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Subject: Re: May or May Not
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:49:53 +0000
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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.

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