Don't think it was a retcon at all. I really thought the plot was very carefully crafted so all the bits fit. This is what always happened, the thing Bad Wolf did to end the war (and she was always the one who ended the war). The doctor didn't KNOW that's what happened. It's like the Impossible Astronaut- 11 was always the teselecta, but the others didn't know it. That fixed point was the teselecta being shot, not the doctor. And the time war was ended by the Moment, encouraging the doctor, to do what he did. It's just HE didn't know it as his memory was not retained. To me it all works. What would NOT work is if he found Gallifrey and nothing about the Ascending was in there. Right now Rasillon and his nasty minions are locked away- and I don't want them forgotten. But I don't think this episode undid anything from earlier Who.
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Date: 2013-11-30 11:02 pm (UTC)It's like the Impossible Astronaut- 11 was always the teselecta, but the others didn't know it. That fixed point was the teselecta being shot, not the doctor.
And the time war was ended by the Moment, encouraging the doctor, to do what he did. It's just HE didn't know it as his memory was not retained.
To me it all works. What would NOT work is if he found Gallifrey and nothing about the Ascending was in there. Right now Rasillon and his nasty minions are locked away- and I don't want them forgotten. But I don't think this episode undid anything from earlier Who.