I've always felt it had to do with the way the Doctor sees Time. In 'Fires of Pompeii' he mentions he sees the could be, can't be, must be etc. Which, to me, implies some kind of sense meant to see/feel/read time. He recognises fixed events eg. Pompeii.
But that brings us to Jack.
Here he is. A fixed point that was never meant to be. In the flow (ball?) of time in the universe there's suddenly a new fixed point in time. I imagine for someone who 'senses' time, that's going to stand out and 'feel' wrong.
So at a guess, Time Lords seem to know not to change fixed points (Ok, I might be pretending a lot of S5/6, didn't happen here). Make sure they happen as they need to maybe but certainly don't stop them. There was probably training involved in recognising what a fixed point 'felt' like and what it mean if one was in danger.
I doubt there was training over what to do if a new fixed point was put into the universe, a human turned into one at that, you were about to regenerate and it felt very wrong. I can imagine the Doctor would run from that. The TARDIS, given her relationship with time probably had a very strong reaction to his creation as a fixed point as well.
I assume having had time to adjust, understand and accept the new fixed point and it's (his) place in the universe allowed the Doctor to get over some of his issues. Especially when they bonded a bit again, over their losses and lives. The things they went through with the Master etc.
Well, it makes sense to me....
Also, let's consider that this fixed point, is only fixed in the fact it must be in the universe. Given he jumps around time and space a bit, must be an odd fixed point. One minute it's on Earth and then suddenly it's 1000 years in the future at the other end of the galaxy ;)
But that brings us to Jack.
Here he is. A fixed point that was never meant to be. In the flow (ball?) of time in the universe there's suddenly a new fixed point in time. I imagine for someone who 'senses' time, that's going to stand out and 'feel' wrong.
So at a guess, Time Lords seem to know not to change fixed points (Ok, I might be pretending a lot of S5/6, didn't happen here). Make sure they happen as they need to maybe but certainly don't stop them. There was probably training involved in recognising what a fixed point 'felt' like and what it mean if one was in danger.
I doubt there was training over what to do if a new fixed point was put into the universe, a human turned into one at that, you were about to regenerate and it felt very wrong. I can imagine the Doctor would run from that. The TARDIS, given her relationship with time probably had a very strong reaction to his creation as a fixed point as well.
I assume having had time to adjust, understand and accept the new fixed point and it's (his) place in the universe allowed the Doctor to get over some of his issues. Especially when they bonded a bit again, over their losses and lives. The things they went through with the Master etc.
Well, it makes sense to me....
Also, let's consider that this fixed point, is only fixed in the fact it must be in the universe. Given he jumps around time and space a bit, must be an odd fixed point. One minute it's on Earth and then suddenly it's 1000 years in the future at the other end of the galaxy ;)
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