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Warning : This clause includes MAJOR SPOILERS for Doctor Who season 15 , episode 1 , " The Robot Revolution . "
doc Who ’s season 15 premiere enacts an sure-enough Time Lord rule that ’s harbour to watch but creates a secret plan hole in a 15 - year - erstwhile Matt Smith episode . After Ncuti Gatwa ’s entertaining debut season , buff new and older have waited to see what would come next in the time traveling TV show . Ruby Sunday has temporarily stepped by to spend time with her family after theending ofDoctor Whoseason 14 , so the Doctor is taking on a Modern companion constitute Belinda Chandra .
Doctor Whobrings the Doctor and Belinda togetherin a companion - centric first appearance episode . Years after Belinda ’s controlling ex - boyfriend gifts her a whiz , robot forcefully wreak her to the satellite orbiting the star to be the king . They want her to marry a bot list the “ Al Generator . ” However , the medico help her get out of the situation in a way that involves an old time travel principle fromClassic Who . alas , by going this path , they created a game hole in an episode that came out 15 years ago .
Belinda Sets Off The Blinovitch Limitation Effect In The Doctor Who Season 15 Premiere
The Blinovitch Limitation Effect Goes All The Way Back To The Third Doctor
ahead of time in the premiere , Belinda and the Doctor discuss the Blinovitch Limitation Effect , a rule first inaugurate by the Third Doctor , without stating its name . Belinda say , “ I ’ve seen films . When you get two versions of the same matter crossing over in clip , do n’t they explode ? ” The Doctor respond , “ Yes , yes . If you get the same atoms in the same infinite twice , the Laws of Time say no . ” The principle of time specifically say that when two things made of the same atoms come into close proximity or directly touch , they will “ short out the time differential ” or “ go zap . ”
Doctor Who ’s Disney earned run average has made a habit of quite distinctly breaking the fourth rampart , but one example of this in time of year 15 ’s opener is well-situated to omit .
Later in the episode , she and the Doctor intentionally decide to set it off , usingthe star security that the automaton had obtainedand the one Belinda owned , to prevent Alan from continuing to hurt the people on the planet MissBelindaChandra 1 that orbits the whizz MissBelindaChandra . When the certificates touch , the Blinovitch Limitation Effect went into effect , causing a boom . Luckily , the Doctor was able-bodied to keep open Belinda because Time Lords can sometimes dampen the force . Though , as show in “ The Robot Revolution , ” the Blinovitch Limitation Effect can still cause pain sensation for them .
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The Same Thing Happened In “A Christmas Carol” Without Any Consequences
The Plot Hole In “A Christmas Carol” Is More Noticable After “The Robot Revolution”
Although it was decent to see the show enacting the Blinovitch Limitation Effect again , it regrettably creates a major plot of land hole for the Matt SmithDoctor WhoChristmas special“A Christmas Carol , ” which came out 15 year ago . episode where the Doctor comes into contact with other variation of themselves can perhaps be write off by the fact that they ’re all Time Lords . The same goes for Missy and the Saxon Master coming into contact in “ The Doctor Falls . ” However , in “ A Christmas Carol , ” the Doctor taste to teach Kazran Sardick a example by showing him his past , present , and time to come .
After Doctor Who season 15 , sequence 1 , a unexampled theory arises : Mrs. Flood has on the QT been picking the medico ’s companions since the start .
At the conclusion of the sequence , Young Kazran and Old Kazran come into direct contact with each other , rather than just existing in close propinquity . Old Kazran nearly hits Young Kazran , like his father did to him , but he stop over himself . He then embraces his young ego while crying . Oddly , all of this happen without any boom . They ’ve never explained why this episode had zero explosions or time paradox .
While this was already on the minds of some Whovians , like myself , the Doctor Who season 15 premiere brings the Blinovitch Limitation Effect to the vanguard of conversation again . Unless he ’s on the Q.T. a Time Lord , which seems highly unconvincing , Kazran should n’t have been able to bosom himself without significant consequences , like an explosion . It ca n’t really get leave out anymore that “ A Christmas Carol ” has a a glaring plot of ground gob .
The Inconsistency Is A Reminder That Doctor Who Plays Fast And Loose With The Rules Of Time Travel
The Rules Of Time Travel Are Pretty Flexible In Doctor Who
The fact that direct contact of the same object or person make a boom in “ The Robot Revolution ” but not “ A Christmas Carol ” is just the most recent reminder thatDoctor Who does n’t employ the rules of meter travel as , and they frequently rewrite the rules altogether . The First Doctor suppose in “ The Aztecs ” that you ca n’t rewrite history , yet the Doctor and their familiar constantly rewrite the past . One of the most hilarious example is “ mavity , ” but it also befall in episodes like “ The Pyramids of Mars . ” Sometimes , when events change , time traveler keep their memory , while at other time , they lose them .
It ’s best not to focalize on the principle of time change of location in Doctor Who because they ’re maddeningly discrepant . That ’s jump to occur on a show that has lasted 60 year .
The Third Doctor precede the Blinovitch Limitation Effect in " twenty-four hour period of the Daleks , " and the Fifth Doctor defined it in “ Mawdryn Undead . ” Meanwhile , the show picks and chooses which situations cause it . Time Lords can sometimes weaken the effects of clip paradox and the Blinovitch Limitation Effect , but then those things are used as an apology as to why the Doctor does n’t go back in time to change thing . Doctor of the Church Who introduced cook point to help the issue , but there are n’t any principle that viewers can follow to estimate out what ’s a fixed point and what ’s malleable .
Ultimately , it ’s good not to focus on the dominion of time travel in Doctor Who because they ’re maddeningly discrepant . That ’s bound to happen on a show that has live on 60 years . alternatively , Whovians can find solace at the confusion by focusing on this quotation from the Tenth Doctor : “ People assume that metre is a strict forward motion of drive to effect , but in reality , from a nonlinear , non - subjective viewpoint , it ’s more like a big ball of wibbly - wobbly , timey - wimey … stuff . ”
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