Wibbly-wobbly fixty-wixty pointy-wointies
The assumptions built into the recent Doctor Who stories, and the emotional buildups followed by the goofy hack resolutions, continue to annoy me.
There's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor being observed to die... ooh, the angst... then it turns out that the paradox can be resolved by a look-alike.
There's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor and TARDIS being unable to visit New York at such-and-such a date to see Amy and Rory... ooh, the angst... but they blithely skip past the possibility of him traveling to some other city, waiting a bit, and taking a train.
Now there's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor visiting his own grave. Ooh, the angst. But his body's not even there, and he may well have died... well, pretty well anywhere, really, then moved, and we have no idea of the date when he visited it let alone when it was constructed, so what's the big deal? If there's a Big Rule of Time Travel that you should never visit your own grave, then you should opt for cremation, ideally in a sun.
This running gag of Clara being "The Impossible Girl" was just silly. In this context, as in so many others, "impossible" merely means "I haven't figured out the trick yet." Considering how many times the universe has been rebooted with the guiding influence of someone associated with the Doctor, "impossible" is a word that he shouldn't be using. (By now, he should also be avoiding the phrase "I promise", especially in a sentence like "I promise that you'll be safe" or "I promise I'll protect you.")
There's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor being observed to die... ooh, the angst... then it turns out that the paradox can be resolved by a look-alike.
There's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor and TARDIS being unable to visit New York at such-and-such a date to see Amy and Rory... ooh, the angst... but they blithely skip past the possibility of him traveling to some other city, waiting a bit, and taking a train.
Now there's a Fixed Point In Time based on the Doctor visiting his own grave. Ooh, the angst. But his body's not even there, and he may well have died... well, pretty well anywhere, really, then moved, and we have no idea of the date when he visited it let alone when it was constructed, so what's the big deal? If there's a Big Rule of Time Travel that you should never visit your own grave, then you should opt for cremation, ideally in a sun.
This running gag of Clara being "The Impossible Girl" was just silly. In this context, as in so many others, "impossible" merely means "I haven't figured out the trick yet." Considering how many times the universe has been rebooted with the guiding influence of someone associated with the Doctor, "impossible" is a word that he shouldn't be using. (By now, he should also be avoiding the phrase "I promise", especially in a sentence like "I promise that you'll be safe" or "I promise I'll protect you.")