Originally Posted by Cookie Crumbler:
“I think, from what has been said in the series, that it is totally the opposite case. The Time War, based on my interpretation of what little information about it that has been drip-fed to us, actually took place outside of time.
Remember, we're dealing with Time Lords, they can do that sort of stuff, and judging by the "emergency temporal shift" from Parting Of The Ways, so can the Daleks now, although the Time Lords vowed never to let the Daleks have time travel technology because the implications for the universe would be catastrophic, so I'm wondering how (and where) they got it.”
The Time War took place inside the Time Vortex itself, the dalek emperor launched a mighty fleet (made up of daleks and the death smiths of goth) into the Vortex and the Time Lords dipped into their own past to assemble their own fleet. (Doctor Who Annual 2006, RTD thing about the doctor). From what i remember the Time Vortex ruptured and changed history with anything it came into contact with. With the lesser races noticing nothing, while the higer races were aware of the chaos.
The Daleks had Time Travel technology, otherwise no Time War. That's probably what the implications for the universe were, the Daleks dethroning the Time Lords and taking their place i.e. they would have control over creation itself. Only the Doctor stopped that from happening. He wiped the Daleks and his own people out.
I have a feeling that RTD does indeed have a master plan of sorts for the Doctor's character.