Howling:5 things to look for: Time or history is messed up

Please see the original thread Forum:5 Things to look for in Series 5 and the summary thread Forum:5 things to look for: Overall.

This was originally proposed by me (anonymously) in Michael Downey's original thread on "5 things to look for". This might not bee on of the 5 things; it could be secondary to the "There's something..." line, or to the Doctor being late, or to forgetting, or to perception filters in every episode.

--Falcotron 02:19, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Eleventh Hour: ??? (The obvious one that got everyone started on this, Rory's badge, was an unintentional production error.)
 * The Beast Below: When the computer reads out Amy's age and shows it on the screen, they're off by 2 years.
 * Victory of the Daleks: There's a blatant callout at the end to Amy not knowing who the Daleks are.
 * The Time of Angels: The museum is wrong about a bunch of things, there's something wrong with the book about the Angels, and of couse the River Song spoilers thing--but, unlike the first three episodes, this is all expected stuff, people being wrong about history, not something more meaningful.
 * Flesh and Stone: ???

FaS makes it obvious. The end of history is coming through the crack. "What if it could? What if time could run out?" Events and people are being erased from history, as if they'd never existed. We see this happen with Crispin and Philip, and the Doctor tells us that's why Amy didn't remember the Stolen Earth invasion yet (she wasn't a time traveler at the time it happened), and why nobody remembers the CyberKing in London.

But, assuming that Rory's badge, Amy's 2 years, etc. weren't all production errors, is there something more subtle going on? Maybe because Amy had been near the TARDIS and around the Doctor, or because she was going to be a time traveler later, things aren't pulled out of time completely for her, which sort of wrenches her and everything around her a little bit out of whack? --Falcotron 07:45, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

Also, have a look at the Flesh and Stone discussion page, specifically about the Clock (is it a production error or not?) and the Doctor's jacket / double doctor sections 86.26.137.154 08:00, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. I'm not sure if any of that fits in here or not, but it's definitely interesting. --Falcotron 09:22, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

This could be just something Moffat does when writing time-travel episodes. In Blink, the birthyear on Kathy Nightingale's tombstone is wrong because she lied about her age when she was transported back in time. Exlonox 16:30, May 16, 2010 (UTC)