Rose + Doctor 10.5 - There was reportedly a single scene filmed where Rose and the human Doctor are shopping in their version of London, presumably when 10.5 feels the other one regenerate. Rose is referred to as 'Rose Smith' on the call sheet, implying that at some point she married her Doctor, though we never see the wedding, and the marriage itself may not even be mentioned. Status = Vaguely Trueish
Sarah Jane + Some Guy - According to the official BBC press release, the next season of SJA will feature The Judoon, a guest appearence from The Doctor, and an episode where Sarah Jane gets married. At no point is it stated whether any of these events overlap, though we should at least see the wedding (or the beginning of the wedding, at least). Status = True
Martha + Micky - As previously noted, a deliberate rumor circulated by fans to bait the tabloids. Status = Pulled out of ass
Total Score = 1.7 out of 3 Over 50%, which is Pulitzer Prize reporting for a tabloid.
Where on Earth will the tabloids get their 3rd-hand-wild-speculation-passes-off-as-insider-information, now that Outpost Gallifrey are shutting their doors for good on July 31st?
Yeah, that Martha rumor seems borne particularly out of a group-think bit of "what, huh, what do you mean?" race stupidity.
I don't follow the ins and outs of BBC and I'm still, uh, waiting to START my Torchwood love when I have a few extra hours to start the series, but the thought of the adorable Agyeman being on ANYONE's shitlist bums me out.
Here's a simple and, for a change, biological rather than technological, argument why time travel to the past is either (a) not possible, or (b) possible but you can't enact certain changes no matter how hard you try, or (c) your arrival in the past creates an entirely new timeline.
If you were to travel back in time and father a child with your mother, the resulting baby should have half of your genetic material and half of your mother's genetic material. But how can you have only half of your own full genetic material and still be yourself?
So, either time travel to the past is not possible, or you couldn't be your own father no matter how hard you tried, or the resulting baby would not be you, but someone else.
Simple logic, based on biological facts. Who would think that biology could impact time travel?
(For the record, I am not the person who came up with this argument in the first place. I read it in a book several years ago, but I can't remember the title nor the author at the moment)
@cadrina: Luke and Leia was an after the fact kiss. You didn't know they were twins until the third film, so to get the full ick factor, you have to go back and watch it.
how about that episode of Futurama when Fry bones his own grandmother, thus making himself his own grandfather. Its a pretty funny episode, "roswell that ends well"
@tnmnsquare: Hooray for past nastification! His paradox makes him lack the delta brain wave, which is normally emitted by all animals and some plants. Fry, on the other hand, tries to eat a pineapple off a string.
@Kevin Jones: Ditto. Mebbe the article should be 7 reasons not to meet your ancestors.
Didn't Bashir on DS9 meet his (great) grandmother on Trials and Tribbulations? And he was trying to convince Chief O'Brien that he could be his own (great) grandfather.
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Status = Vaguely Trueish
Sarah Jane + Some Guy - According to the official BBC press release, the next season of SJA will feature The Judoon, a guest appearence from The Doctor, and an episode where Sarah Jane gets married. At no point is it stated whether any of these events overlap, though we should at least see the wedding (or the beginning of the wedding, at least).
Status = True
Martha + Micky - As previously noted, a deliberate rumor circulated by fans to bait the tabloids.
Status = Pulled out of ass
Total Score = 1.7 out of 3
Over 50%, which is Pulitzer Prize reporting for a tabloid.
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Ahh... apparently io9 no likey the hyphens.
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I don't follow the ins and outs of BBC and I'm still, uh, waiting to START my Torchwood love when I have a few extra hours to start the series, but the thought of the adorable Agyeman being on ANYONE's shitlist bums me out.
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I dunno, I just wish to see more Martha.
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*eyes rolling into back of head*
*head nodding in idiotic fashion*
*tongue hanging out*
*other physical signals of intense sarcasm that can't be seen on the internet*
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Not a funeral, just a regeneration.
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If you were to travel back in time and father a child with your mother, the resulting baby should have half of your genetic material and half of your mother's genetic material. But how can you have only half of your own full genetic material and still be yourself?
So, either time travel to the past is not possible, or you couldn't be your own father no matter how hard you tried, or the resulting baby would not be you, but someone else.
Simple logic, based on biological facts. Who would think that biology could impact time travel?
(For the record, I am not the person who came up with this argument in the first place. I read it in a book several years ago, but I can't remember the title nor the author at the moment)
04/27/09
Your point stands with a single timeline, but in multiple timelines, if you have a child with your mother, then your child is not you, but that's ok.
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Funny ass episode. This was actually the first thing I thought of when I read the title. So much for Oedipus I guess.
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Roswell was a great ep. It won an Emmy, I think.
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Didn't Bashir on DS9 meet his (great) grandmother on Trials and Tribbulations? And he was trying to convince Chief O'Brien that he could be his own (great) grandfather.
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And can someone tell me WHY I have so much trouble logging in?????
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Password - LOL
As to cookies, I clear those regularly.
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It also has the benefit of being a legit reason to avoid meeting (or meating) yourself in the past, where LoM clearly isn't.
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That darn BBC dramatization will always stick with me because of
a.) the completely batshit costumes the players wore, and
b.) the fact that everyone called him Ooeeeeeeeedipusssssssss.....
04/26/09
OMG ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT MY THEATRE GEEK FRIENDS AND I HAVE REFFERED TO AS "THE DRAMATIC TEAPOT" VERSION?
Tireseus: "You killed your father and married your mother."
Oeddy: .."nooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!!!!!!!!!!"
I swear, they read their lines like they were pretending to be ghosts.
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