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"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."

—Huckleberry Finn intro ^[1]

"Hughes' Zeroth Law of Geekhood states: "Never put more effort into analysing a creative work than its creator(s) put into creating it."

—Sam Hughes, Futurama timeline; contrast Moff's Law

There are three ways of dealing with time travel in Doctor Who (you might want to print this out for future use.)
1. Look, it's just a story, time travel is completely impossible, the whole thing's a farrago of lies, ooh, look at those monsters.
2. Time can only sometimes be rewritten, and the Doctor has a vast and terrible Time Brain that allows him to see when events can be altered and when they are fixed, but for us mere mortals, such insight would turn our brains to soup, ooh, look at those monsters.
3. Ooh, look at those monsters!
I like 3. It's quicker.

—Steven Moffat expounds upon his theory of time travel.

In making these shows, we never thought in terms of what "universe" the show took place in. We threw in characters from our other shows simply for fun, there was no deeper meaning to any of it.

—Craig McCracken on the idea of a Shared Universe for The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory

↑ Of course, Mark Twain was just being sarcastic (which was his signature style); Finn is probably his best work, especially the moral part.

[1] Of course, Mark Twain was just being sarcastic (which was his signature style); Finn is probably his best work, especially the moral part.

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-{{quote|''"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."''|'''[[Huckleberry Finn]] intro''' <ref>Of course, [[Mark Twain]] was just being sarcastic (which was his signature style); Finn is probably his best work, especially the moral part.</ref>}}
+{{quote|''"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."''
+|'''[[Huckleberry Finn]] intro''' <ref>Of course, [[Mark Twain]] was just being sarcastic (which was his signature style); Finn is probably his best work, especially the moral part.</ref>}}
-{{quote|''"Hughes' Zeroth Law of Geekhood states: "Never put more effort into analysing a creative work than its creator(s) put into creating it."''|'''[[Things of Interest|Sam Hughes]]''', [http://qntm.org/timeline Futurama timeline]; contrast [[Moffs Law]]}}
+{{quote|''"Hughes' Zeroth Law of Geekhood states: "Never put more effort into analysing a creative work than its creator(s) put into creating it."''
-{{quote|There are three ways of dealing with time travel in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (you might want to print this out for future use.)<br />
+|'''[[Things of Interest|Sam Hughes]]''', [http://qntm.org/timeline Futurama timeline]; contrast [[Moff's Law]]}}
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-. Look, it's just a story, time travel is completely impossible, the whole thing's a farrago of lies, ooh, look at those monsters.<br />
-<br />
+{{quote|There are three ways of dealing with time travel in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (you might want to print this out for future use.)
-. Time can only sometimes be rewritten, and the Doctor has a vast and terrible Time Brain that allows him to see when events can be altered and when they are fixed, but for us mere mortals, such insight would turn our brains to soup, ooh, look at those monsters.<br />
+. Look, it's just a story, time travel is completely impossible, the whole thing's a farrago of lies, ooh, look at those monsters.
-<br />
+. Time can only sometimes be rewritten, and the Doctor has a vast and terrible Time Brain that allows him to see when events can be altered and when they are fixed, but for us mere mortals, such insight would turn our brains to soup, ooh, look at those monsters.
-. Ooh, look at those monsters!<br />
+. Ooh, look at those monsters!
-<br />
+I like 3. It's quicker.
-I like 3. It's quicker.|'''[[Steven Moffat]]''' [http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/3085690.html expounds upon his theory of time travel.]}}
+|'''[[Steven Moffat]]''' [http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/3085690.html expounds upon his theory of time travel.]}}
+{{quote|In making these shows, we never thought in terms of what "universe" the show took place in. We threw in characters from our other shows simply for fun, there was no deeper meaning to any of it.
+|[[Craig McCracken]] on the idea of a [[Shared Universe]] for ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' and ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''}}
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