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[[ | [[File:St--6f66.jpg|thumb|The effect when two [[The Brigadier|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 (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]]'') | ||
==Theory A== | == Theory A == | ||
The Limitation Effect limits how much a person can change his or her timeline; in fact, any changes which cause a deviation create a time loop. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') | The Limitation Effect limits how much a person can change his or her timeline; in fact, any changes which cause a deviation create a time loop. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') | ||
==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]]'')]] | ||
The effect | The effect when crossing one's own timeline and interacting with a past self (or future self depending on perspective) is energy released by the shorting out of the [[time differential]] between the two iterations. The energy causes memories to be transferred from the past self to the future self. It also causes 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 [[regeneration|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 (DWM comic story)|The Collector]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'') | ||
The energy released from contact between two versions of a person is | The energy released from contact between two versions of a person is usually enough to overload any surrounding technology. Just by being in the same room, the two versions create a Blinovitch Limitation field, a crackling blue energy resembling lightning. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'') | ||
The Blinovitch Limitation Effect could sometimes be suppressed, permitting two versions of a being to touch with no ill effects. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') One method of dampening the effect was through the use of a [[sonic screwdriver]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'') When the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city, the ship itself contained the energies that would have been released by the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | The Blinovitch Limitation Effect could sometimes be suppressed, permitting two versions of a being to touch with no ill effects. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') One method of dampening the effect was through the use of a [[sonic screwdriver]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'') When the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city, the ship itself contained the energies that would have been released by the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | ||
==Theory C== | == 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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[Time differential]] | * [[Time differential]] | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~abr/drwho/tardis/type40/node14.html# Temporal Phenomena - Blinovitch Limitation Effect] | |||
[[Category:Theories and concepts]] | [[Category:Theories and concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Temporal theory]] | [[Category:Temporal theory]] | ||