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[[File:St--6f66.jpg|thumb|The effect when two [[Brigadier]]s meet. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')]]The '''Blinovitch Limitation Effect''' was the effect or non-effect of crossing timelines.
[[file:St--6f66.jpg|thumb|The effect when two [[Brigadier]]s meet. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')]]The '''Blinovitch Limitation Effect''' was the effect or non-effect of crossing timelines.


The effect was named after [[Aaron Blinovitch]] who formulated the Blinovitch theory in a reading room in the [[British Museum]] in [[1928]] on [[Earth]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novel)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'')
The effect was named after [[Aaron Blinovitch]] who formulated the Blinovitch theory in a reading room in the [[British Museum]] in [[1928]] on [[Earth]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novel)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'')
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==Theory B==
==Theory B==
[[File:Limitation.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Kazran Sardick]] touches his younger self, with no adverse effects. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')]]
[[file:Limitation.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Kazran Sardick]] touches his younger self, with no adverse effects. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')]]
The effect is the energy released when crossing one's own timeline and interacting with a past self (or future self depending on perspective) and the energy thus released. It causes memories to be transferred from the past self to the future self, causing the person to suffer amnesia until he completes the interaction from the other side. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') This aspect of the effect, however, does not appear to come into effect when different incarnations of a single [[Time Lord]], such as [[The Doctor]], interact with each other ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', et al.), or when different versions of the same incarnation interact. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Collector (comic strip)|The Collector]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
The effect is the energy released when crossing one's own timeline and interacting with a past self (or future self depending on perspective) and the energy thus released. It causes memories to be transferred from the past self to the future self, causing the person to suffer amnesia until he completes the interaction from the other side. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') This aspect of the effect, however, does not appear to come into effect when different incarnations of a single [[Time Lord]], such as [[The Doctor]], interact with each other ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', et al.), or when different versions of the same incarnation interact. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Collector (comic strip)|The Collector]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')



Revision as of 17:02, 4 April 2011

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The effect when two Brigadiers meet. (DW: Mawdryn Undead)

The Blinovitch Limitation Effect was the effect or non-effect of crossing timelines.

The effect was named after Aaron Blinovitch who formulated the Blinovitch theory in a reading room in the British Museum in 1928 on Earth. (MA: The Ghosts of N-Space)

Theory A

The Limitation Effect limits how much a person can change his or her timeline; in fact, any changes which deviate create a time loop. (DW: Day of the Daleks)

Theory B

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Kazran Sardick touches his younger self, with no adverse effects. (DW: A Christmas Carol)

The effect is the energy released when crossing one's own timeline and interacting with a past self (or future self depending on perspective) and the energy thus released. It causes memories to be transferred from the past self to the future self, causing the person to suffer amnesia until he completes the interaction from the other side. (DW: Mawdryn Undead) This aspect of the effect, however, does not appear to come into effect when different incarnations of a single Time Lord, such as The Doctor, interact with each other (DW: The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors, et al.), or when different versions of the same incarnation interact. (DWM: The Collector, DW: The Big Bang)

When the TARDIS was reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city, the ship contained the energies that would have been released by the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

Theory C

The Limitation Effect stops a time traveller from messing around with his or her own personal timeline. The limitation effect is possibly a precursor to a paradox. (DW: Day of the Daleks)

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