The TARDIS has blown up, taking all of creation with it. The universe is cracked, a result of a massive explosion throughout space-time. This is a funny and charming adventure which pairs Smith’s Doctor with James Corden as Craig Owens. To get to the bottom of things, the Doctor must live a normal life for a few days. Something in contemporary Colchester is affecting the progression of time, and that’s playing havoc with the Type 40 TT. The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) finds himself trapped on Earth while Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) is stuck in a TARDIS slingshot. The Sarah Jane Adventures tackled timey-wimey concepts beautifully in episodes like ‘Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?,’ ‘The Mad Woman in the Attic,’ and ‘Lost in Time,’ and while it’s not a central focus of ‘The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith,’ a time loop plays a part in keeping Sarah separated from her own companions – and the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) who guest stars! 7) The Lodger ![]() This two-part serial is actually part of The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Doctor Who spin-off starring Elisabeth Sladen reprising the role she became best known for in the 1970s. ![]() Written by Rob Shearman (‘Dalek’), this is considered one of Big Finish’s best stories and is a fab introduction to this TARDIS team. But the dead don’t stay dead, and the killer doesn’t necessarily have a motive. ‘The Chimes of Midnight’ is an audio adventure by Big Finish, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher (aka the voice of MasterChef!) as companion, Charley Pollard. It’s at the behest of the ever-prickly Meglos, and makes for one of the most torturous – okay we’ll stop now.įortunately, the two Time Lords use their initiatives to get out of the chronic hysteresis (thanks be to Ti.) 5) The Chimes of MidnightĪnd now for something completely different. They replay footage and replay footage and replay footage, making this surely one of the most torturous instances of a time loop in Doctor Who. The TARDIS is stuck in a chronic hysteresis which sees the Fourth Doctor and the second Romana (Lalla Ward) wagging K9’s tail, tripping over, and panicking over said time loop. This surely is one of the most torturous instances of a time loop in Doctor Who. This story also introduces the Black Guardian, written in by Producer, Graham Williams, and Script Editor, Douglas Adams. But the loop gets shorter and shorter, soon to snap back to its normal timeline. And they have to stop a declaration of war.Īs the Marshal of Atrios attacks the neighbouring planet of Zeos, the Doctor must stop him using a cobbled-together Key, trapping him in a loop. The Doctor and Romana (Mary Tamm) have nearly completed their mission to collect together the various pieces of the Key to Time. Unfortunately, one escaped to Earth… 3) The Armageddon Factor This scared the Time Lords so much, they looped their planet of origin and wiped all records of the Fendahl. It was home to the Fendahl, creatures made of cores and accompanying Fendahleen, which can kill off all life on a planet. That is, the fifth planet of our solar system, which is supposed to be found between Mars and Jupiter, but is instead locked in its own chronology. In this serial, however, the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) is disapproving of a time loop, specifically one imposed by the Time Lords on Planet 5. It’s pretty cruel, considering this is the same Doctor who was cheesed off at the Brigadier for blowing up some Silurians the previous season. That’s exactly what he does in ‘The Claws of Axos,’ happily trapping the titular aliens when they enquire about time travel technology. His inability to explain, though, belies his ability to inflict time loops on other species. One passes continually through the same points in time. “A time loop is – err… Well, it’s a time loop. Still confused about what time loops are? Let’s ask Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor to explain.
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