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== Nature == | == Nature == | ||
=== Structure === | === Structure === | ||
The meta-structure of history was made of a number of temporal [[thread]]s, which were not initially dependent upon each other until the [[Great House]]s effected the "anchoring", weaving them together into one whole with [[the Homeworld]] at the centre. The [[machine-heart]] at the centre of the web ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') included the [[Eye of Harmony]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Final Chapter (comic story)|The Final Chapter]]'') which served as "the hitching post of chronology". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') However, when the [[Yssgaroth]] broke through at the moment of the anchoring and wrecked the machine-heart, they created the [[caldera]], a gap in space-time, which became the ''de facto'' "centre of history". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Untempered Schism]] was the heart of the caldera. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tempered (short story)|Tempered]]'') | The meta-structure of history was made of a number of temporal [[thread]]s, which were not initially dependent upon each other until the [[Great House]]s effected the "anchoring", weaving them together into one whole with [[the Homeworld]] at the centre. The [[machine-heart]] at the centre of the web ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') included the [[Eye of Harmony]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Final Chapter (comic story)|The Final Chapter]]'') which served as "the hitching post of chronology". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') However, when the [[Yssgaroth]] broke through at the moment of the anchoring and wrecked the machine-heart, they created the [[caldera]], a gap in space-time, which became the ''de facto'' "centre of history". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Untempered Schism]] was the heart of the caldera. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tempered (short story)|Tempered]]'') In [[the Dragon Scriptures]], the structure of History was said to be "stitched and sewn between stars like a tapestry of gold and bronze". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)}}) | ||
The structure was held together by strategic "node points" in space-time, holding each of the threads in place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They took the form of events with effects so significant that they would cause significant disruption to the Web if changed. This could cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe, killing billions, instantly disappearing major civilisations, and threatening the fabric of the universe itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') If such a [[fixed point in time]] was altered, the whole of Time would "disintegrate": linearity would break down as all of history began to collapse in on itself, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') and the universe itself would ultimately be destroyed, except for realms excised from normal space-time, like the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | The structure was held together by strategic "node points" in space-time, holding each of the threads in place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They took the form of events with effects so significant that they would cause significant disruption to the Web if changed. This could cause disastrous repercussions in every corner of the universe, killing billions, instantly disappearing major civilisations, and threatening the fabric of the universe itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') If such a [[fixed point in time]] was altered, the whole of Time would "disintegrate": linearity would break down as all of history began to collapse in on itself, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') and the universe itself would ultimately be destroyed, except for realms excised from normal space-time, like the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
