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The '''Axis''' was the hub of a spindle of dead-end timelines where history had spiralled off due to catastrophic decisions being made. They were cut off from the rest of reality.
The '''Axis''' was a complex in inter[[dimension]]al [[space]], sort of "nowhere." Like the spindle and spokes of a [[bicycle]] wheel, the Axis was the hub that held the structure of damaged or truncated realities, dead-ends in [[time]], formed by changes in established history which caused the flow of subsequent events to spiral out of control, often catastrophically. The hub regulated  and maintained the realities and ensured that the contamination didn't spread to the primary timeline, like cauterizing the wound to make sure the infection didn't spread. The timelines could be manipulated and even changed, but they would eventually return to their presumably [[time loop]]ed states.


Such changes occurred often due to meddling by the [[Time Lord]]s or by the immortal, omnipotent [[The Overseer|Overseer of the Axis]], who had little love for their kind. Inside the Axis was the Oracle room, where a set of locked doors represented the dead end timelines being locked away. It became infected when a mad inhabitant of one of the timelines entered the Axis. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'')
It was hinted that the timelines connected to the Axis were the results of the [[Time Lord]]s, described by [[Peri]] as all their mistakes tucked away in a cubboard. Because of this, [[the Overseer]], the immortal and omnipotent controller of the Axis, had little regard for them. The Axis depended on the Overseer's mind to exist, and the Axis itself helped to hold the structure of time itself. If there was not a mind to sustain the Axis, it would begin to collapse and the beings held within the timelines would become aware of their existence.
 
The environment was constantly in flux, with time being extremely relative and space being illusory due to soft focus walls with a glow and bizarre persepctives. The environment could change, as when [[Jarra To]] made a carnival appear, and there were doors throughout the Axis leading to each timeline, with the Overseer monitoring everythign from the Oracle room. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'')


[[Romana II|Romana]], [[Leela]], [[Narvin]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]] travelled to the Axis to find a [[Gallifrey]] that had a future for them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn]]'')
[[Romana II|Romana]], [[Leela]], [[Narvin]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]] travelled to the Axis to find a [[Gallifrey]] that had a future for them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn]]'')
:''The timelines connected to the Axis may have been particularly severe as there is no explanation as to why they were collected in the Axis as opposed to being negated like other [[alternate timeline]]s.''


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Revision as of 01:25, 21 January 2014

The Axis was a complex in interdimensional space, sort of "nowhere." Like the spindle and spokes of a bicycle wheel, the Axis was the hub that held the structure of damaged or truncated realities, dead-ends in time, formed by changes in established history which caused the flow of subsequent events to spiral out of control, often catastrophically. The hub regulated and maintained the realities and ensured that the contamination didn't spread to the primary timeline, like cauterizing the wound to make sure the infection didn't spread. The timelines could be manipulated and even changed, but they would eventually return to their presumably time looped states.

It was hinted that the timelines connected to the Axis were the results of the Time Lords, described by Peri as all their mistakes tucked away in a cubboard. Because of this, the Overseer, the immortal and omnipotent controller of the Axis, had little regard for them. The Axis depended on the Overseer's mind to exist, and the Axis itself helped to hold the structure of time itself. If there was not a mind to sustain the Axis, it would begin to collapse and the beings held within the timelines would become aware of their existence.

The environment was constantly in flux, with time being extremely relative and space being illusory due to soft focus walls with a glow and bizarre persepctives. The environment could change, as when Jarra To made a carnival appear, and there were doors throughout the Axis leading to each timeline, with the Overseer monitoring everythign from the Oracle room. (AUDIO: The Axis of Insanity)

Romana, Leela, Narvin and Irving Braxiatel travelled to the Axis to find a Gallifrey that had a future for them. (AUDIO: Reborn)

The timelines connected to the Axis may have been particularly severe as there is no explanation as to why they were collected in the Axis as opposed to being negated like other alternate timelines.