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The '''Web of Time''' was the orderly co-existence of events within [[Time]]. | The '''Web of Time''' was the orderly co-existence of events within [[Time]]. | ||
It was not a necessary fundamental aspect of the universe, but rather a meta-structure created and imposed on [[history]] by the [[Time Lord]]s. It could not exist until [[Rassilon]] built the [[Eye of Harmony]] and used it as what has been described as "the hitching post of chronology." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland]]'') This probably allowed Rassilon to choose what species developed, as he did when he imprisoned the [[Divergence]], a possible rival to the Time Lords. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') While not a fundamental universal aspect, the Web maintained a balance which reflected the holistic nature of Time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'') | It was not a necessary fundamental aspect of the universe, but rather a meta-structure created and imposed on [[history]] by the [[Time Lord]]s. It could not exist until [[Rassilon]] built the [[Eye of Harmony]] and used it as what has been described as "the hitching post of chronology." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland]]'') This probably allowed Rassilon to choose what species developed, as he did when he imprisoned the [[Divergence]], a possible rival to the Time Lords. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') While not a fundamental universal aspect, the Web maintained a balance which reflected the holistic nature of Time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'') | ||
This balance could be upset, as the Web was not invulnerable; for example, the [[Sixth Doctor]] once explained that to destroy the [[planet]] [[Earth]] in [[1985]] would disrupt the Web of Time. Additionally, [[Lytton]] spoke of the destruction of [[Mondas]] in [[1986]] as "now" being a part of the Web, implying its destruction wasn't necessarily [[Fixed points in time|fixed]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') As a part of the Web, Mondas had always been destroyed and always will be. For it to not happen would wreck the Web and cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe. Billions would die, major civilisations would instantly disappear, and even the Doctor wasn't certain the fabric of the universe could withstand such upheaval. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | This balance could be upset, as the Web was not invulnerable; for example, the [[Sixth Doctor]] once explained that to destroy the [[planet]] [[Earth]] in [[1985]] would disrupt the Web of Time. Additionally, [[Lytton]] spoke of the destruction of [[Mondas]] in [[1986]] as "now" being a part of the Web, implying its destruction wasn't necessarily [[Fixed points in time|fixed]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') As a part of the Web, Mondas had always been destroyed and always will be. For it to not happen would wreck the Web and cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe. Billions would die, major civilisations would instantly disappear, and even the Doctor wasn't certain the fabric of the universe could withstand such upheaval. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') Mondas may very well have been added to the Web, as [[Charley Pollard]] was later when she saved it, not having died in the crash of the ''[[R101]]'' as had been recorded. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'', ''[[Neverland]]'') | ||
When encountering people who knew them because of their ''personal'' future, which happened in the past, the [[Fifth Doctor]] told [[Tegan]] they shouldn't upset the Web of Time by not going along, during which they discovered a mummified [[Nyssa]]. The Doctor later explained that they probably couldn't prevent what happened to her, as time | When encountering people who knew them because of their ''personal'' future, which happened in the past, the [[Fifth Doctor]] told [[Tegan]] they shouldn't upset the Web of Time by not going along, during which they discovered a mummified [[Nyssa]]. The Doctor later explained that they probably couldn't prevent what happened to her, as time was already set in its course, [[crystallized time|crystallized]] along a particular web-way; since Nyssa had been mummified before they travelled back in time to prevent it, the Web of Time had already crystallized at that node, meaning "it might as well [have been] set in stone." He followed this by commenting that [[Blinovitch]] was right. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time]]'') | ||
Additionally, preventing disasters could cause others to take their place. Because of the ''[[Titanic]]'' sinking, all later ships would have round-the-clock [[radio]] surveillance, enough lifeboats, and the [[International Ice Patrol]] would be formed. Saving the ''Titanic'' would condemn the other ships to follow. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') If [[Adolf Hitler]] was prevented from rising to power, a more competent man would have taken control of the [[Nazi]] party and [[World War II]] would've ended differently. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | Additionally, preventing disasters could cause others to take their place. Because of the ''[[Titanic]]'' sinking, all later ships would have round-the-clock [[radio]] surveillance, enough lifeboats, and the [[International Ice Patrol]] would be formed. Saving the ''Titanic'' would condemn the other ships to follow. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') If [[Adolf Hitler]] was prevented from rising to power, a more competent man would have taken control of the [[Nazi]] party and [[World War II]] would've ended differently. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | ||
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[[The Doctor]] would interfere with the Web in different situations. When his friend [[Remnex]] was murdered by a dagger through the eye, the [[Seventh Doctor]] rewrote history so that he died peacefully in his sleep instead and was never possessed by [[Vilus Krull]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]'') | [[The Doctor]] would interfere with the Web in different situations. When his friend [[Remnex]] was murdered by a dagger through the eye, the [[Seventh Doctor]] rewrote history so that he died peacefully in his sleep instead and was never possessed by [[Vilus Krull]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]'') | ||
Events | Events the Doctor stated as being part of the Web included the destruction of [[Mondas]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') the sinking of the ''[[Titanic]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''), the destruction of the [[Halcyon (species)|Halcyon race]] through the [[Ice Warrior]]s creating an [[atmosphere]] on [[Halcyon (planet)|Halcyon]] more suited to them, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)|The Resurrection of Mars]]''), [[Deimos]] becoming an [[artificial sun]] that heated [[Mars]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)|The Resurrection of Mars]]'') the burning of [[Joan of Arc]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'') the assassination of [[Francis Ferdinand]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'') the [[Manussan Empire]] overthrown in [[Manussan year]] [[2326]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake]]'') and [[Magnus Greel]] dying in the [[1800s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane]]'') | ||
Events in the Web that were explicitly recorded in [[the Matrix]] included the ''[[R101]]'' crashing and all passengers dying, [[Adolf Hitler]] becoming Chancellor of Germany (and being alive to continue [[World War II]]), [[Edward VIII]] abdicating the throne, [[German]] forces invading [[Poland]], the evacuation of [[Dunkirk]], [[Peladon]] entering the [[Galactic Federation]], [[Zephon]] overthrowing the [[Embodiment of Gris]], [[Mavic Chen]] being elected [[Guardian of the Solar System]], [[Dalek]] forces assembling on [[Kembel]] and being engaged with the [[Movellan]]s in [[4-X-Alpha-4]] in [[4949]], the Cult of [[Morbius]] being established, plans for the [[Doomsday Weapon]] being stolen by [[the Master]], Chancellor [[Goth]] visiting [[Tersurus]], President [[Romana]] and [[Etra Prime]] being taken by the Daleks and the subsequent Dalek invasion of [[Gallifrey]] being repelled by Romana, a Dalek time fleet being captured in the [[Time Vortex]], and the paradox of Charley Pollard surviving the ''R101'' leading to [[Anti-time]] infecting the Universe, thereby allowing Charley to save the Web of Time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') | |||
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