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::Technically the Fourth Doctor just claimed he did that, there's no proof he did it though as we never actually see him doing it. | ::Technically the Fourth Doctor just claimed he did that, there's no proof he did it though as we never actually see him doing it. | ||
*Why did the TARDIS come back when it did? The danger had not yet been averted. And the line "a time machine would know", then why didn't it come back immediately after he sped up the countdown? | *Why did the TARDIS come back when it did? The danger had not yet been averted. And the line "a time machine would know", then why didn't it come back immediately after he sped up the countdown? | ||
::After a rewatch of the scene I think I better understand it. The Doctor specifically says "But, if he runs out of time, then the hostile action ends and a time machine would know!" What the Doctor means by this is a time machine would know if he runs out of time since it can see into the future. The TARDIS already knew the threat would be defeated and thus showed up before the actual threat was averted. Why it didn't come back as soon as the Doctor sped up the countdown could be due to a number of things. First thing that comes to mind though is the fact that when the Doctor sped it up, there had still been 2 possible futures, one where the Non-Things make it to the button and stop the self-destruct and one where they don't. The TARDIS just needed some extra time to see which future was playing out. As soon as it realized the one where they lose was playing out, it returned. Could also possibly be due to the fact that the TARDIS isn't the greatest with timing perhaps it set off as soon as the Doctor pressed the button but landed a little later than it meant to. | ::After a rewatch of the scene I think I better understand it. The Doctor specifically says "But, if he runs out of time, then the hostile action ends and a time machine would know!" What the Doctor means by this is a time machine would know if he runs out of time since it can see into the future. The TARDIS already knew the threat would be defeated and thus showed up before the actual threat was averted. Why it didn't come back as soon as the Doctor sped up the countdown could be due to a number of things. First thing that comes to mind though is the fact that when the Doctor sped it up, there had still been 2 possible futures, one where the Non-Things make it to the button and stop the self-destruct and one where they don't. The TARDIS just needed some extra time to see which future was playing out. As soon as it realized the one where they lose was playing out, it returned. It's also possible that the TARDIS saw that the Doctor and Donna had to stay after the button was pressed in order to slow the Non-Things down and not reach the button and as soon as there roles were played, it returned. Could also possibly be due to the fact that the TARDIS isn't the greatest with timing perhaps it set off as soon as the Doctor pressed the button but landed a little later than it meant to. | ||
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