Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey: Difference between revisions

[[The Doctor]] began using "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey" and variations with greater frequency following his [[regeneration]] into the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', [[TV]]:'' [[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') The term lent itself to two other devices during this incarnation: the [[wibbly lever]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'') and the [[timey-wimey distress beacon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'') [[Amy Pond]] also used the term when she found that she and the Doctor would travel back in time to [[Smyslov 3]] and make an enemy of [[Tanik]], who was blaming them for actions which they had yet to commit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wish You Were Here (WEB short story)|Wish You Were Here]]'') She used the term again while the Doctor attempted to explain why the [[TARDIS matrix]] was unable to talk while inhabiting [[the TARDIS]] once more. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')

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]]'') [[Santa Claus]] mocked the Doctor for his simplification of scientific principles claming the Doctor would explain the situation as "dreamy weamy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'').