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:::Actually it's stated later on that some things were not the same. We never saw if the events of [[The Stolen Earth (TV story)]] were restored or not. | :::Actually it's stated later on that some things were not the same. We never saw if the events of [[The Stolen Earth (TV story)]] were restored or not. | ||
:::: It makes no sense to say the time crack erased the events of the episode. Think about what that means: The crack eating up The Doctor, Rose, the Dalek, Van Statten, everyone. If the crack ate up the events of the episode, The Doctor and Rose would simply cease to exist, including his past and future regenerations. If the cracks took the whole planet, it would also cease to exist. If it spread further, maybe the whole universe, then there would be nothing left. If it's simply a case of time in flux, the events would catch up and Van Statten would know what it is. Then again, he'd still likely want to keep it down there and get it talking, so maybe the events wouldn't be such a paradox after all. | :::: It makes no sense to say the time crack erased the events of the episode. Think about what that means: The crack eating up The Doctor, Rose, the Dalek, Van Statten, everyone. If the crack ate up the events of the episode, The Doctor and Rose would simply cease to exist, including his past and future regenerations. If the cracks took the whole planet, it would also cease to exist. If it spread further, maybe the whole universe, then there would be nothing left. If it's simply a case of time in flux, the events would catch up and Van Statten would know what it is. Then again, he'd still likely want to keep it down there and get it talking, so maybe the events wouldn't be such a paradox after all. | ||
:::::: Time cracks don't rewrite history and actually erase things from it. They simply make things disappear from the present (where the contact with the crack was made) and make everyone forget about things, alter people's memories, but all the consequences are kept as they were, that's the only way in can work, otherwise, for instance, Amy could possibly never get aboard the TARDIS if it wasn't for Rory (he was too important in her life, she could become a totally different person and her life would be completely different), or the world would blow apart about 9999 times without the Doctor in the end of 'The Big Bang' like it started to in 'The Name of the Doctor'. | |||
:::::How about this: The Doctor travels in time but he is himself a creature that dwells in a linear timeline. Once events have resolved for him, later changes will not make a paradox unless he attempts to revisit them and invalidates an action of his own or that of another time traveller. | :::::How about this: The Doctor travels in time but he is himself a creature that dwells in a linear timeline. Once events have resolved for him, later changes will not make a paradox unless he attempts to revisit them and invalidates an action of his own or that of another time traveller. | ||
