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A '''Time Manipulator''' was a time device that, if created, could alter [[time]] on a grand scale.
:''See also [[space/time conduit]]''


== The Rani's plot ==
A '''Time Manipulator''', as described by [[the Rani]], was a [[brain|cerebral mass]](the size of a [[planet]]) capable of dominating and controlling [[time]] anywhere in the cosmos. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]'') Operating on a grand scale, it was able to change the order of creation.
[[The Rani]]'s plot to create a Time Manipulator had several distinct parts...
* the intellects of several geniuses from across time and space, including [[the Doctor]]'s, merged into a giant [[Time Brain]].
* building a launch pad on [[Lakertya]] with a fixed trajectory matching the solstice of a [[strange matter]] [[asteroid]].
* the Brain creating/finding/synthesising a lightweight substitute for strange matter.


With accidental assistance from the Doctor, the Time Brain had found a good substitute for strange matter: [[Loyhargil]]. It then produced the Loyhargil and loaded it into a rocket, as strange matter could only be detonated by strange matter, or the substitute of Loyhargil.
== Construction ==
The Time Manipulator was the conjugation of time particles and brain cells. To accomplish this, [[the Rani]]'s plot involved collecting the intellects of several geniuses from across time and [[space]](including [[the Doctor]]'s knowledge of time) and distilling them into a giant "[[Time Brain]]" on the planet [[Lakertya]]. The Brain would create/find/synthesize a lightweight substitute for [[strange matter]], which it eventually did in the form of [[loyhargil]], to detonate the strange matter [[asteroid]] passing Lakertya, since the only substance that could explode strange matter was strange matter. The loyhargil would be loaded onto a rocket with a fixed trajectory matching the solstice of the asteroid and fired at it.


Upon detonation, the strange matter explosion would result in the generation of [[helium 2]] in the form of a [[supernova]]. The helium 2 would then fuse with the upper atmosphere of Lakertya, creating a thin shell of [[chronon]]s. In the same milisecond, the cortex of the Brain would become active and grow until the space between shell and planet was filled.
The strange matter explosion would re-enact the [[Leptonic Era]] that followed [[Event One]] and produce [[helium 2]], which would fuse with the upper zones of the Lakertyan atmosphere to form a shell of [[chronon]]s. In the same millisecond the shell is formed, the hothouse effect of the [[gamma ray]]s would cause the primate cortex - the segment of the brain responsible for thought - to go into chain reaction, multiplying until the gap between shell and planet was filled, essentially creating a planet-sized brain. The Rani would then return in her [[The Rani's TARDIS|TARDIS]] after the turmoil had subsided and take control.


With this "monstrosity," as the Doctor called it, the Rani would be able to change the order of creation. Returning in her [[TARDIS]] after the turmoil had subsided, she would use the Manipulator to alter the history of the [[universe]], such as helping the [[dinosaur]]s of [[Earth]] to reach their full potential, eradicating [[human]]ity in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'')
== History ==
The Rani attempted to transform Lakertya into a Time Manipulator, feeling it wouldn't be necessary if the [[Time Lord]]s hadn't refused the intervene in the [[evolution]] of other species. With this "monstrosity," as the Doctor called it, the Rani would be able to redirect evolution wherever she felt it had taken the wrong route. She planned to return to [[Earth]] in the [[Cretaceous]] Age, feeling the potential of the [[dinosaur]]s was never fully exploited.


:''If humanity had been eradicated, then the Rani couldn't have created the Time Manipulator using the minds of [[Albert Einstein]], [[Louis Pasteur]], or [[Hypatia]]. However, the Manipulator may have been able to account for this [[paradox]].
The Doctor was able to delay the countdown of the launch, causing the missile to miss the asteroid. In the process, the Brain was destroyed, preventing the Time Manipulator from existing.([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]'')
 
== Similar technology ==
Before evolving into their current plane, the [[Chronovore]]s' ancestors built the [[Darkheart]], a [[space/time conduit]] that could transmit energy to any point in time and space. Unlike a TARDIS, the Darkheart had direct access to time. Whereas  [[history]] could not be changed without creating an [[alternate timeline]], this was only true when travelling in a TARDIS as the Darkheart actually reshaped the universal matrix to account for changes that were made. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'')
 
:''If humanity had been eradicated, then the Rani couldn't have created the Time Manipulator using the minds of [[Albert Einstein]], [[Louis Pasteur]], or [[Hypatia]]. However, the Manipulator may have been able to account for this [[paradox]], just as the Darkheart could reshape reality according to changes.


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