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*Apparently the president of the USA is killed (by the Toclafane) and this is recognised post-time reversal. Wouldn't that cause international outrage the likes of which would see a different ending. ''It wouldn't be the first time that a US President has been killed and was most likely dismissed as a more "standard" assassination; the same goes for the death of the British Prime Minister indeed, Lucy could well end up taking the rap for both.'' | *Apparently the president of the USA is killed (by the Toclafane) and this is recognised post-time reversal. Wouldn't that cause international outrage the likes of which would see a different ending. ''It wouldn't be the first time that a US President has been killed and was most likely dismissed as a more "standard" assassination; the same goes for the death of the British Prime Minister indeed, Lucy could well end up taking the rap for both.'' | ||
*Jack refers to himself as the [[Face of Boe]], apparently without realising the connection to the Doctor's "old friend". But wouldn't he have known about the Face either through the events of ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' in which the Doctor realizes the significance of Boe's final message (per ''[[Gridlock]]''), or even before that given the Face was something of an interstellar celebrity in Jack's home era (per ''[[The Long Game]]'')? ''Jack may not have made the connection, and not every celebrity is known by everybody or Jack may have already been in the 1940s before the Face became known in his era.'' ''Jack may not be the Face of Boe, his nickname may merely have been a reference to the celebrity'' ''it is possible he is just testing the Doctor reaction to see if this is actually his possible future'' | *Jack refers to himself as the [[Face of Boe]], apparently without realising the connection to the Doctor's "old friend". But wouldn't he have known about the Face either through the events of ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' in which the Doctor realizes the significance of Boe's final message (per ''[[Gridlock]]''), or even before that given the Face was something of an interstellar celebrity in Jack's home era (per ''[[The Long Game]]'')? ''Jack may not have made the connection, and not every celebrity is known by everybody or Jack may have already been in the 1940s before the Face became known in his era.'' ''Jack may not be the Face of Boe, his nickname may merely have been a reference to the celebrity'' ''it is possible he is just testing the Doctor reaction to see if this is actually his possible future. Also, from the expression on Jack's face, it is possible that he has indeed made the connection and the conversation is actually Jack telling the Doctor his theory.'' | ||
*What happened to all the people who were on the Valiant when the President was assassinated but not present when the Paradox Machine was destroyed? To go one step further, what about the Toclafane vanguard who assassinated president Winters? Does that mean they are still on the loose? As the Valiant was rewound to where it was before, anyone on the Valiant at the time of assassination but not at the destruction of the paradox machine would have been killed (or rather stop existing). One step further, however, anyone NOT on the Valiant at the assassination but on it during the paradox machine's destruction should have been duplicated. How can all this be addressed? ''It could be that, as it is said in this episode, that the Valiant and the people on it were at the eye of the storm, so some aspects of "The Year That Never Was" were not removed.'' | *What happened to all the people who were on the Valiant when the President was assassinated but not present when the Paradox Machine was destroyed? To go one step further, what about the Toclafane vanguard who assassinated president Winters? Does that mean they are still on the loose? As the Valiant was rewound to where it was before, anyone on the Valiant at the time of assassination but not at the destruction of the paradox machine would have been killed (or rather stop existing). One step further, however, anyone NOT on the Valiant at the assassination but on it during the paradox machine's destruction should have been duplicated. How can all this be addressed? ''It could be that, as it is said in this episode, that the Valiant and the people on it were at the eye of the storm, so some aspects of "The Year That Never Was" were not removed.'' | ||