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17-03-2017 10:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by Ashley.
(Post 9252546)
Why are we discussing what is and isn't realistic in regards to a television show about an alien in a flying police box?
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That's the very reason, though. Sci fi and fantasy universes, though often weird and out there, have an established set of rules for that world. Or good ones do, at least. You have to be very careful about changing the rules mid-game, because if you do, you can break the suspension of disbelief that's required to really enjoy those worlds. You change something, the viewer notices "a glitch in the matrix" so to speak, you get pulled back into the real world and suddenly ALL of it becomes obviously ridiculous.
I know these things don't matter much to a lot of viewers but to those of us who get invested in lore, it's important. If you want to change the Canon you better have a dammed good reason, AND a dammed good explanation.
I personally think they missed a perfectly good Sci fi out clause with the doctor. It could have been that, as standard, time Lords are a fixed gender BUT the doctor being gifted a new set of regenerations - which I guess you could think of as "man made" rather than natural - could have introduced any regeneration rule changes they wanted. But too late for that now because they have Missy and the other gender swap regeneration.
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