Reversing the paradox

[unfeathered]

Okay, it's a long time since I've watched Last of the Time Lords (will try and have a look tonight) but I just got thinking: when they reversed the paradox, everything on the earth got reversed but the Valiant didn't, right? So what happened to those people who were on the Valiant right before the paradox kicked in - all the film crews and world leaders or whoever they were? I know the President got zapped and so there wasn't a body (right?), but there were other people present at that point who didn't suddenly appear on the bridge of the Valiant when time was reversed.

So where did they go?

And no, I'm not expecting an actual canon explanation for this, because they don't think things through that thoroughly, but can anyone suggest something that makes sense? At the moment, all I can imagine is them somehow popping up at their homes or something, going "Whu....?"

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[emiliusredux.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I never really believed that it was the Valiant itself that was protected from the parodox. I always assumed that it was centralized around Jack, the fact of the universe. The Valiant was protected simply because he was on it.

Or that'h how I forced myself to see it anyway. Most things about that episode didn't make sense. I felt insistant that something had to.

Btw, I love your stories, especially your Master Plan one. I've been reading it for ages. It's taken me this long to reply because for some reason my computer spent the year refusing to grant me an e-mail account. Without that, I couldn't get an LJ account.

*sighs*

Sorry for ranting. Once again, I love your stories.

[unfeathered]

I always assumed that it was centralized around Jack

I seriously need to rewatch, but I thought what was actually said was that it was around the paradox machine rather than Jack. Yes, not the Valiant in itself, but it would affect the Valiant because it's the only inhabitable place anywhere near the paradox machine.

But the Jack idea is an interesting one... :-)

And wow, thank you! It's always lovely to know that people are actually reading my stories! *G*

[emiliusredux.livejournal.com]

Now tha you mention it, The Doctor did say that. Sorry. I've only seen the episode once but it was to rushed and I was still scratching my head at the Doctor's Tinkerbell moment.