Bootstrap paradox | Tardis | Fandom
After their first adventures together, the Eighth Doctor understood that his friendship with Josie Day was a bootstrap paradox, one that the Twelfth Doctor had arranged because he …
The Bootstrap Paradox | Before the Flood | Doctor Who
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Before the Flood (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia
The Doctor wipes the memories of the glyphs from everyone's minds. The plot of the episode is a bootstrap paradox —the Doctor programmed the ghost to say the list of names because that is …
How many Bootstrap paradoxes are in Doctor Who? - Reddit
A bootstrap paradox is where something (usually information) has no true origin. In these cases, the origin is themselves from the future (ignoring the fact that The Doctor created Jenny and …
Doctor Who - Inverse
Dec 26, 2024 · Before 2005, the best examples of time travel paradoxes in Doctor Who came from stand-out episodes like “The Day of the Daleks” in 1972, which foreshadowed various …
What is the Bootstrap Paradox? - The Boar
Oct 12, 2015 · In the opening to ‘Before the Flood’, Peter Capaldi’s Doctor gives us a quick run-through the Bootstrap Paradox, one of the most famous paradoxes in time travel. Trying to …
doctor who - What's the solution of Bootstrap Paradox without …
As viewers, we can sit back and enjoy but the bootstrap paradox cannot exist in 1 universal timeline (our reality). So, multiple timelines would have to be involved if the writer wants to …
How is the Doctor’s Ghost a Bootstrap Paradox?
Dec 3, 2015 · The Doctor’s ghost is considered a BOOTSTRAP PARADOX because the words the ghost keeps repeating have no discernible origin. The Doctor programed his hologram …
Bootstrap paradox - Tardis Wiki
After their first adventures together, the Eighth Doctor understood that his friendship with Josie Day was a bootstrap paradox, one that the Twelfth Doctor had arranged because he …
Dark, Predestination, Terminator & Doctor Who: Why the Bootstrap ...
Jun 24, 2025 · Your actions don’t affect your own timeline, just an alternate one. The Bootstrap Paradox forces us to confront the limits of our understanding of time, causality, and existence.