#literally held the threads of time together with vibes and glitter

[polaritydisturbed]

The only explanation I’ve ever come up with is that his presence in Rose’s life changed her just enough that she was never in the right place or time to use the dimension cannon—or to become the Bad Wolf. Either of those things happening was crucial to the universe. Without the cannon, she couldn’t have returned to help stop Davros and the Reality Bomb, which threatened to erase all of non-Dalek existence. But without the Bad Wolf, the consequences could’ve been even worse.

Bad Wolf wasn’t just some one-off cosmic fluke—it was a thread woven through time itself. It left messages, influenced events, and nudged the Doctor toward the right decisions at the right moments. Pulling that out could unravel entire timelines.

And then there’s Captain Jack. Without the Bad Wolf to resurrect him, he might never have become immortal—no immortality, no Face of Boe, and no cryptic words of warning.

Now, to my knowledge, the Reapers did appear once more—in the comics. In Four Doctors, a crossover where the 10th, 11th, and 12th Doctors all meet, the Reapers show up when the 10th and 12th Doctors make physical contact. And yeah, that’s vaguely similar to when Rose holds baby-Rose and the Reapers appear at the church—especially since she physically stops her dad from being hit by the car. So maybe there’s a physical element at play.

…But also? That comic appearance kinda breaks my whole theory. Because let’s be real—Doctors bump into themselves all the time. Physical contact alone doesn’t usually do anything. So either the comics misunderstood how the Reapers work, or nothing means anything and every conclusion I’ve ever drawn about this show is as structurally sound as a Jenga tower in a wind tunnel.

i rewatched doctor who “father’s day”. the concept of reapers coming to fix wounds in time is very funny to me. because many times after and before that episode, the doctor and company have all but stabbed time to death, and yet no reapers have appeared to fix it. just that one time. was there some criteria they followed in that episode specifically to make the reapers appear? and also. why was roses dads death really that important of an event to warrant the reapers showing up?

very curious about that episode