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- From: G.M.Suddes@newcastle.ac.uk (Gareth Suddes)
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- Subject: Re: Limits on TARDIS travel (Was Re: The Doctor is...)
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:08:47 GMT
- References: <1992Nov7.191129.20401@yang.earlham.edu> <1992Nov8.225129.4450@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Nov11.212248.28473@tms390.micro.ti.com> <1992Nov18.042404.20655@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> <1992Nov18.195339.26263@dbased.nuo.dec.com>
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- walsh@via.enet.dec.com writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov18.042404.20655@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>, markc@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
- >>>>There's at least one episode contradicting this... in _Castrovalva_, the
- >>>>Master sends the TARDIS back to "Event One, the hydrogen inrush", i.e.,
- >>>>the Big Bang, the start of time. I would assume, if this is the start
- >>>>of the universe, that it is before the Gallifreyans/Time Lords [no, I'm
- >>
- >>This is a common error. The event one described in Castrovalva was not the
- >>Big Bang. It was the creation of the Galaxy from a Hydrogen inrush (well
- >>this is a novel approach to galatic astrophysics). There is a big difference
- >>between the Big Bang and this event of Galaxy formation.
-
- >When was this said in the story? Didn't Nyssa say that they were "headed for
- >the biggest explosion in history"?
-
- Yes, Nyssa did say that but she DID say the creation of the "GALAXY". This is
- probably just a mistake by Christopher H. Bidmead because many people get their
- galaxies/universes mixed up. I've always assumed that they were headed for the
- Big Bang going by the line quoted above, and regarded the "GALAXY" quote as
- the mistake. (Event One does seem to imply the first ever event doesn't it?)
-
- Gareth
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