But in 'Varos', the end motive is to control the population, I believe. So similar, but, yes, different also.
When was the last "time isn't what it used to be" story then?
Sorry - I should have been a bit clearer. We haven't had a story on it, obviously, but we've had several hints, mainly in 'The Unquiet Dead'; the Doctor implies that just because Rose doesn't remember lots of corpses being mentioned in Victorian Cardiff doesn't mean it can't happen if they let it now; the 'time is in flux' line; that sort of thing.
I'm interested in who set Max up in his station, and why. I'm assuming that a third party was involved somewhere, of course, but that's probably what the bad wolf references are meant to be making me think.
every time the Doctor travels through time and then saves a life, surely that's the same thing?
Well, yes. The first Doctor clearly states that 'You can't rewrite history - not one line', and the series has stuck by that more often than not (obvious exceptions like 'Genesis' aside). There's a line in next week's episode where the Doctor says that the Reapers only exist specifically because his 'people' aren't around to enforce the rules anymore. It suggests that Time Lords can bend the rules if they need to, but they won't let anyone else have a go.
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But in 'Varos', the end motive is to control the population, I believe. So similar, but, yes, different also.
When was the last "time isn't what it used to be" story then?
Sorry - I should have been a bit clearer. We haven't had a story on it, obviously, but we've had several hints, mainly in 'The Unquiet Dead'; the Doctor implies that just because Rose doesn't remember lots of corpses being mentioned in Victorian Cardiff doesn't mean it can't happen if they let it now; the 'time is in flux' line; that sort of thing.
I'm interested in who set Max up in his station, and why. I'm assuming that a third party was involved somewhere, of course, but that's probably what the bad wolf references are meant to be making me think.
every time the Doctor travels through time and then saves a life, surely that's the same thing?
Well, yes. The first Doctor clearly states that 'You can't rewrite history - not one line', and the series has stuck by that more often than not (obvious exceptions like 'Genesis' aside). There's a line in next week's episode where the Doctor says that the Reapers only exist specifically because his 'people' aren't around to enforce the rules anymore. It suggests that Time Lords can bend the rules if they need to, but they won't let anyone else have a go.