So in other words, nothing is quite set.

A Query by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-07-13 19:45:00 UTC Reply

So I was thinking, we have a fair few agents recruited from various continua right? Lets say that A is from universe X, X is narrowly defined continua, what would happen if A gets a mission to X and were to meet themselves? Something kind of similar to what happened during "Father's Day" with the Ninth Doctor.

I imagine that something bad would happen, but what that something is, I do not know. I am wondering what you all think? Hypothetically if it did happen, what would be the result?

Funny you should bring this up. by PoorCynic on 2015-07-14 03:01:00 UTC Reply

I'm actually part way through an interlude that sort of touches on your question. Albeit in my case, I'm looking at alternate canonical versions of the same continuum rather than one single continuum.

Like hS said previously, there could be any number of possible results provided the result made for a good/interesting story. I don't see something bad necessarily occurring unless you start delving into paradox territory.

I was also thinking about what a paradox would be by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-07-14 03:27:00 UTC Reply

Or what would happen if a paradox was created. I was thinking that it would create something akin to Reapers from as seen in "Father's Day", of course that is slightly tied to a character arc. Which I might as well get an opinion on that while I am here.

I am in the process of playing around with various ideas, none are entirely set in stone, though one has developed well. I digress, an idea I have been playing around with is basically a Time Lord under the effects of a Chameleon Arch, trying to escape the Time War à la The Master/Professor Yana. And I was trying to devise a situation where the Time Lord would find the need to open the fob watch, and a temporal paradox came to mind.

Let me see... by Phobos on 2015-07-13 20:20:00 UTC Reply

So, you have Agent A: an original character from Continuum X (let's say it was Middle-earth, for the sake of the following example) who got recruited by the PPC.

Agent A's backstory says that they exist during the events of The Hobbit and that they lived in Laketown at the time it was destroyed. If they were to get a mission into that continuum, during that time, in that location, then they might well meet up with their past self. I think I am following you so far.

So, what happens? Well...there are options.

They could end up dodging their former self while doing the duty in order to avoid a paradox. That could be hilarious.

Or, they could enlist their help in a "come with me if you want to live" style scene. Then they Neuralyze their past self and put them back on course to be in the PPC. Maybe going so far as to push them into a passing plothole and ensuring the stability of the timeline.

Or, the proximity to their former self could be an irresistible pull that threatens to suck them back into the world of their origin.

Or something else entirely, so long as it's funny.

-Phobos

So in other words, nothing is quite set. by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-07-13 22:59:00 UTC Reply

Gives me a decent idea to work with.