Noobs & the Whovian
141 Timey Wimey #15 – The Skull
Opening
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Welcome to episode 141, Timey Wimey #15 – The Skull
It is in the public domain, so you can find the free e-book at Project Gutenberg.
Super-short Recap
This is the one where a guy goes back in time and becomes the thing he was trying to stop.
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Who’s responsible for this?!
* Author – Philip K. Dick* Wrote the short stories that became: Blade Runner, Total Recall, The Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Next, & The Adjustment Bureau* The Man in the High Castle* There’s some thought that The Terminator takes a lot of cues from Second Variety
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Where do I know that guy from?
* NONE
Wait, what happened?!
* Here, we’ll discuss the overall story, especially plot holes or missing info* I feel like there was a section missing where they explained that he was going to go back in time* The whole story was kinda short on details
Time travel details:
Method:
* A spherical crystal cage with a wheel* Philip K. Dick was sparing with the details in this story
Rules
* Can you change the past?* The “what are the rules of time travel” section of this story was very short and basically was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯* “We’ll be awaiting the outcome. There’s some philosophical doubt as to whether one can alter the past. This should answer the question once and for all.”
* Definitely a predestination paradox
Who’s who?
* Redemption?* Does Conger redeem himself?
What have we learned today?
* Causing the curse* I just listened to an episode of Podcastle where they covered Tim Pratt’s Another End of the Empire. It was a new take on the old trope of the oracle prophesying doom and the hero trying to prevent only to end up causing the prophecy to come true.* I just realized that this time travel trope is essentially the sci-fi version of that same fantasy trope!* You even have the paradox in both. * If you didn’t go back to kill the Founder, you never would’ve become the Founder. * If the oracle didn’t tell you your doom, you never would’ve caused it.* Like the Oracle and plate of cookies in The Matrix.
Is that how that works?!
* Corbin, is there any science you want to address?
Random stuff we noticed
* What’s with all the hate on beards?!* It ended kinda abruptly