unless there really is something about Earth in our time that attracts ever' dang McGuffin in the multiverse
Aren't there two things which meet this criterion, though? Firstly there's the Rift, which we know in canon is centred on Cardiff - we found that out in the "Unquiet Dead" 9th Doctor adventure.
The Rift brings all sorts of things from everywhere and deposits them on Cardiff, as if it's a particularly dangerous beach. That attracts the time equivalent of beachcombers - and wreckers, and it led directly to Torchwood being established there.
And I seem to recall some mention previously in canon of the Earth being home to a 'temporal nexus point', but I have no idea where I read about it. That could be the same thing as the Rift...or could be something different.
My feeling is that they have set this up reasonably acceptably - it's not that these McGuffins are coming to Cardiff without any explanation of why. The thing is whether the explanation is sufficient.
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Date: 2008-01-18 07:51 am (UTC)Aren't there two things which meet this criterion, though? Firstly there's the Rift, which we know in canon is centred on Cardiff - we found that out in the "Unquiet Dead" 9th Doctor adventure.
The Rift brings all sorts of things from everywhere and deposits them on Cardiff, as if it's a particularly dangerous beach. That attracts the time equivalent of beachcombers - and wreckers, and it led directly to Torchwood being established there.
And I seem to recall some mention previously in canon of the Earth being home to a 'temporal nexus point', but I have no idea where I read about it. That could be the same thing as the Rift...or could be something different.
My feeling is that they have set this up reasonably acceptably - it's not that these McGuffins are coming to Cardiff without any explanation of why. The thing is whether the explanation is sufficient.