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"A big ball of '''wibbly wobbly, timey wimey''' stuff" was how the [[Tenth Doctor]] described [[time]] to [[Sally Sparrow]] through a [[DVD]] [[Easter egg]]. Though he quickly admitted that the sentence had "got away from [him]", the term was soon thereafter applied to an invention of his, the [[timey-wimey detector]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | "A big ball of '''wibbly wobbly, timey wimey''' stuff" was how the [[Tenth Doctor]] described [[time]] to [[Sally Sparrow]] through a [[DVD]] [[Easter egg]]. Though he quickly admitted that the sentence had "got away from [him]", the term was soon thereafter applied to an invention of his, the [[timey-wimey detector]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | ||
Though it was seemingly his tenth incarnation who coined it, the [[Fifth Doctor]] was familiar enough with the expression to complete the phrase when the Tenth Doctor started it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') According to one account, it was [[Jo Grant]] who coined the phrase. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'') | Though it was seemingly his tenth incarnation who coined it, the [[Fifth Doctor]] was familiar enough with the expression to complete the phrase when the Tenth Doctor started it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') According to one account, it was [[Jo Grant]] who coined the phrase. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'') Another account suggested that the Fifth Doctor [[Bootstrap paradox|first heard it]] from [[River Song]], who assured the Doctor that it would "grow on [him]" in future lives. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'') | ||
When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] used it in front of the [[War Doctor]], he ridiculed his successors, asking why they insisted on talking like [[child]]ren. The Tenth Doctor, embarrassed, claimed he "[had] no idea where he gets that from". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] used it in front of the [[War Doctor]], he ridiculed his successors, asking why they insisted on talking like [[child]]ren. The Tenth Doctor, embarrassed, claimed he "[had] no idea where he gets that from". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
After hearing [[Rose Tyler]] say it, the [[Ninth Doctor]] was dismissive of the phrase. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'') | After hearing [[Rose Tyler]] say it, the [[Ninth Doctor]] was equally dismissive of the phrase. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'') | ||
The Tenth Doctor used it at least once after the [[Weeping Angel]]s when trying to think. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | The Tenth Doctor used it at least once after the [[Weeping Angel]]s when trying to think. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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During the overnight invasion of [[tree]]s, the [[Year 8 Gifted and Talented Group]] of [[Coal Hill School]] drafted a speech to tell the people of the [[Earth]] to leave the trees alone on the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s instructions. Amongst the chatter of the children, one of them said "timey wimey". ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') | During the overnight invasion of [[tree]]s, the [[Year 8 Gifted and Talented Group]] of [[Coal Hill School]] drafted a speech to tell the people of the [[Earth]] to leave the trees alone on the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s instructions. Amongst the chatter of the children, one of them said "timey wimey". ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') | ||
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