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Subject: Re: May or May Not
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:54:53 +1200
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On 2025-04-27 20:49:53 +0000, Theory11 said:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:38:54 +0000, solar penguin wrote:
>> 
>> If something bad is going to happen to the Earth on 24th May 2025,
>> why didn’t it happen in the 73 Yards timeline? Or, more importantly,
>> when the Doctor spent the year at that hotel?
>> 
>> Has history changed since then? If so, did it happen offscreen between
>> the Christmas special and The Robot Revolution? Or is it a side
>> effect of the timey-wimey stuff surrounding the Miss Belinda Chandra
>> star certificate?
> 
> It seems like timey-wimey is a great way of explaining away poor
> writing. Or maybe more accurately, a way of not having to fill in the
> gaps with illogical plotting.
> 
>> Or am I just overthinking everything again?
> 
> I often think Russell T Davies overthinks things. When you stop and
> think about a lot of what he writes it doesn't always add up properly.
> When he has a big idea the actual details seem to be minor irrelevances.

The same can be said for pretty much every time travel story ever 
written. They simply never make sense if you apply a tiny bit of 
thought.