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:I think maybe we should split it up into two different articles. The classic example of a temporal paradox, of course, is the Grandfather Paradox. The connection the [[Tenth Doctor]] made to Back to the Future in The Shakespeare Code as a method of explaining time and paradoxes to Martha is a perfect example. Or the Master bringing the future of the human race back to kill their ancestors. Or Rose saving her father (if he never died, she would never have gone back to save him). Or Rory jumping off the building in The Angels Take Manhattan. These are all real paradoxes. What I like to refer to as ''timey-whimey situations'', a favourite of Moffat, where the future influences the past but continues to do so in a cycle, where it makes perfect sense, just not in a linear fashion, are not paradoxes. To the best of my knowledge, nothing that does not go under my above description of temporal paradoxes (contradicts itself) has ever been called a paradox by the Doctor or anyone superior knowledge of time. If you can prove me wrong, I'll be glad to read your case. [[User:SmallerOnTheOutside|SmallerOnTheOutside]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:17, January 24, 2013 (UTC) | :I think maybe we should split it up into two different articles. The classic example of a temporal paradox, of course, is the Grandfather Paradox. The connection the [[Tenth Doctor]] made to Back to the Future in The Shakespeare Code as a method of explaining time and paradoxes to Martha is a perfect example. Or the Master bringing the future of the human race back to kill their ancestors. Or Rose saving her father (if he never died, she would never have gone back to save him). Or Rory jumping off the building in The Angels Take Manhattan. These are all real paradoxes. What I like to refer to as ''timey-whimey situations'', a favourite of Moffat, where the future influences the past but continues to do so in a cycle, where it makes perfect sense, just not in a linear fashion, are not paradoxes. To the best of my knowledge, nothing that does not go under my above description of temporal paradoxes (contradicts itself) has ever been called a paradox by the Doctor or anyone superior knowledge of time. If you can prove me wrong, I'll be glad to read your case. [[User:SmallerOnTheOutside|SmallerOnTheOutside]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:17, January 24, 2013 (UTC) | ||
::Hmm, article split or section split... Good question. He did in fact call a whimey loop "an endless paradox" in "The doctors daughter".[[User:Thomsons Gazelle|Thomsons Gazelle]] [[User talk:Thomsons Gazelle|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:39, January 28, 2013 (UTC) | |||
