Quote Originally Posted by Gaelbert View Post
I haven't seen the Christmas special unfortunately, but if you're looking for scientific rigour in your time travel, you've come to the wrong series. Remember, this is the trope namer for "Timey Wimey Ball of Stuff."
Considering that Blink was where the term came from, and it only really got mentioned again in a Children in Need special, I don't think a trope is at all appropriate. And if it has become a trope, it now sucks by definition. Because anything popular enough as a device to become a trope is by definition a cliche.

The Christmas Special was a bit meh. Heavy on the schmaltz, heavy handed time travel as an alternative to plot, lots of re treading ground that The Curse Of Fatal death already walked. Hopefully the new season will be better, but I'm wondering if Moffat can handle the sheer quantity of stuff he has on his plate these days.