XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 21/10/2025 18:23, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > > In article <10d80gc$13af$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>,   
   > > doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca says...   
   > > > RETCON THE TIMELESS CHILD TOTALLY OUT OF DOCTOR WHO!.   
   > >   
   > > You know, a new showrunner could just ignore it. When a   
   > > show runs this long, things fall out of continuity all by   
   > > themselves. Most modern viewers have probably never heard   
   > > of the Guardians or the Celestials, which means they're   
   > > effectively gone unless deliberately brought back.   
   > >   
   > > *Ignore* the bloody Timeless Child.   
   >   
   > The Timeless Child monster cannot be ignored as it changes   
   > the Doctor's entire origin story and turns him into an   
   > entirely different character which is that of an unrepentant   
   > war criminal hiding from their crimes.   
      
   Well... I ignore it. Just as I ignore other parts of "Doctor   
   Who" that I don't really like.   
      
   Plus, the people banging on about the Timeless Child all the   
   time were against Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor from the   
   moment she was cast in the role... before any part of the   
   Timeless Child arc had been broadcast. So methinks it's not   
   really about the Timeless Child storyline at all...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)