Doctor Who - Blink - Big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers link it as a shorthand for tangled or non-linear time travel, whether in Back to the Future, Deep Space Nine or Doctor Who itself.
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What it is
A 19-second clip from the Doctor Who episode "Blink" in which the Doctor explains that time is not a strict line of cause and effect but a "big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." It is a fan-uploaded excerpt of the BBC series.
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Cites Memor-X · 2018-03 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “In the Doctor Who Universe, is the Master dead or still living?”
In the final episodes of Season 10 World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls we find out that after the events of The End of Time , John Simm's The Master was pulled back into Gallifrey with Rassilon the other Time Lords. Following this the Timelords fixed The Master's decaying body as thanks for helping stop Rassilon's plans as according to the Wikia Upon getting back to Gallifrey, the Time Lords, grateful for the Master's help in preventing Rassilon from executing The Final Sanction, properly restored his body. With that done, the Time Lords kicked him off Gallifrey. However, the Master stole a TARDIS to go back into the universe; so he considers it a mutual being kicked out. Source: The
Cites Valorum · 2021-09 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why did the Prophets choose a human?”
You are linear. It limits you [LINK] . The simplest explanation is that they chose for one of their number to inhabit Sarah Sisko because they had already (in the future) observed that her son, Ben Sisko was the first to enter their Celestial Temple and become the Emissary of the Prophets. By taking over her body, they could ensure that he would have the powers necessary to act as their instrument in the war against the Pah Wraiths. So why a human? Because Ben Sisko was the Emissary and was a human. Note that this explanation only makes sense if you're not subjectively bound by time [this video] .
Cites Xantec · 2021-11 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Were there any DeLoreans remaining after the end of BTTF3?”
Only one time machine DeLorean exists in the movie trilogy. Your confusion likely stems from the overlapping time traveling, creating a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-whimy stuff [this video] . For example, at one point in 1955 that one car exists as four time-copies of itself at the same time: Marty's copy, as seen in the first movie Biff's copy, as seen in the second movie when he steals it to give his younger self the sports almanac Doc and Marty's copy, as seen in the second movie when the Doc and Marty return to 1955 to try to prevent Biff from giving himself the almanac Doc's copy, as seen in the third movie when 1885 Doc stored the DeLorean in the cave for his 1955 counterpart All of this