DrWHO RPG Game Q's!

[kingkaddish]

I had some questions that I need to ask some fans /DWaiTaS GM's that understand the game and the setting alot better than I do.

I simply find myself confused about how the Time Lock affects the Doctor and his travels... where he can and can NOT go.

I notice that there seems to be an invisible cutoff point with ALL of the newer shows involving the 9th/10th/11th Doctors stories/settings where no other past story elements appear.. an i dont just mean enemies lost. But Enemies coming "FROM" those previous periods they were encountered.

I do understand that most of this is just the new series direction focusing on the new shows themselves.

But also the new shows also introduced the Time Lock factor caused by the -"assumed"- 8th Doctor.

...so...

Can and/or should "past versions" of people, other timelords such as the Meddling Monk, or defeted enemies encountered during the 1st-8th doctors be able to be encountered while using the 9th/10th/11th doctor before they were defeated?

Or does the Time Lock "literally" lock anything from the 1st-8th Doctors time or anything PRE-Time Lock an those locations off completely from any other current/future Doctors travels?

I do understand that major events could allow it..such as the 3 & 5 Doctors events...etc.
But what about normal events.. navigational errors/malfunctions/etc... how does the The Time Lock... factor into adventures?
Say the 10th Doctor with my custom companions groupwere in flight ... COULD they visit say, "because of a TARDIS malfunction"...cause them to arrive on... Skarao... during the 1st doctors time there? Or would the Time Lock prevent this??

[scratches head]

[Marnal]

The show has stated over and over that the Time War is Time Locked. But they've never said anything about events BEFORE the Time War.

Now the Laws of Time would make it difficult for the Doctor to meet any specific character before the Doctor's last previous meeting with that character. Though even that can happen [the younger 2nd Doctor meets the older Brigadier in "The Five Doctors" before Borusa start's messing with stuff].

Of course if the 9th Doctor bumps into a younger pre-Time War Master he would still be bound by the 1st Law of Time which would prevent him from changing anything that the Doctor knows is part of the Master's future. This could even result in the Doctor saving the Master's life over that of some unknown innocent because the Doctor KNOWS the Master must live to fight the Time War.

[garethl]

Feb 18, 2012 5:07:20 GMT Marnal said:

The show has stated over and over that the Time War is Time Locked. But they've never said anything about events BEFORE the Time War.

That's how I understand it. However, Skaro,Gallifrey and other battlefields are probably timelocked as well so no visiting the first Doctor on Skaro.

You could visit almost every other old series story, as long as it doesn't have anything to do with the Time War.

[stahlman]

Well yes and you could set the game in the pre New Who era- with or without a timelord from that era . All these pesky time war locked epoch aspects can then be avoided.

[brainsnaffler]

Yes I concur with the other answers. To me, the only thing out of bounds is stuff to do with galifrey, stuff to do with time lords, daleks (new who story lines focus on those that escaped the time lock), skaro, and other batttlefields. However, at the end of the day, it is just a plot device and can be got around. If you look at my adventure posts (war of rhe daleks), you will see that I made an explanation of how the time lock could be breeched.

Oh and the time lock has closed down all paralel universes too.

[kingkaddish]

Feb 19, 2012 7:14:03 GMT brainsnaffler said:

Yes I concur with the other answers. To me, the only thing out of bounds is stuff to do with galifrey, stuff to do with time lords, daleks (new who story lines focus on those that escaped the time lock), skaro, and other batttlefields. However, at the end of the day, it is just a plot device and can be got around. If you look at my adventure posts (war of rhe daleks), you will see that I made an explanation of how the time lock could be breeched.

Oh and the time lock has closed down all paralel universes too.

Thanks very much for the clarification on the specific's of the Time War Lock, I needed it.

[Curufea]

I should point out that Gallifreyans are far more paranoid about parallel universes than they are about other races (if that seems possible) - so you may not need to Time Lock them, because any parallel Gallifrey is likely to disintegrate on sight anyone even remotely likely to be from a different universe.