In article <MPG.42f3e7b0f1b65305989786@news.eternal-september.org>,
Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <106d83u$1hm$6@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

In article <xn0p8wsxesgx68z001@news.eternal-september.org>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

Verily, in article <106bkv8$2tqdb$3@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:

This entire load of stupid nonsense was first introduced in
Father's Day. Have you not seen it?

I've seen it, but not in a long time. I'd forgotten it until
you mentioned it, but I looked it up and it's coming back.

I recall liking that one at the time. The fixed points were
quite a thing to toss so casually into canon, and I didn't
love the implications of Rose reaching into the Doctor's
pocket, but overall I enjoyed it.

Casually tossing things in to 'canon' seems to be something
the show has done quite a lot since it returned in 2005.

The Doctor's "I'm the oldest thing in this church" speech
was good.

The Ninth Doctor had some great lines!

One wonders how those points are fixed, and why. Is this
natural law, or were they fixed by someone--perhaps the
Guardians? They might have such power.

RTD brought in the idea of "fixed points" as a way to show the
limits of time travel... Steven Moffat then made fixed points
the main plot drivers behind some of his bigger storylines. So
basically, fixed points are just plot devices to be used as part
of a narrative... and ignored if/when a different narrative suits
the occasion!

What about the retconning of the Time Wars in Day of the Doctor?

I think I would have preferred it if they'd left the Time War in place.
It was a good way to distinguish the two different eras. I also
understand why thought they thought the show would benefit from other
Time Lords and occasional dalek appearances, so I get why they undid it.

It was a bit of a cheat to inform us suddenly that a small object could
get out, when they'd previously said nothing could. I would have
preferred a solution that played fair, but I got over it.

What do you think of the Time War? Would you have liked it to stay in
place?

IHO, The Time Wars , like the Timeless child, should never happen.

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