invisible-mirror:

tardis-scooter:

• You’re going to have to be more specific.
• Yes. And no.
• It happened in the books/comics/audios EU.
• It happened multiple times (exept for that one time it didn’t).
• It was… heavily implied.
• No one can decide if it was canon.
• Everyone ignores that it was canon.
• Of course that was canon, STFU.
• It literally got officially retconned.
• Aliens?
• Aliens.
• Because something behind the scenes happened and they had to change/improvise/cut at the last possible second.
• Multiple companions. Multiple times.
• The show referenced it, but it only actually happened in the EU.
• Because the TARDIS wanted to.
• Because the TARDIS didn’t want to.
• Canon AU.
• Ummm…?
• Alternate timeline.
• Because multiple actors.
• Because multiple writers.
• Because no budget.
• That character died (except they didn’t exactly die).
• In classic Who, yes. In new Who, no.
• In classic Who, no. In new Who, yes.
• **[4-hour-long Powerpoint presentation]**
• It happened, but not really.
• It didn’t happen on screen, but a writer/producer/actor insists it totally happened.
• …maybe…?
• Because the entire franchise gets ridiculously meta.
• Don’t question it, just go with it.
• Because the BBC says so.
• The Doctor is a genius.
• The Doctor is clueless.
• It’s fanon.
• That trope was probably invented because of Doctor Who.
• The fans are in denial.
• Because Rassilon is a dick.
• Because an old joke had to be repeated, regardless of the consequences.
• Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.
• No bloody clue.

• It was retconned, but in a way that makes no sense, so we ignore the retcon.
• Both the original event and the retcon are canon because time travel.
• The Doctor lied.
• The writers forgot.
• That was meant as a joke, not as canon. Probably.
• It’s not a plot hole, it just doesn’t make sense to us because we aren’t Time Lords.