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So, the Medusa Cascade is one second out of sync with the rest of the universe, which is how the Daleks hide the 27 planets ... but unless I missed something, the handwaving Rusty does in JE to put them back into place (the "magnetron") just moves the planets around, and doesn't do anything to resynchronize the Medusa Cascade itself. Is that right?

(Yes, of course this is fic-related. But not urgent.)

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If you consider that time is just another dimension of space, then perhaps moving them in space could move them in time?

(I'm completely bullshitting. I think he forgot that plot point.)

I'd actually prefer it if the Cascade were still out of sync, but it's possible that Rusty had your theory in mind ... if he thought that far ahead. Rewatching parts of JE tonight and seeing the Earth travel through space, without the Moon, with perfectly fine gravity, kind of broke my head a little bit.

I'd actually prefer it if the Cascade were still out of sync

I keep thinking about that aspect and wouldn't the planets still be visible -- just time-delayed? They're not out of phase with regards to matter (which would make more sense), but time, which is dynamic anyway. If anything not in time-sync with the rest of the universe isn't visible, then why are the Doctor and the TARDIS visible?

I am thinking about this too much and it is your fault.

Rewatching parts of JE tonight and seeing the Earth travel through space, without the Moon, with perfectly fine gravity, kind of broke my head a little bit.

Someone (I think Ten II) mentioned the atmospheric shell, so that explains the planet still having air. As for gravity, that shouldn't be affected per se -- the Earth still has the same mass. Now, should the entire planet feel the acceleration, and wouldn't that have the same end effect as gravity? Yep. Maybe if the TARDIS can tow, it can manage that effect, too. (If my brain accepts that first premise, the second is easier.)

If the Cascade were still out of sync, the planets might have only been visible for a second longer once it were brought back into sync; after all, the Cascade was only one second forward in time from the rest of the universe.

If anything not in time-sync with the rest of the universe isn't visible, then why are the Doctor and the TARDIS visible?

Um ... magic Time Lord technology?

Actually, Gallifrey is supposed to exist "at the nexus of time and space," or something like that, which is why there aren't any AU Time Lords. So presumably they are Speshul in a way that allows them to be visible despite transcending the universe's normal clock, or something like that.

Actually, Gallifrey is supposed to exist "at the nexus of time and space," or something like that, which is why there aren't any AU Time Lords.

Except ... except ... there WAS at least one AU Time Lord. The Doctor, in Donna's parallel reality in Turn Left. Want things that make my head hurt? That's one. If it's the Doctor as he might have been, isn't that the definition of AU?

You could say that since Donna had a parallel reality created around her (as opposed to being shifted into an existing parallel reality), that anything around her was automatically moved into that parallel reality, including the Doctor and his timeline.

Or you could call it a Big Honkin' Plot Hole and Continuity Error, and goodness knows Rusty's never made that kind of mistake before.

Or maybe we could say that when Donna's reality existed, technically, there was no other Doctor. Eh.

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