delta's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and give him the power to get revenge on the [[Time | The [[Garvond]] and [[Epsilon Delta]] planned to disrupt a thousand-year period of cystallized time in [[Earth]]'s history, centring on an assassination that never happened in [[1993]] and the Garvond growing its power in the [[24th century]]. Epsilon Delta planned to trigger the assassination to release enough temporal energy to restore [[Epsilon Delta's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and give him the power to get revenge on the [[Time Lord]]s who had ignored him and shunted him to the side. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'') | ||
When contemplating his entire life after his [[Doctor Who and the Silurians|first encounter]] with the [[Silurian]]s, the [[Seventh Doctor]] considered if he had created a [[parallel universe]] with [[Ace]]'s Earth and all its subsequently [[Fixed point in time|crystallized points]] of future [[history]] in which he was still alive. He abandoned the idea after realising he'd travelled into crystallised moments of the universe's future from a point ''before'' his supposed death by the Silurians. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') | When contemplating his entire life after his [[Doctor Who and the Silurians|first encounter]] with the [[Silurian]]s, the [[Seventh Doctor]] considered if he had created a [[parallel universe]] with [[Ace]]'s Earth and all its subsequently [[Fixed point in time|crystallized points]] of future [[history]] in which he was still alive. He abandoned the idea after realising he'd travelled into crystallised moments of the universe's future from a point ''before'' his supposed death by the Silurians. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') | ||
When [[Tegan]] asked the [[Fifth Doctor]] about preventing [[Nyssa]]'s mummification, he stated they probably couldn't: "Time is already set in | When [[Tegan]] asked the [[Fifth Doctor]] about preventing [[Nyssa]]'s mummification, he stated they probably couldn't: "Time is already set in its course, crystallised along a particular [[Web of Time|web-way]]." As Nyssa had already been mummified before they travelled back in time to try and prevent it, the Web of Time had already crystallised at that node, meaning it might as well have been "set in stone" as the two [[time zone]]s had to stay relative due to temporal dynamics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:38, 19 January 2023
Crystallized time were rare stretches of immutable time, periods possessing huge inertia and making them difficult to tweak and disrupt. Any disruptions or changes to events would send ripples of unimaginable power out through the substrata of crystallised time and into the Time Vortex, creating anomalies, warps in time; breakthroughs from an alternate universe where what happened because of the change — happened. This usually manifested as small things like dates changing their days or phantom newspaper headlines, before time sprang back into its natural shape, releasing huge amounts of energy.
The Garvond and Epsilon Delta planned to disrupt a thousand-year period of cystallized time in Earth's history, centring on an assassination that never happened in 1993 and the Garvond growing its power in the 24th century. Epsilon Delta planned to trigger the assassination to release enough temporal energy to restore his TARDIS and give him the power to get revenge on the Time Lords who had ignored him and shunted him to the side. (PROSE: The Dimension Riders)
When contemplating his entire life after his first encounter with the Silurians, the Seventh Doctor considered if he had created a parallel universe with Ace's Earth and all its subsequently crystallized points of future history in which he was still alive. He abandoned the idea after realising he'd travelled into crystallised moments of the universe's future from a point before his supposed death by the Silurians. (PROSE: Blood Heat)
When Tegan asked the Fifth Doctor about preventing Nyssa's mummification, he stated they probably couldn't: "Time is already set in its course, crystallised along a particular web-way." As Nyssa had already been mummified before they travelled back in time to try and prevent it, the Web of Time had already crystallised at that node, meaning it might as well have been "set in stone" as the two time zones had to stay relative due to temporal dynamics. (PROSE: The Sands of Time)
