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It '''does '''prove she had to wait for a later version of the Doctor but it '''doesn't '''prove she wasn't around in the 70s/80s. She could have been around but waiting. Whoever programmed her to kill the Doctor would '''need '''(not just want) to ensure that that part of her programming didn't become active until she encountered him late enough in his timeline to avoid preventing her own birth. Knowing that she couldn't kill him until then, it would be sensible to program her to keep away from him. If she'd made contact earlier, there are two major dangers: 1. he might learn enough to become suspicious of her and take action to frustrate the plan to kill him, or 2. her programmed imperative to kill him might get activated too early and create a temporal paradox. If it occurred to them that contact with the Doctor might counteract her programming (as it did), that would be another reason for them to want to keep her away from him until the last moment. However, none of those would be a reason to stop her being around and making preparations, such as locating her parents and befriending them -- and, rather importantly, getting them together so that they'd become her parents. --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.28.193|2.96.28.193]] 00:05, September 5, 2011 (UTC) | It '''does '''prove she had to wait for a later version of the Doctor but it '''doesn't '''prove she wasn't around in the 70s/80s. She could have been around but waiting. Whoever programmed her to kill the Doctor would '''need '''(not just want) to ensure that that part of her programming didn't become active until she encountered him late enough in his timeline to avoid preventing her own birth. Knowing that she couldn't kill him until then, it would be sensible to program her to keep away from him. If she'd made contact earlier, there are two major dangers: 1. he might learn enough to become suspicious of her and take action to frustrate the plan to kill him, or 2. her programmed imperative to kill him might get activated too early and create a temporal paradox. If it occurred to them that contact with the Doctor might counteract her programming (as it did), that would be another reason for them to want to keep her away from him until the last moment. However, none of those would be a reason to stop her being around and making preparations, such as locating her parents and befriending them -- and, rather importantly, getting them together so that they'd become her parents. --[[Special:Contributions/2.96.28.193|2.96.28.193]] 00:05, September 5, 2011 (UTC) | ||
Well, the question as to whether or not she was around in the 70s is alwready being discussed on another page, so let's not bring that here. As for avoiding him before ''A Good Man Goes To War'', I agree, but they still could have introduced the character before ''Let's Kill Hitler''. Either she had no way of knowing he'd show up so would accidently run into him and just act like a normal human being (or as normal as Mels ever acted) or they could have included a scene with Mels with Amy and Rory, but without the Doctor. Alternatively, they could have introduced Mels in ''Let's Kill Hitler'', but given us a few more episodes before she regenerated.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] 02:57, September 5, 2011 (UTC) | |||
