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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JustinAlexander" data-source="post: 6125751" data-attributes="member: 6700092">I was initially confused and thought that, in addition to writing the message on it, he was also using the sonic screwdriver to somehow alter the device so that it would create the time loop. (Which didn't make a lot of sense, but my expectations have been lowered.)About 30 seconds after the episode ended (so about 3 minutes after the button was pushed), my brain finally clicked over and I said, "Oh! Got it."One detail I'm still seeing a lot of people miss who grasp the general gist of what happened is that we actually see the Doctor alter the time loop: The first time through, he simply tosses the remote through and hopes his past self will figure it out. He doesn't. (That's the version we see at the beginning of the episode.) The second time through, he says, "I've thrown this through the rift before. I have to make sure this time. I'll take it in there myself." Which he then does, changing the original outcome.The problem is that the Doctor makes a really big effort to get them to come along with him... but then he never actually needs them. And it's not just that it turns out that they're (worse than) useless, it's that the Doctor never even attempts to make use of them.Agreed. Unfortunately, that's mostly a commentary on how bad this season has been.</blockquote>