https://www.d34dman.com/tags/sci-fi/ Recent content in Sci-Fi on D34dBlog Hugo en-us Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.d34dman.com/posts/musing/time-travel-fatal-flaw/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.d34dman.com/posts/musing/time-travel-fatal-flaw/ <p>The TARDIS dematerialises. It rematerialises — somewhere. Not in the London of 1963. In empty space, roughly 40 million kilometres from where Earth happens to be that November. The Doctor has approximately four minutes of oxygen and a very confused sonic screwdriver.</p> <p>This is the flaw every time travel story ignores. Here&rsquo;s why.</p> <p><img src="https://www.d34dman.com/images/space-error-margin.svg" alt="Shows 3 possible scenarios of Tardis materializing in space, one in the sky, another one inside earth&rsquo;s mantel and 3rd one near Vienna"></p>