MarkB
Legend
Not necessarily more powerful/capable - just better suited to a particular task.
So, who wants to talk about new Doctor Who (spoilers likely)
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Not necessarily more powerful/capable - just better suited to a particular task.
What, time travel? What other task is there for a time machine?
If the bracelet can go to more time periods than the TARDIS, it's a more capable time machine.
Nellisir
Hero
Containing a swimming pool? Being bigger on the inside than the outside?
Those aren't functions of a time machine.
That's like saying a car isn't a better transport vehicle than an apartment, because, hey "has a car got a bathroom in it?"
Sure, it's a better HOUSE than the bracelet. I won't argue that it isn't a superior living space. It's a worse time machine though.
Fast Learner
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But is it a better device for The Doctor? That's really the question, isn't it?
The question? Is there one, other than whatever one we want to ask? That's your question, I guess. My question is "is it a better time machine?"
Which is a better ground vehicle: a dirt bike or a SUV?
The TARDIS seems to have range, power, defences, passenger/carrying capacity, and a host of other advantages -- much like the SUV.
The bracelet seems to have subtlety and ability to penetrate a form of obstacle the TARDIS can't -- much like a dirt bike.
A dirt bike. A dirt bike is better at traversing ground. A time-bracelet is better at time travel.
The fact that a TARDIS and an SUV are good at other things is immaterial. A microwave is good at cooking things, but that doesn't make it qual to the dirt bike at traversing ground.
Exactly - things which aren't time travel. The TARDIS is a better house. The time-bracelet is a better time machine.
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I think it's the question that matters, yeah, based on your complaints. If it was a better time machine but couldn't do everything else the Doctor wanted it to, would that somehow make him less of a Lord of Time and Space?
If I was the world's best brain surgeon and there was a laser scalpel that did a certain part of my job better than my other tools, but wasn't what I actually needed the vast majority of the time, assuming I can't easily switch tools, am I now no longer the best brain surgeon?
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