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The effect was named after [[Aaron Blinovitch]] who, in [[1928]], formulated the Blinovitch theory in the reading room of the [[British Museum]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'') | The effect was named after [[Aaron Blinovitch]] who, in [[1928]], formulated the Blinovitch theory in the reading room of the [[British Museum]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'') | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] said that prior to the [[time-lock]]ed destruction of the [[Time Lord]]s in the [[Last Great Time War]], his people could have prevented or mitigated the effects of a [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') The Blinovitch Limitation Effect was modified by the Time Lords and their temporal technology on [[Gallifrey]], although crossing one's own time stream required enormous amounts of energy and broke the [[First Law of Time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | The [[Ninth Doctor]] said that prior to the [[time-lock]]ed destruction of the [[Time Lord]]s in the [[Last Great Time War]], his people could have prevented or mitigated the effects of a [[Temporal paradox|paradox]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') The Blinovitch Limitation Effect was modified by the Time Lords and their temporal technology on [[Gallifrey]], although crossing one's own time stream required enormous amounts of energy and broke the [[First Law of Time]], which was forbidden under conventional circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
The Doctor mentioned the effect when explaining why he or another cannot simply go back in time to take another try when a plan fails. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') The Time Lords and other [[time-aware]] and [[time-active]] groups could, with technological assistance, suppress the effect. For example, The Time Lords once expended energy to suppress these effects, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used the [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to do so, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'') and [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] did so herself when reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') [[Vortex manipulator]]s used by [[Time Agent]]s were capable of cancelling the effect. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Month 25 (audio story)|Month 25]]'') | The Doctor mentioned the effect when explaining why he or another cannot simply go back in time to take another try when a plan fails. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') The Time Lords and other [[time-aware]] and [[time-active]] groups could, with technological assistance, suppress the effect. For example, The Time Lords once expended energy to suppress these effects, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] once used the [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to do so, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'') and [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] did so herself when reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') [[Vortex manipulator]]s used by [[Time Agent]]s were capable of cancelling the effect. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Month 25 (audio story)|Month 25]]'') | ||
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[[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] once speculated that the [[Fifth Doctor]] was unaffected by the Limitation Effect when he met his previous incarnations in the [[Tower of Rassilon]] on [[Gallifrey]] due to them having different bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (novel)|Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]'') | [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] once speculated that the [[Fifth Doctor]] was unaffected by the Limitation Effect when he met his previous incarnations in the [[Tower of Rassilon]] on [[Gallifrey]] due to them having different bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (novel)|Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]'') | ||
When [[Rassilon]] subconsciously directed the [[Eighth Doctor]] to visit his seven predecessors to cure his current [[amnesia]], whenever the Eighth Doctor first met his past selves, it triggered a moment of temporal stasis, freezing everything but the two Doctors so that they could talk and take action without anyone else being aware of it. As a result, the First and Second Doctors were able to talk with the Eighth Doctor without anyone else knowing that the future Doctor was present, and the Eighth was able to rescue the Sixth from [[The Valeyard]]'s attempt to execute him, as well as the Eighth Doctor having a few moments to talk with his third, fourth, fifth and seventh selves to plan their next move before time started again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') | When [[Rassilon]] subconsciously directed the [[Eighth Doctor]] to visit his seven predecessors to cure his current [[amnesia]], whenever the Eighth Doctor first met his past selves, it triggered a moment of temporal stasis, freezing everything but the two Doctors so that they could talk and take action without anyone else being aware of it. As a result, the First and Second Doctors were able to talk with the Eighth Doctor without anyone else knowing that the future Doctor was present, and the Eighth was able to rescue the Sixth from [[The Valeyard]]'s attempt to execute him, as well as the Eighth Doctor having a few moments to talk with his third, fourth, fifth and seventh selves to plan their next move before time started again. | ||
During the Eighth Doctor's journey to cure his amnesia, the [[Fifth Doctor]] told his companions that the interaction of his past selves would mean Gallifrey's resources would be put to work to repair the damage caused. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') | |||
However, when the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Twelfth Doctor]] accidentally touched hands during an encounter in [[Paris]] in [[1923]], both received a painful shock from what the nearby [[Eleventh Doctor]] identified as the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. This incident confirmed to the other two Doctors that the Twelfth Doctor was one of them. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') | However, when the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Twelfth Doctor]] accidentally touched hands during an encounter in [[Paris]] in [[1923]], both received a painful shock from what the nearby [[Eleventh Doctor]] identified as the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. This incident confirmed to the other two Doctors that the Twelfth Doctor was one of them. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') | ||
A Time Lord device called the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect limiter]] existed. It limited the effects of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect, allowing one to safely interact with one's past selves. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth incarnations of [[Drax]] conned the [[Fourth Doctor]] into stealing the limiter, which was what allowed them to cooperate on this scheme in the first place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]'') | A Time Lord device called the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect limiter]] existed. It limited the effects of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect, allowing one to safely interact with one's past selves. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth incarnations of the [[renegade Time Lord]] [[Drax]] conned the [[Fourth Doctor]] into stealing the limiter, which was what allowed them to cooperate on this scheme in the first place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]'') | ||
[[The Master]] and his female counterpart, [[The Master#As Missy|Missy]], were able to come into contact with one another without triggering the Limitation Effect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | [[The Master]] and his female counterpart, [[The Master#As Missy|Missy]], were able to come into contact with one another without triggering the Limitation Effect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
