Howling:Eye of Harmony in the Doctor's TARDIS (view source)
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I've already argued that after the rediscovery of the prime Eye on Gallifrey, the mini-Eyes inside TARDISes were all linked up to it, so they were originally entirely separate pieces of technology, just built along similar lines to the legendary Eye and named in honour of it, but that was as far as it went. That clears up some of the problems, but not all. [[Special:Contributions/194.168.208.42|194.168.208.42]] 12:36, August 23, 2011 (UTC) | I've already argued that after the rediscovery of the prime Eye on Gallifrey, the mini-Eyes inside TARDISes were all linked up to it, so they were originally entirely separate pieces of technology, just built along similar lines to the legendary Eye and named in honour of it, but that was as far as it went. That clears up some of the problems, but not all. [[Special:Contributions/194.168.208.42|194.168.208.42]] 12:36, August 23, 2011 (UTC) | ||
: But then how did the Doctor's TARDIS get modified? He didn't hang around and let them monkey with his TARDIS at the end of TDA. And his is the only one we know for sure has an Eye (if you only count TV, that is—if you count the novels, this problem has an answer but you get exciting new ones to deal with), so explaining every TARDIS but his doesn't really get you anywhere. | |||
: Also, if the Eye of Harmony was a legend that many people didn't even believe in, how did they build similar devices along similar lines in every TARDIS? | |||
: Even without the TV movie, novels, and new series: In TDA, the Eye was a lost legend that most people didn't believe ever existed, while a year later in TIoT, the Eye was the power source for all of Gallifrey (whether or not it was also the power source for all of their TARDISes) and even the Sontarans knew about it. I realize it sounds lame to say, "They knew they had a massive power source, they just didn't realize that's what the legendary Eye of Harmony was, which means they didn't know some of the other cool things they could do with it," but really, the lameness is inherent in the problem, not part of the answer. Fans haven't been trying unsuccessfully to come up with something that works since 1978, and nobody's got anything better. --[[Special:Contributions/173.228.85.35|173.228.85.35]] 03:48, August 24, 2011 (UTC) | |||
: It really would be so much easier if we could just disregard the TV Movie outright, then we wouldn't have to worry about how the TARDIS had the Eye in its cloister room. But then, the 8th Doctor's image has appeared a number of times in the new series. [[Special:Contributions/194.168.208.42|194.168.208.42]] 10:18, August 24, 2011 (UTC) | |||