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According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], time tracks were to [[time]] what parallel [[dimension]]s were to [[spacetime]], running side by side like grooves on a record. Travel along the groove and time progressed or regressed in a linear fashion, but skipping a groove meant the distance travelled increased or decreased exponentially. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'') [[Compassion]] considered the record analogy - and by extension the term "skipping a time track" - to be overly simplistic explanations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'') | According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], time tracks were to [[time]] what parallel [[dimension]]s were to [[spacetime]], running side by side like grooves on a record. Travel along the groove and time progressed or regressed in a linear fashion, but skipping a groove meant the distance travelled increased or decreased exponentially. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aquitaine (audio story)|Aquitaine]]'') [[Compassion]] considered the record analogy - and by extension the term "skipping a time track" - to be overly simplistic explanations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'') | ||
According to Susan Foreman, a time traveller had to be careful when travelling through time lest they jump a time track and wind up in one of their unfulfilled potential futures, unable to properly synchronise with their intended destination. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'') | |||
== Physics == | == Physics == | ||
