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In his piece "Future" for the [[charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2'', [[Lawrence Miles]] gives temporal mechanics applicable to the future timeline seen in his novel ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. In a Time Lord textbook, the occasion of a Time Lord discovering their own future death is discussed as creating a paradox in the [[Observer Effect]] which would violently alter the nature of time. Much as ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' describes the War's timeline as being more of a shape than a linear chronology, "Future" states that the change of events which would result from this occasion would affect the "very shape of the future". | In his piece "Future" for the [[charity anthology]] ''[[Perfect Timing 2]]'', [[Lawrence Miles]] gives temporal mechanics applicable to the future timeline seen in his novel ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. In a Time Lord textbook, the occasion of a Time Lord discovering their own future death is discussed as creating a paradox in the [[Observer Effect]] which would violently alter the nature of time. Much as ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' describes the War's timeline as being more of a shape than a linear chronology, "Future" states that the change of events which would result from this occasion would affect the "very shape of the future". | ||
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The Book of the War described the state of reality during the War in Heaven as the "War Era universe", viewing it as distinct both from the pre-War version of reality, and what would follow it. However, it did not correspond to a single state of history, but to an entanglement of them: the timelines of all the planets in the Spiral Politic were constantly rewritten for as long as the War lasted. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
From the perspective of the post-War universe, by some accounts, this state of reality was an overwritten palimpsest. (PROSE: Father Time, The Gallifrey Chronicles)
The Last Great Time War, a time war whose exact relationship to the War in Heaven was a point of contention between many dissenting account, (PROSE: The Eyeless, The Paradox Moon, etc.) was also documented in some sources to have constituted a distinct "Time War timeline". (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)
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The War in Heaven had, by most accounts, a complex constantly-rewritten timeline, (PROSE: The Book of the War, The Brakespeare Voyage, et al.) although one source indicated it was completely coterminous with the infected timeline. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
By some accounts, this timeline was erased from existence, (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell, et al.) although others indicated a more complex situation. (PROSE: The Story So Far..., Weapons Grade Snake Oil)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In his piece "Future" for the charity anthology Perfect Timing 2, Lawrence Miles gives temporal mechanics applicable to the future timeline seen in his novel Alien Bodies. In a Time Lord textbook, the occasion of a Time Lord discovering their own future death is discussed as creating a paradox in the Observer Effect which would violently alter the nature of time. Much as The Book of the War describes the War's timeline as being more of a shape than a linear chronology, "Future" states that the change of events which would result from this occasion would affect the "very shape of the future".
