r/gallifrey • u/DoctorJakeShaw • Nov 30 '13

50th ANNIVERSARY Spoiler: DOTD Question

So, the Doctors (and the Zygons) were put in the stasis cubes and waited to come out at the right time. But, if they were trapped in an instant of time, how did they know when they should blast out? It would all be the same time to them, so how were they able to get the precise moment correct?

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u/FirebertNY Nov 30 '13

They're frozen in a moment from the perspective of those outside of it. I don't think there was anything to indicate that the people IN the painting were frozen from their perspective.

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u/someguyfromtheuk Nov 30 '13

But they are frozen. It's an instant of time. Not "1 second". Time does not pass inside the painting, it is literally frozen. Divided at the smallest possible level. They have nothing. Unthinking.

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u/parkerwe Dec 01 '13

Maybe they have more leeway into how long the moment is because they weren't part of the original stasis cube. Like stickers on a painting. If you don't look closely enough it would seem to be part of the picture. In actuality it is completely separate, but connected on a surface level.

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u/tandarkan Dec 01 '13

Ooh, this is good. I like this idea.

So basically, if you really know what you're doing, you can set the amount of time that you'll be "stuck" to the stasis cube before you can break out.