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minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoGenerally speaking, I would say that Doctor Who is more about whimsy than fact.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThough quantum mechanics come awfully damn close to “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.”
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoAs the Doctor said, the chance wasn’t zero. In infinite quantum realities, it might happen. Eventually.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNew Who would let it actually happen when nobody was looking… then have the Doctor lament that without the ball, he’s just bored.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIn a later scene, the companion would ask about the ball, and the Doctor would make an off-hand quip about it actually having passed through the wall, but they don’t believe it.
Generally speaking, I would say that Doctor Who is more about whimsy than fact.
SCIENTIFIC whimsy!
Though quantum mechanics come awfully damn close to “wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.”
As the Doctor said, the chance wasn’t zero. In infinite quantum realities, it might happen. Eventually.
New Who would let it actually happen when nobody was looking… then have the Doctor lament that without the ball, he’s just bored.
In a later scene, the companion would ask about the ball, and the Doctor would make an off-hand quip about it actually having passed through the wall, but they don’t believe it.