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The '''Web of Time''' or '''Spiral Politic''', also called the '''Kaliyuga''', was the orderly structure of [[time]], built and maintained by the [[Time Lord]]s. It was [[Gallifrey]]'s [[noosphere]], which allowed the Time Lords to map out history and ensure it's stability. | The '''Web of Time''' or '''Spiral Politic''', also called the '''Kaliyuga''', was the orderly structure of [[time]], built and maintained by the [[Time Lord]]s. It was [[Gallifrey]]'s [[noosphere]], which allowed the Time Lords to map out history and ensure it's stability. | ||
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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]]'') | ||
[[Homeworlder]]s were directly linked to their noosphere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] told [[Rose Tyler]] after she had taken in the [[Time Vortex]] into herself he could see all that was and all that could ever be, and it was maddening. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | [[Homeworlder]]s were directly linked to their noosphere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] told [[Rose Tyler]] after she had taken in the [[Time Vortex]] into herself he could see all that was and all that could ever be, and it was maddening. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] explained to [[Donna Noble]] that only Time Lords could tell the difference between [[fixed points in time]] and events that were in flux. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') The structure of the universe, this "web of space and time", was in constant flux as "an ocean" of shifting possibilities, only frozen into certainty through a Time Lord's direct touch or intervention. 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 only Time Lords could tell the difference between [[fixed points in time]] and events that were in flux. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') The structure of the universe, this "web of space and time", was in constant flux as "an ocean" of shifting possibilities, only frozen into certainty through a Time Lord's direct touch or intervention. It was for this reason that the Time Lords established their [[non-interference policy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
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