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Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:02 am

This sort of rampant, unschooled time travel creates paradoxes that destroy the universe. To avoid this, the universe slots the whole mess into a pocket dimension and lets it collapse there, allowing the prime universe to continue on without difficulty. An example of this was most recently seen in the dramatised biography of the Doctor, in which his companion, Rose, accidently caused such a paradox and locked herself in a collapsing sub-dimension.

What does this mean? Anyone who's time travelled in this thread is dead after spending a few hours of abject terror being pursued by monsters from the time vortex. What we have left are alternate versions created to keep the prime universe's continuity intact.

Basically, everyone here is all talk and no action, coz as soon as that changes, they're reaper-fodder.

Nyah.

- Joel Fagin

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:11 am

Well, in reality, any attempts to alter the future will only result in assuring it. Or you'll simply fail. The universe doesn't need monsters our divergent dimensions, because you can't change what's already happened, and whether you're aware or not, your time travel has already been accounted for before you went back in time.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:31 am

yeahduff wrote:Well, in reality, any attempts to alter the future will only result in assuring it. Or you'll simply fail. The universe doesn't need monsters our divergent dimensions, because you can't change what's already happened, and whether you're aware or not, your time travel has already been accounted for before you went back in time.

That's can't be right. That's no fun at all. Anyway, Doctor Who says otherwise.

- Joel Fagin

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:41 am

Oh, it's lots of fun. Er, even if it often ends in tragedy. And might I add that this theory is supported by Terry Gilliam?

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:59 am

yeahduff wrote:And might I add that this theory is supported by Terry Gilliam?

Oh, so it is wrong.

- Joel Fagin

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:47 am

yeahduff wrote:*watches Lego hit North over the head with a time machine while he's busy "victory dancing"*

Ah, very nice bit of science-fiction, Sir Yeahduff. I enjoyed it immensely.

*continues doing a concussion-free victory dance*

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:38 am

Hey guys, Jim just mumbled something about science fiction. I think he's finally coming to.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:27 pm

I think someone needs to check Sir Yeahduff's hearing aid.

*gets a bit tired of the victory dance, switches to the Neutron Dance!*

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:04 am

And now he's twitching in a most unattractive manner.

Meh.

*hit's Jim over the head with a time machine*

That was freaking me the hell out.