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 ::Yeah, that answer won't be bested. Added to prehaps, but not bested.[[User:DCT|DCT]] [[User talk:DCT|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:44, November 18, 2013 (UTC)
+There's a genuine & admitted production error at the start of ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' which, thanks to a fan-devised explanation, has effectively ceased to be an error at all:
+:In the opening sequence of the TARDIS hurtling out of control over London, the date was meant to be 1996, the same date as the eventual crash in young Amelia Pond's garden.
+:The helicopter shots used for that sequence clearly show highly recognisable features that did not exist in 1996 -- the Millennium Wheel (London Eye) & the Millennium Dome (whatever it's called now), among them.
+:As Steven Moffat has admitted, when he saw the completed episode before transmission (but too late for correction), he spotted the error & cringed.
+:Fans, however, came up with the explanation that what was seen crashing was a '''time machine''' & she had been falling through time as well as space, so that between London & Leadworth, she'd simply fallen a few years backwards in time.
+:As Moffat recognised the moment he learned of that fan-devised explanation, it works perfectly well & turns an error into an acceptable, albeit unintended, minor detail of the story.
+When I first saw the episode, not knowing that this scene had been an error, I simply assumed the "falling through time" explanation. I thought it a nice touch that they'd remembered to show the TARDIS crashing in all 4 dimensions, instead of just 3. It was only when I watched the DVD that I learned, from Moffat's remarks, that it had been a mistake.
+While it's not always possible to convert errors into assets in this way, when it can be done it's useful to do it. DW is by no means the only show whose fans do this, although DW fans have more room to manoeuvre than most -- time travel helps a lot, in that respect. Occasionally, the process of retconning an error can stimulate writers into creating really good stories that just wouldn't otherwise have been written. Sure, it can be done badly -- anything can -- but when it's done well, it's a valuable asset. --[[Special:Contributions/89.241.212.51|89.241.212.51]]<sup>[[User talk:89.241.212.51#top|talk to me]]</sup> 13:50, November 19, 2013 (UTC)