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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 [[ | "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]]'') According to one account, | 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]]'') According to one account, the phrase was coined by [[Jo Grant]], a [[companion]] of the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'') Another account suggested that the Fifth Doctor [[Bootstrap paradox|first heard it]] from [[River Song]], who assured the Doctor that it would "grow on [him]" in time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'') | ||
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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
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The Tenth Doctor used it at least once after the [[Weeping Angel]]s when trying to think. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | 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]]'', [[TV]]:'' [[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'', ''[[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 | [[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]]'', [[TV]]:'' [[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'', ''[[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]]'') [[Amy Pond]] also used the term when she found that she and the Doctor would travel back in time to [[Smyslov 3]] and make an enemy of [[Tanik]], who was blaming them for actions which they had yet to commit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wish You Were Here (WEB short story)|Wish You Were Here]]'') She used the term again while the Doctor attempted to explain why the [[TARDIS matrix]] was unable to talk while inhabiting [[the TARDIS]] once more. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') | ||
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]]'') [[Santa Claus]] mocked the Doctor for his simplification of scientific principles claming the Doctor would explain the situation as "dreamy weamy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]''). | 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]]'') [[Santa Claus]] mocked the Doctor for his simplification of scientific principles claming the Doctor would explain the situation as "dreamy weamy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'') | ||
When the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]] met and confronted the [[Maestro]] in 2024, they told the Doctor that only a "[[genius]]" could find [[the Lost Chord]], and that he "might be bright and hot and timey wimey, but genius? Oh, honey. I don't think so." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Devil's Chord (TV story)|The Devil's Chord]]'') | |||
== Similar statements == | |||
[[Robert Gilhooly]] described [[time dilation]]s and parallel worlds as "swirly, wibbly things". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Door into Bedlam (short story)|The Door into Bedlam]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' released in 2016, Miles Morales references ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".<ref>''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' 2016</ref> | In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' released in 2016, Miles Morales references ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".<ref>''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' 2016</ref> | ||
[[File:Steven's ball of wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff.jpg|thumb|right|The overly-literal visualisation of "a ball of wibbly, timey-wimey stuff" in [[WC]]: ''[[Stealing Series 9 Scripts (webcast)|Stealing Series 9 Scripts]]''.]]In ''[[Stealing Series 9 Scripts (webcast)|Stealing Series 9 Scripts]]'', a sketch from ''[[The Fan Show]]'', [[Christel Dee]], breaking into [[Steven Moffat]]'s "secret writing lair" located in a volcano base beneath [[221B Baker Street]], discovers that the showrunner actually owns a literal "[[Steven's ball of wibby wobby timey wimey stuff|ball of wibbly wobby timey wimey stuff]]", labelled as such with a paper tag. Due to freely mixing between in- and out-of-universe elements, however, the sketch is not considered a [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid source]] by this Wiki at this time. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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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)
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) According to one account, the phrase was coined by Jo Grant, a companion of the Third Doctor. (COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction) Another account suggested that the Fifth Doctor first heard it from River Song, who assured the Doctor that it would "grow on [him]" in time. (AUDIO: A Requiem for the Doctor)
When the Eleventh Doctor used it in front of the War Doctor, he ridiculed his successors, asking why they insisted on talking like children. The Tenth Doctor, embarrassed, claimed he "[had] no idea where he gets that from". (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
After hearing Rose Tyler say it, the Ninth Doctor was equally dismissive of the phrase. (COMIC: Doctormania)
The Tenth Doctor used it at least once after the Weeping Angels 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: The Girl Who Waited, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Day of the Doctor) The term lent itself to two other devices during this incarnation: the wibbly lever (TV: Time) and the timey-wimey distress beacon. (TV: The Wedding of River Song) Amy Pond also used the term when she found that she and the Doctor would travel back in time to Smyslov 3 and make an enemy of Tanik, who was blaming them for actions which they had yet to commit. (PROSE: Wish You Were Here) She used the term again while the Doctor attempted to explain why the TARDIS matrix was unable to talk while inhabiting the TARDIS once more. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
During the overnight invasion of trees, 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) Santa Claus mocked the Doctor for his simplification of scientific principles claming the Doctor would explain the situation as "dreamy weamy". (TV: Last Christmas)
When the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday met and confronted the Maestro in 2024, they told the Doctor that only a "genius" could find the Lost Chord, and that he "might be bright and hot and timey wimey, but genius? Oh, honey. I don't think so." (TV: The Devil's Chord)
Similar statements[[edit] | [edit source]]
Robert Gilhooly described time dilations and parallel worlds as "swirly, wibbly things". (PROSE: The Door into Bedlam)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6 released in 2016, Miles Morales references Doctor Who to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".[1]
In Stealing Series 9 Scripts, a sketch from The Fan Show, Christel Dee, breaking into Steven Moffat's "secret writing lair" located in a volcano base beneath 221B Baker Street, discovers that the showrunner actually owns a literal "ball of wibbly wobby timey wimey stuff", labelled as such with a paper tag. Due to freely mixing between in- and out-of-universe elements, however, the sketch is not considered a valid source by this Wiki at this time.
