kyrimis@tilt.FUN (Kriton Kyrimis) (03/02/86)
At some point in "The Time Meddler", Viki goes through the Monk's diary, and one of the things she reads is the following: "Put 200 pounds in a London bank in 1968, leaped forward 200 years and collected a fortune in compound interest." Very ingenious. However, didn't the Daleks invade earth in 2150? Two hundred years after 1968 would make it 2168, which should be *after* the invasion. Apart from the fact that human society was completely disorganised before the Daleks' invasion, wasn't Lon- don supposed to have been completely destroyed by the Daleks? (In fact, I believe that in an earlier episode someone from the fu- ture -was it Viki?- was surprised to hear that Ian and Barbara were from London, because London _did_not_exist_in_his/her_time !!!) So, HOW ON EARTH DID THE MONK GET THAT "FORTUNE"? Incidentally, how can one withdraw money from an account that hasn't been touched for 200 years? If it can be done, I'd better put more effort into building my time machine :-) -- Kriton (princeton!tilt!kyrimis) ------ "I'm *depending* on luck, lieutenant; It's almost the only tool that will work, now!" ------
ins_bjab@jhunix.UUCP (Jessica A Browner) (03/04/86)
> At some point in "The Time Meddler", Viki goes through the Monk's > diary, and one of the things she reads is the following: > > "Put 200 pounds in a London bank in 1968, leaped forward 200 > years and collected a fortune in compound interest." > > Very ingenious. However, didn't the Daleks invade earth in 2150? > Two hundred years after 1968 would make it 2168, which should be > *after* the invasion. Apart from the fact that human society was > completely disorganised before the Daleks' invasion, wasn't Lon- > don supposed to have been completely destroyed by the Daleks? (In > fact, I believe that in an earlier episode someone from the fu- > ture -was it Viki?- was surprised to hear that Ian and Barbara > were from London, because London _did_not_exist_in_his/her_time > !!!) > > So, HOW ON EARTH DID THE MONK GET THAT "FORTUNE"? The Doctor has always made a point of mentioning that there exists always more than only one possible course of events leading to more than one possible future. (Case in point: "Pyramids of Mars" when the Doctor and Sarah jump forward in time to see what the future would be like if Sutekh was not stopped). For a being with time travel capabilities (like the Monk), it is extremely easy to access these alternate futures. That is how he was able to jump forward into a future where London had NOT been destroyed and collect his fortune. Naturally, this type of thing can become quite a problem for the scriptwriters, who find it much easier to ignore it and write a story in spite of this little incontinuity. Take your pick of explanations. - Jessica :-)