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Can't the Doctor just land the TARDIS outside New York during 1938?


From this answer: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/24022/1660, I'd like to quote this:



The paradox energy essentially creates a shielded fixed point in time. That particular region of 1938 New York can neither be changed nor visited by the Doctor or the TARDIS. The Doctor mentions trying to penetrate such a fixed point could conceivably destroy New York or potentially the planet.



Okay, so The Doctor can't land there to at least visit Amy and Rory. Well, can't he land outside New York and then, well, take a little walk to them?



Edit: Why can't it be visited by the Doctor anyway?


And, even if the Doctor himself can't walk into New York, surely Amy and Rory could go outside, no? So in Amy's afterword she would have said "Meet us in X place outside NY >_>", so it is just a matter of the Doctor going there and waiting for them to come.



Answer



Several factors have been pointed out by fan communities



  • The Williams' (or Ponds' if you prefer) timeline has become so convoluted it is their timeline that is causing the massive distortions, and therefore if they were to travel, they would bring the problems with them. This is the weakest of these theories.

  • In the book the chapter's name says "Amelias Last Farewell" which, since the Doctor has read it, makes the fact that they never meet again, fixed.

  • After reading the final at the end of the book the Doctor finally realizes that the Williams' are simply trying to live a normal life, and he continues to tear them out of that. He accepts his place as the rejected man of the Amy - Rory - Doctor love triangle.


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