If you ask anyone with even the slightest knowledge of Doctor Who what the hit BBC series is about, they’ll probably respond that it tells the story of an alien that time travels, saving people wherever they go.
No matter which iteration of the Doctor we’re talking about here, that’s pretty much what they do: they travel to the past and future, stopping people and fellow aliens from meeting terrible fates.
The long-term consequences for their actions are usually minimal, though the wrath of their many enemies has served as the catalyst for more than just one end-of-season story arc, from “Journey’s End” to “The Pandorica Opens”.
However, there’s this one episode from the first season of the rebooted series that brings forth very immediate consequences for the Doctor’s (and his companion’s) actions.
It’s an episode that is often regarded as one of the series’ best,…
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