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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 (Website)|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."''|'''[[Things of Interest|Sam Hughes]]''', [http://qntm.org/timeline Futurama timeline]; contrast [[Moffs Law]]}}


{{quote|There are three ways of dealing with time travel in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' (you might want to print this out for future use.)<br />
{{quote|There are three ways of dealing with time travel in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (you might want to print this out for future use.)<br />
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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.<br />
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.<br />
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3. Ooh, look at those monsters!<br />
3. Ooh, look at those monsters!<br />
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I like 3. It's quicker.|'''[[Steven Moffat (Creator)|Steven Moffat]]''' [http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/3085690.html expounds upon his theory of time travel.]}}
I like 3. It's quicker.|'''[[Steven Moffat]]''' [http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/3085690.html expounds upon his theory of time travel.]}}


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Revision as of 11:53, 9 April 2014
"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 Moffs 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.
  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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