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== Physics == | == Physics == | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] explained that time tracks could diverge from the [[causal nexus]] of a large [[time fissure]], allowing for travel to a [[parallel universe]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wreck of the Titan]]'') or an [[ | The [[Sixth Doctor]] explained that time tracks could diverge from the [[causal nexus]] of a large [[time fissure]], allowing for travel to a [[parallel universe]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)|The Wreck of the Titan]]'') or an [[alternate timeline]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)]|The Space Museum]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'') although the [[Fifth Doctor]] stated that travel to a parallel universe was not possible as the time tracks didn't meet. | ||
Crossing time tracks created [[recursion]]s that had unpredictable effects. They behaved differently in different universes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] visited the [[fourth universe]] which didn't run exactly parallel to [[N-Space]] as its time tracks crossed at an angle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') | Crossing time tracks created [[recursion]]s that had unpredictable effects. They behaved differently in different universes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] visited the [[fourth universe]] which didn't run exactly parallel to [[N-Space]] as its time tracks crossed at an angle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'') | ||
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The distance between time tracks is non-linear, as the [[Fifth Doctor]] mentions when he is on the Aquitaine. It is subject to Delahay's inverse cube law, which means that although someone may have only been thrown backwards in time a few seconds, they will actually be about three hours behind. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'') | The distance between time tracks is non-linear, as the [[Fifth Doctor]] mentions when he is on the Aquitaine. It is subject to Delahay's inverse cube law, which means that although someone may have only been thrown backwards in time a few seconds, they will actually be about three hours behind. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'') | ||
[[TARDIS]]es either possessed or created time tracks as they travelled. An [[Osiran]] [[lodestone]] picked up the residual vortex energy of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]'s time track, drawing it off course. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time]]'') While looking for a TARDIS to copy for [[the Rani]], [[Iam]] found the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s space-time track and copied his TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change]]'') | [[TARDIS]]es either possessed or created time tracks as they travelled. An [[Osiran]] [[lodestone]] picked up the residual vortex energy of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]'s time track, drawing it off course. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') While looking for a TARDIS to copy for [[the Rani]], [[Iam]] found the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s space-time track and copied his TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]'') | ||
== Instances == | == Instances == | ||
The [[First Doctor]] jumped a time track in [[the TARDIS]]. The TARDIS seemed to only partially [[materialise]], turning the Doctor and his [[companion]]s into [[ghost]]-like visitants in an [[alternate timeline|alternative future timeline]] in which they had becomes exhibits in the [[Morok]]s' [[Space Museum]] on [[Xeros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] jumped a time track in [[the TARDIS]]. The TARDIS seemed to only partially [[materialise]], turning the Doctor and his [[companion]]s into [[ghost]]-like visitants in an [[alternate timeline|alternative future timeline]] in which they had becomes exhibits in the [[Morok]]s' [[Space Museum]] on [[Xeros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS jumped a time track and was thrown through a [[time corridor]], ending up in an alternate timeline in which the [[Dalek]]s mutated into insect-like monsters. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS jumped a time track and was thrown through a [[time corridor]], ending up in an alternate timeline in which the [[Dalek]]s mutated into insect-like monsters. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'') | ||
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TARDISes possessed a [[time path indicator]], which alerted travellers if something was following them along their same path. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') [[Time track crossing protection protocol]]s were pre-set circuits in [[TARDIS]]es that were supposed to be engaged all the time. When visiting a place multiple times, this prevented a TARDIS from reaching it by making the TARDIS think it had just been somewhere when it really hadn't. [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]'s protocol was sometimes engaged and sometimes not, which often caused it to jump time tracks. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') | TARDISes possessed a [[time path indicator]], which alerted travellers if something was following them along their same path. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') [[Time track crossing protection protocol]]s were pre-set circuits in [[TARDIS]]es that were supposed to be engaged all the time. When visiting a place multiple times, this prevented a TARDIS from reaching it by making the TARDIS think it had just been somewhere when it really hadn't. [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]'s protocol was sometimes engaged and sometimes not, which often caused it to jump time tracks. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] believed someone was trying to communicate with him across the [[astral plane]], possibly from his own time track. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] believed someone was trying to communicate with him across the [[astral plane]], possibly from his own time track. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') | ||
After breaking the [[Key to Time]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'') the segments were scattered along the Doctor's time track. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again]]'') | After breaking the [[Key to Time]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'') the segments were scattered along the Doctor's time track. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'') | ||
When the TARDIS once landed in between times, in a time where this was no time, the [[Eighth Doctor]] believed that he and his companions had jumped a time track. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Works (audio story)|Time Works]]'') | When the TARDIS once landed in between times, in a time where this was no time, the [[Eighth Doctor]] believed that he and his companions had jumped a time track. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Works (audio story)|Time Works]]'') | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] chased a [[Chula ambulance]] through the [[Time Vortex]]. It began jumping time tracks and the Doctor lost it for a while which caused it to jump ahead of the TARDIS. He managed to find where it landed and believed it to only have landed, at maximum, a month before he and Rose arrived. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'') | The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] chased a [[Chula ambulance]] through the [[Time Vortex]]. It began jumping time tracks and the Doctor lost it for a while which caused it to jump ahead of the TARDIS. He managed to find where it landed and believed it to only have landed, at maximum, a month before he and Rose arrived. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] jumped a time track in the TARDIS that allowed him to visit the [[Dalek]] time period before the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] jumped a time track in the TARDIS that allowed him to visit the [[Dalek]] time period before the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | ||
== Mentions == | == Mentions == | ||
On an [[Planet (Galaxy 4)|Earth-like planet]], the Doctor noted that the silence reminded him of Xeros, prompting Vicki to ask if they had jumped the time track again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'') | On an [[Planet (Galaxy 4)|Earth-like planet]], the Doctor noted that the silence reminded him of Xeros, prompting Vicki to ask if they had jumped the time track again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] suspected that the TARDIS had slipped a time track when he, [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] were having [[Dream Lord|several dreams]], before discovering it was the work of [[psychic pollen]] which had fallen into the TARDIS' [[time rotor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] suspected that the TARDIS had slipped a time track when he, [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] were having [[Dream Lord|several dreams]], before discovering it was the work of [[psychic pollen]] which had fallen into the TARDIS' [[time rotor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', a [[1993]] thirtieth anniversary story [[Tardis:Valid sources|not considered part of the DWU by this wiki]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] was trapped by {{O'Mara}}, and was jumping time tracks between the years [[1973]], [[1993]], and [[2013]]. During this time, he jumped back and forth between his [[Third Doctor|third]], [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and seventh incarnations, while [[Ace]], his current present companion, became a number of his past [[companion]]s. | In ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', a [[1993]] thirtieth anniversary story [[Tardis:Valid sources|not considered part of the DWU by this wiki]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] was trapped by {{O'Mara}}, and was jumping time tracks between the years [[1973]], [[1993]], and [[2013]]. During this time, he jumped back and forth between his [[Third Doctor|third]], [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and seventh incarnations, while [[Ace]], his current present companion, became a number of his past [[companion]]s. | ||
[[Category:Temporal locations]] | [[Category:Temporal locations]] | ||
[[Category:Temporal theory]] | [[Category:Temporal theory]] | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 31 July 2019
A time track, also called a temporal track or time path, (PROSE: A Device of Death) was a path through time related to a time vessel or traveller. "Jumping" a time track could place a time traveller off their intended destination in time, and could even cross their own destiny.
According to the Fifth Doctor, time tracks were to time what parallel dimensions were to spacetime, running side by side like grooves on a record. Travel along the groove and time progressed or regressed in a linear fashion, but skipping a groove meant the distance travelled increased or decreased exponentially. (AUDIO: Aquitaine) Compassion considered the record analogy - and by extension the term "skipping a time track" - to be overly simplistic explanations. (PROSE: The Brakespeare Voyage)
Physics
The Sixth Doctor explained that time tracks could diverge from the causal nexus of a large time fissure, allowing for travel to a parallel universe (AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan) or an alternate timeline, (TV: [[The Space Museum (TV story)]|The Space Museum]], AUDIO: The Mutant Phase) although the Fifth Doctor stated that travel to a parallel universe was not possible as the time tracks didn't meet.
Crossing time tracks created recursions that had unpredictable effects. They behaved differently in different universes. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks) The First Doctor and Susan Foreman visited the fourth universe which didn't run exactly parallel to N-Space as its time tracks crossed at an angle. (AUDIO: Quinnis)
The distance between time tracks is non-linear, as the Fifth Doctor mentions when he is on the Aquitaine. It is subject to Delahay's inverse cube law, which means that although someone may have only been thrown backwards in time a few seconds, they will actually be about three hours behind. (AUDIO: Aquitaine)
TARDISes either possessed or created time tracks as they travelled. An Osiran lodestone picked up the residual vortex energy of the Doctor's TARDIS's time track, drawing it off course. (PROSE: The Sands of Time) While looking for a TARDIS to copy for the Rani, Iam found the Sixth Doctor's space-time track and copied his TARDIS. (PROSE: State of Change)
Instances
The First Doctor jumped a time track in the TARDIS. The TARDIS seemed to only partially materialise, turning the Doctor and his companions into ghost-like visitants in an alternative future timeline in which they had becomes exhibits in the Moroks' Space Museum on Xeros. (TV: The Space Museum)
The Fifth Doctor's TARDIS jumped a time track and was thrown through a time corridor, ending up in an alternate timeline in which the Daleks mutated into insect-like monsters. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase)
TARDISes possessed a time path indicator, which alerted travellers if something was following them along their same path. (PROSE: The Dark Path) Time track crossing protection protocols were pre-set circuits in TARDISes that were supposed to be engaged all the time. When visiting a place multiple times, this prevented a TARDIS from reaching it by making the TARDIS think it had just been somewhere when it really hadn't. The Doctor's TARDIS's protocol was sometimes engaged and sometimes not, which often caused it to jump time tracks. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks)
The Fifth Doctor believed someone was trying to communicate with him across the astral plane, possibly from his own time track. (PROSE: Goth Opera)
After breaking the Key to Time, (TV: The Armageddon Factor) the segments were scattered along the Doctor's time track. (COMIC: Time & Time Again)
When the TARDIS once landed in between times, in a time where this was no time, the Eighth Doctor believed that he and his companions had jumped a time track. (AUDIO: Time Works)
The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler chased a Chula ambulance through the Time Vortex. It began jumping time tracks and the Doctor lost it for a while which caused it to jump ahead of the TARDIS. He managed to find where it landed and believed it to only have landed, at maximum, a month before he and Rose arrived. (TV: The Empty Child)
The Tenth Doctor jumped a time track in the TARDIS that allowed him to visit the Dalek time period before the Last Great Time War. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)
Mentions
On an Earth-like planet, the Doctor noted that the silence reminded him of Xeros, prompting Vicki to ask if they had jumped the time track again. (TV: Galaxy 4)
The Eleventh Doctor suspected that the TARDIS had slipped a time track when he, Amy and Rory were having several dreams, before discovering it was the work of psychic pollen which had fallen into the TARDIS' time rotor. (TV: Amy's Choice)
Behind the scenes
In Dimensions in Time, a 1993 thirtieth anniversary story not considered part of the DWU by this wiki, the Seventh Doctor was trapped by the Rani, and was jumping time tracks between the years 1973, 1993, and 2013. During this time, he jumped back and forth between his third, fifth, sixth and seventh incarnations, while Ace, his current present companion, became a number of his past companions.
