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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
Rather than being a necessary fundamental aspect of the universe, | Rather than being a necessary fundamental aspect of the universe, the Web of Time was a meta-structure created and imposed on [[history]] by the [[Time Lord]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') during the [[anchoring of the thread]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') when [[Rassilon]] used the [[Eye of Harmony]] as "the hitching post of chronology". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') Before this, the universe had no [[history]] or defined set of physical laws. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | ||
The Web could become unbalanced by the changing of events that had significant effects. For instance, the [[Sixth Doctor]] once explained that the Web of Time would be disrupted if [[Earth]] were destroyed in [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') as Earth was a [[nexus world]] linked to the destinies of many major intergalactic powers. The saving of the ''[[Titanic]]'' would have similarly perturbed the Web by condemning all the later ships that were saved by round-the-clock [[radio]] surveillance, [[lifeboat]] capacities, or the [[International Ice Patrol]], all of which were developed due to the ''Titanic''{{'}}s sinking. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | The Web could become unbalanced by the changing of events that had significant effects. For instance, the [[Sixth Doctor]] once explained that the Web of Time would be disrupted if [[Earth]] were destroyed in [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') as Earth was a [[nexus world]] linked to the destinies of many major intergalactic powers. The saving of the ''[[Titanic]]'' would have similarly perturbed the Web by condemning all the later ships that were saved by round-the-clock [[radio]] surveillance, [[lifeboat]] capacities, or the [[International Ice Patrol]], all of which were developed due to the ''Titanic''{{'}}s sinking. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | ||
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Even concerning events that were not [[fixed point in time|fixed points]], time could be [[crystallized time|crystallized]] along a particular web-way, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') making that event a fixed part of the Web of Time so that it had always happened and would always happen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') This could occur when a person learned about their personal future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') This effect was first predicted by [[Blinovitch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') | Even concerning events that were not [[fixed point in time|fixed points]], time could be [[crystallized time|crystallized]] along a particular web-way, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') making that event a fixed part of the Web of Time so that it had always happened and would always happen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') This could occur when a person learned about their personal future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') This effect was first predicted by [[Blinovitch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time (novel)|The Sands of Time]]'') | ||
The Time Lord [[Marnal]]'s novel ''[[The Hand of Time]] ''explained that the structure of the universe, this "web of space and time," was actually in constant flux as "an ocean" of shifting possibilities. The universe the Time Lord's desired were the projections on reality created by their observations. Only a Time Lord's direct touch or intervention could freeze these probabilities into certainty. It was for this reason that the Time Lords established their [[non-interference policy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] explained to [[Donna Noble]] that while the universe was filled with [[fixed points in time]], all other events were in constant flux and only Time Lords could truly discern the difference. ([[TV|TV:]] ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | The Time Lord [[Marnal]]'s novel ''[[The Hand of Time]]'' explained that the structure of the universe, this "web of space and time," was actually in constant flux as "an ocean" of shifting possibilities. The universe the Time Lord's desired were the projections on reality created by their observations. Only a Time Lord's direct touch or intervention could freeze these probabilities into certainty. It was for this reason that the Time Lords established their [[non-interference policy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] explained to [[Donna Noble]] that while the universe was filled with [[fixed points in time]], all other events were in constant flux and only Time Lords could truly discern the difference. ([[TV|TV:]] ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | ||
An imbalance in the Web could cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe, killing billions, instantly disappearing major civilisations, and threatening the fabric of the universe itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') However, an [[amaranth]] could be used to rebuild unstable or discontinuous elements of the [[N-Space|universe]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') along the lines of the established laws of the Spiral Politic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'') | An imbalance in the Web could cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe, killing billions, instantly disappearing major civilisations, and threatening the fabric of the universe itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') However, an [[amaranth]] could be used to rebuild unstable or discontinuous elements of the [[N-Space|universe]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') along the lines of the established laws of the Spiral Politic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'') | ||
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The [[Sixth Doctor]] believed summoning a [[Chronovore]] onto [[21st century]] [[Earth]] threatened the Web of Time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] believed summoning a [[Chronovore]] onto [[21st century]] [[Earth]] threatened the Web of Time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | ||
During the [[the Cataclysm|first battle]] of [[ | During the [[the Cataclysm|first battle]] of the [[War in Heaven]] on [[Dronid]], the [[Great Houses]] discovered that [[the enemy]] had constructed their own meta-structure of the universe to replace the Spiral Politic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
The [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]-operated [[Klyst Institute]] arranged to recruit their test subjects at the end of their lives in order to preserve the Web of Time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'') | The [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]-operated [[Klyst Institute]] arranged to recruit their test subjects at the end of their lives in order to preserve the Web of Time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'') | ||
Since the [[Yssgaroth]] emerged during the creation of the Spiral Politic, the Yssgaroth taint remained in the fabric of the universe, irremovable except through the unweaving of [[time]] | Since the [[Yssgaroth]] emerged during the creation of the Spiral Politic, the Yssgaroth taint remained in the fabric of the universe, irremovable except through the unweaving of [[time|time itself]]. ''[[The Book of the War]]'' speculated that the [[Yssgaroth]] were areas of hostile anti-structure produced by the collision of the Spiral Politic with the [[Spiral Yssgaroth]]'s foreign and hostile structures and protocols. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Lolita]] thought that the [[Eternal War|Vampire Wars]] had dictated the shape of the Spiral Politic for the next ten million years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'') | ||
A backup of the Spiral Politic was stored in the [[Great Houses]]' [[Shada (prison)|prison]], which stood outside of time so that it could be remapped onto the universe if time was ever altered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]'') | A backup of the Spiral Politic was stored in the [[Great Houses]]' [[Shada (prison)|prison]], which stood outside of time so that it could be remapped onto the universe if time was ever altered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]'') | ||
