Blame the silence? without them pushing the human race for technology as much maybe we fell behind 
So, whether he suspected or not before, after TAP the Doctor now KNOWS...
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On-topic, we should remember that the Doctor knew about his death coming. So really, Amy and Rory could have told him at any point. Don't tell them though, they'll just feel silly.
Originally Posted by sigsig:
“Silly question, but what would happen if a future Doctor went back in time and killed himself? Would the future Doctor just disappear? Or would he just be an anomaly?”
“Silly question, but what would happen if a future Doctor went back in time and killed himself? Would the future Doctor just disappear? Or would he just be an anomaly?”
Turn that around - the Doctor coming forward froman earlier time and dying without his "newer" self being affected.
That could be done - in DW terms - by saying that one of them existed outside of time - or that the Pandorica reboot created an effectively new Doctor (as it did with Rory who was actually dead when he was "taken" by the crack).
Even easier, you could ask what happened to the "dead" Doctor that disappeared from the museum steps in Big Bang - in 1969.
Originally Posted by opcws:
“On-topic, we should remember that the Doctor knew about his death coming. So really, Amy and Rory could have told him at any point. Don't tell them though, they'll just feel silly.”
“On-topic, we should remember that the Doctor knew about his death coming. So really, Amy and Rory could have told him at any point. Don't tell them though, they'll just feel silly.”
Welcome to the forums! There's nothing to suggest that the Doctor knew about his foreshadowed death before now, apart from knowing that something funny was up.
Originally Posted by kalon1701:
“My other half hates it when I start prattling on with all my theories, as soon as the flesh doctor was revealed I immediately thought that it's
but then I started thinking that maybe
I'm not sure if that's classed as a spolier, but I thought I'd err on the side of caution.
”
“My other half hates it when I start prattling on with all my theories, as soon as the flesh doctor was revealed I immediately thought that it's
Spoiler
Spoiler
I'm not sure if that's classed as a spolier, but I thought I'd err on the side of caution.
”
i have thought this for the past week now....its just that line when they meet at the river he says "oh its you....ok im ready"
Originally Posted by johnnysaucepn:
“Welcome to the forums! There's nothing to suggest that the Doctor knew about his foreshadowed death before now, apart from knowing that something funny was up.”
“Welcome to the forums! There's nothing to suggest that the Doctor knew about his foreshadowed death before now, apart from knowing that something funny was up.”
Was that about him or about Amy though? There are lots of moments looking back where he's testing her: 'Amelia Pond, my life in your hands', insisting on her reviving Rory in the pirate ep, etc. Maybe he didn't suspect something was up with him, but just with her (I expect I'm being too simple
)Admittedly he didn't seem shocked by her revelation in the last episode.
Originally Posted by LivingDestiny:
“After reading this 4 times i understand :P Basically if you kill your grandfather, you would have never have been born to kill him and therefore will survive”
“After reading this 4 times i understand :P Basically if you kill your grandfather, you would have never have been born to kill him and therefore will survive”
That's the problem. Kalon, I think, was proposing a solution.
Think of it this way. If you built a time machine tomorrow, and go back to yesterday to write a note and leave it for yourself, that note will be there today. If you wrote that note, you wrote it yesterday.
If thirty years from now you travel back in time to today, you're already out there today.
At every junction is an infinite number of choices you can make, but only one you will make. History is the tapestry of the choices we did make, and the choices we will make.
Originally Posted by johnnysaucepn:
“Welcome to the forums! There's nothing to suggest that the Doctor knew about his foreshadowed death before now, apart from knowing that something funny was up.”
“Welcome to the forums! There's nothing to suggest that the Doctor knew about his foreshadowed death before now, apart from knowing that something funny was up.”
Thanks very much!
I'd better clarify - the Doctor who was killed (which is the Doctor I was referring to, sorry for the lack of clarity there) knew that he was about to die ("It's alright, I know why you're here"). Therefore, the established chain of events dictates that he must find out before then, but theoretically that could happen at any point - Amy, Rory, River or anyone else telling him wouldn't have changed it.
Although, I suppose, events could have changed if he'd known earlier. So never mind.
Nice way to start, isn't it - attempt to show up the TARDIS crew in my first post, and completely dismantle my own theory with a single sentence in my second. Start as you mean to go on...
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