Another Dr Who nerdy one

[Whickerman]

Maybe this should be in science...? The Doctor regularly mentions that he's the last Timelord, the others having died in the war with the Daleks. BUT - if they were all capable of timetravel, surely he'd be running into them regularly - from when they were time travelling? In fact, given that they would travel in time for their lifetimes, and their parents and grandparents etc could do the same, surely the place should be choc-a-block with generations of timelords?

[clairey-s]

Killjoy!!
(And the answer is yes they would, yes it should be and no, I don't know why!)

I'm still going to watch 'Fear Her' tonight though, It's one of my favourites.

(Welcome, fellow nerd)

x

[mycats]

This is the kind of question I push out of my mind when watching the Doctor lol

Oh more nerds hurrah!!

[clairey-s]

haha =D

[Whickerman]

Hee hee - sorry guys. I was watching the one on UK Gold over the weekend - episode Father's Day - when it struck me that he mentions that in the timelord's time there were laws preventing the reapers. And it's just kinda stuck there!

[clairey-s]

the knowledge that corrupts....
I don't even have UK Gold =(
I have to wait for BBC3!!
Feel sorry for me!! I'll swap my non-shingled body for your channels x

[Whickerman]

deal!

[clairey-s]

Aw poor you, it must be bad. Eat some pears - I hear that helps.... x

[marwel7]

I'm sure this must be covered by the Blinovich Limitation Effect,but I'm not sure how.For a full explanation of the effect visit Wikipedia.

[tonymclark]

It was explained away by implying that all Time Lords were recalled to Gallifrey during The Time War.
Whenever the Doctor has returned to Gallifrey before, it has always been in his own time stream, he has not visited there in his own past or future. Presumably other Time Lords would also have returned during their own time steam as well.
The Doctor has said that he can't feel any other Time Lords out there. The Master only escaped Time Lord detection by becoming human ( very handy ).
As you point out, this wouldn't stop the Doctor meeting a fellow Time Lord in the past, but that is the problem when a writer comes up with what he thinks is a knock-out idea.