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:It's conceivable that Davies mispoke when he said Donna's wedding was 2010 (forgetting the year skip) and Planet of the Dead, Children of Earth, SJA Series 3, and The End of Time were actually 2010, making the 2009 newspaper date in CoE a production error like the 2008 Dalek Invasion screen in The Waters of Mars. If it happened once, it can happen again (or rather, earlier). That paper wasn't dialogue, after all. Just one of many possible ways of trying to resolve the mistake that's obviously been made somewhere. Oh, and let's not forget Donna's "2008" in The Fires of Pompeii. So any system is going to render some date in some episode an error. | :It's conceivable that Davies mispoke when he said Donna's wedding was 2010 (forgetting the year skip) and Planet of the Dead, Children of Earth, SJA Series 3, and The End of Time were actually 2010, making the 2009 newspaper date in CoE a production error like the 2008 Dalek Invasion screen in The Waters of Mars. If it happened once, it can happen again (or rather, earlier). That paper wasn't dialogue, after all. Just one of many possible ways of trying to resolve the mistake that's obviously been made somewhere. Oh, and let's not forget Donna's "2008" in The Fires of Pompeii. So any system is going to render some date in some episode an error. | ||
:You frequently bring up Davies' statement that he would tie up everything for Moffat, but it's not hard fact that this applies to the year skip until he outright says so. It may not even have crossed his mind when he said that. Many people thought his statement would mean a permanent return of the Time Lords and end of the Time War mythos, but it didn't. It did apply to loose ends like Queen E. | :You frequently bring up Davies' statement that he would tie up everything for Moffat, but it's not hard fact that this applies to the year skip until he outright says so. It may not even have crossed his mind when he said that. Many people thought his statement would mean a permanent return of the Time Lords and end of the Time War mythos, but it didn't. It did apply to loose ends like Queen E. | ||
:Series 5 could be set in the same year as the specials, because the Doctor's a time traveller. I know there's a dialogue reference to Time nearly ending, but the Doctor's talking about his personal past. Alternatively, while we know he takes van Gogh to 2010 we don't know absolutely that it's Amy's home year, though it seems likely. We'll know more when it airs. | :Series 5 could be set in the same year as the specials, because the Doctor's a time traveller. I know there's a dialogue reference to Time nearly ending, but the Doctor's talking about his personal past. The Dalek Invasion of Earth was "a long time ago" for him in The Stolen Earth, but the 22nd century linearly. Alternatively, while we know he takes van Gogh to 2010 we don't know absolutely that it's Amy's home year, though it seems likely. We'll know more when it airs. | ||
:I'm not saying any particular way of resolving the problem is fact, I'm pointing out we don't know which is. We really need someone to talk to the producers about this. Or an updated Time Traveller's Almanac that resolves it. | :I'm not saying any particular way of resolving the problem is fact, I'm pointing out we don't know which is. We really need someone to talk to the producers about this. Or an updated Time Traveller's Almanac that resolves it. | ||
:This is really frustrating, and I sympathize with you and everyone else who wants to tie it up neatly. I don't want to believe that Davies forgot Rose and Aliens of London weren't in the same year either. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 15:39, February 1, 2010 (UTC) | :This is really frustrating, and I sympathize with you and everyone else who wants to tie it up neatly. I don't want to believe that Davies forgot Rose and Aliens of London weren't in the same year either. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 15:39, February 1, 2010 (UTC) | ||
