A Sunday Doctor Who Poll

[seren_ccd]

I'm doing some plotting and writing today (does it count if the writing is in a notebook and not on a computer?) and I've run into a question.

I'm writing the next bit in the Eleven/Amy series and it's going all wibbly-wobbly, timey-whimey on me. And my question is this:

How much influence do you think the TARDIS has over where they end up? My mind is drawing a bit of a blank, but I'm sure she's deposited the Doctor in places where he needed to do something, even if he doesn't know he needed to do something.

So, because I like polls:

[Poll #1674581]

Matt and Karen look adorable and thank you for helping!!!

Comments

[avarill.livejournal.com]

It's been observed both in the series and in spin-off media that the Doctor always ends up where he NEEDS to be, as opposed to where he WANTS to be. And that the TARDIS is responsible for redirecting him.

For example, if you look at The Eleventh Hour - if the TARDIS hadn't made him late then all kinds of things may have been thrown off. It seems that TARDIS was preventing him from creating a further paradox and allowing time for Amy to develop her skill at 'remembering'; and thereby rebooting the universe.

Yet during A Christmas Carol, his TARDIS piloting is absolute precision.

This is especially evident in the eras of the First and Second Doctors, where he had no control whatsoever in where they ended up. He basically threw the randomizer button and let the TARDIS decide where to go. His ability to actually steer the thing is something he's developed slowly over the years.

And - did I mention - Amy/Eleven plotting? Yay!

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

the Doctor always ends up where he NEEDS to be, as opposed to where he WANTS to be. And that the TARDIS is responsible for redirecting him.

That's always been my opinion and view of things, too. I think the link between the Doctor and the TARDIS is really rather intriguing and there's so much knowledge between the pair of them.

And: EEEEE! I'm having fun! ;D