Theory:Doctor Who television discontinuity and plot holes/Cold Blood

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• This story contains a several time paradoxes: If Rory was wipped from time, so he never existed, then who saved the Doctor? Rory was only absorbed by the crack because he died, but if he never existed then he would never have died, so how was he absorbed? If he never existed who convinced them to take Alaya's body down to the Silurians? Who saved Amy from Fancessco? Who convinced Abrosos to trust the Doctor? Who helped the Doctor capture Alaya in the first place?
  • The events prior to Rory's absorption is re-written. Many of the other characters could have taken Rory's place. Events may have also been unwritten or rewritten. As for each question; 1) the Doctor may have simply destroyed the gun as he was about to do with his sonic screwdriver, b, no wait, 2) that's part of the cracks and their mysteries, 3 or c) if Rory wasn't alive she may not have died so they may have taken her down. 4) Amy wouldn't have been there in the first place, e) Amy? She can be pretty convincing, and f (for finally)) Ambrose or her dad could have easily taken his place.
  • It should also be noted that the events in the past being erased do not affect the situation of the present, especially within something displaced in its normal spacial-timey-wimey co-ordinates. Such an example would be Amy's engagement ring. The Thirteenth Doctor 22:21, May 29, 2010 (UTC)
  • When the Doctor is pointing his sonic screwdriver at the Silurians, he is pointing it straight at them; from a different angle, it is pointing toward the ceiling. BlueDalek 08:47, May 30, 2010 (UTC)
• How come the Doctor didn't get erased from time when he touched the crack?
• The Doctor tells the Silurians to wake up in 1000 years. However by that time, humans have evacuated the earth due to solar flares.