Mystery of the Hypothetical Gentleman

[superboyprime]

Just last month, IDW launched a new volume of their Doctor Who ongoing. And this time, right out of the gate, they've established an intriguing long term mystery for the series.

























Amy smashes the quantum resonator to get rid of the entity. Blunt, but effective.

Comments

[icon_uk]

Given that it wasn't a certainty that she would end up in the same time or place, since these Angels were presumably not limited to the "Same Angel = Same destination" implied in Blink I can sort of forgive him that one.

But then, the whole scene makes little sense since the "fixed point in time"/"I'll never be able to see you again" waffle was even woolier than usual

[kamino_neko]

Thing is, he could have seen them again.

'Right, then. Hey, River, stay here with the Tardis, I'll see you in a bit. Oi! Angel! Over here!' *Poof*

*5 minutes later*

'Ah, River, been a long time.' 'It was five minutes, Sweetie.' 'For you. For me, it was, ah...*counts* 50 years? No, 60. Anyway. Had a lovely time with Amy and Rory. They adopted the cutest little boy. We should do that sometime...' *climbs into the Tardis, leaving River exasperated*

Conversely...he could borrow River's Vortex Manipulator, since it apparently doesn't have any issues with the time mess that's keeping the Tardis out.

For Rory's dad (and Amy's parents, presumably), and their human friends? Sad, sad, sad. For the Doctor (and River)...not so much.

[icon_uk]

The Vortex Manipulator allowed her to get past the disruptions in time that all the Angels congregated in New York was causing, and which mean the TARDIS can't

That's different from the reason that the Doctor couldn't visit them again... or something.

[dr_archeville]

Or gone back to a year before the Angels started popping up, and just wait for Amy & Rory to appear.

Or pop back to that time, but in a different place. Take a plane/train/whatever to get to NY, pick up the Ponds, then get back to the TARDIS.

There is, however, one thing I can think of that allows their predicament to make any sense: Rory killed himself b/c the Angels would always keep coming after him. The Doctor couldn't get the Ponds out b/c the angels would come after them no matter where & when they were. (Which... is also terribly wonky.)

[avantre]

Living in one place for 50-60 years is probably the one thing the Doctor (especially this one) couldn't do - remember the earlier episode with the dream of the Ponds living a quiet married life in a small village; the Doctor was twitching from boredom within a few minutes.

[kamino_neko]

That was stuck in a small sleepy (or so it seemed at the time) village.

50 or 60 years of wandering around Earth may be a smaller universe than he's used to, but it's still the planet where 90% of the weirdness on the show happens, and the time period where a good 75% of that happens.

Just the challenge of trying to avoid crossing his own path, and messing with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart when that becomes an option, should be plenty of entertainment. (Maybe 'borrowing' his TARDIS during some of the adventures in the 60s, 70s and 80s if he still manages to get bored. 'You're stealing the TARDIS?' 'BORROWING!' 'I'm sure that's what you said the first time you stole it.' 'Well, yes, but still, I know I bring it back this time, don't I?' 'This is a fixed point in time?' '... Yes.' 'Doctor?' '... Well, maybe.' '... Doctor.' '... Well, no, but just come on, there were Daleks this time, and they were REALLY angry.')