Blinovitch Limitation Effect: Difference between revisions

The effect is the energy released when crossing one's own timeline and interacting with a past self (or future self depending on perspective) and the energy thus released by the shorting out of the [[time differential]] between them. It causes memories to be transferred from the past self to the future self. It also causes the person to suffer [[amnesia]] until he completes the interaction from the other side. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') This aspect of the effect, however, does not appear to come into effect when different [[regeneration|incarnations]] of a single [[Time Lord]], such as [[the Doctor]], interact with each other ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', et al.), or when different versions of the same incarnation interact. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Collector (comic strip)|The Collector]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')

The energy released from contact between two versions of a person is enough to overload any surrounding technology. Just by being in the same room, the two versions would create a Blinovitch Limitation field, a crackling blue energy resembling lightning. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'')

The Blinovitch Limitation Effect could sometimes be suppressed, enabling two versions of a being to touch with no ill effects. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') One method of dampening the effect was through the use of a [[sonic screwdriver]]. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'') When the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was reconfigured into a multi-dimensional city, the ship itself contained the energies that would have been released by the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')