Time loop

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A time loop, known technically as a chronic hysteresis is a loop in time, in which the individuals are always experiencing the same events in an endless loop.

The Third Doctor attempted to explain the concept to the Brigadier and Jo Grant as a "loop in time". (DW: The Claws of Axos).

While there is no known technological method of escaping a time loop, the Doctor and Romana were able to break a time loop by deliberately recreating the events of the loop out of phase with the loop itself. (DW: Meglos)

Presumably this method could work on any time loop, but, while achievable in a time loop of two people in a small room, would be nearly impossible to do in a time loop on a planetary scale.

Notable uses of time loops