Replacement Artifact: Difference between revisions

 

Usually happens after a change of writers, or during a [[Post Script Season]]. Obviously, only has ''time'' to happen during a long-running series. Compare [[The Artifact]].

 

* Hypertime was the [[The DCU|DC Universe]]'s attempt to bring back the story possibilities of [[Alternate Universe|alternate Earths]], which it had previously gotten rid of (claiming they had become "confusing") during the [[Reset Button]] event ''Crisis On Infinite Earths''. However, this lacked the coherency of the original [[Alternate Universe|Multiple Earths]] rules, and confused far more people than the original ever did. To make things worse (or possibly just more confusing) even Hypertime has been discontinued in favor of "anomalies" from DC's latest universe-changing event, ''Infinite Crisis''. Even the most hardened continuity buffs would be better off adopting the [[MST3K Mantra]].

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' didn't write out the Cybermen, but replaced the old ones from a [[Bizarro World]] Earth physically located in Earth's solar system with ''another'' [[Bizarro World]] in another universe.

** The original Cybermen still exist, and the new series ''has'' featured them, in the series five finale and twice in season six-- but we only know that by [[Word of God]], because they use the same props as the other type of Cyberman and nobody has ever brought up the difference on-screen.

* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' killed off precognative artist Isaac Mendez near the end of the first season. Unable to let go of prophetic art, the next few seasons would be quick to whip out previously-unknown lost works of his (a series of unfulfilled paintings in the second, some comic books and a sketchbook in the third). And gave the same ability to at least three other characters.

** The comics at least have the excuse that the publishing industry is slow and there were quite a few unprinted issues after Isaac's death. The paintings have no real excuse though.