The Father's Day Question

[shada pavlova]

Here's something to speculate about:

The Reapers: are they actually the Chronovores by another name?

[Si Hunt]

No.

Si.

[Rob McCow]

They definitely are Chronovores.

[Dirk Gently]

No or yes, who knows, there's only one way to find out!


FIGHT!

[Si Hunt]

The Reapers were said to exist to 'repair' time anomalies (they "sterilise the wound"). They therefore appear in our Universe only when there is severe damage to time, and their strength depends on the severity of the timeline disruption. The Chronovores exist outside of time, but crucially once here do not seem limited by any such constraint; they can wreak havoc and "devour" time in a similar way a Boa Constrictor devours a rabbit - fur and all. So the Chronovores are creatures who exist 'between' our moments of being and who are devastating once unleashed; the Reapers appear only in times of emergency, and have a singular purpose - to obliterate those causing damage to the timeline and to restore order.

Si.

[Rob McCow]

But then leeches heal wounds by eating the dead flesh. Perhaps the Reapers eat the 'dead flesh' of time?

[Logo Polish]

Who were the Chronovores, something in The Time Monster? Kronos?

It's a shame the Reapers didn't take the form of giant budgies with white cloaks.

[Si Hunt]

Chronovores were "time eaters", creatures that live outside of time, as seen in "The Time Monster". When unleashed into time, they can take any form from a big flapping white chicken to a member of Pan's People.

Si.

[Dirk Gently]

But then leeches heal wounds by eating the dead flesh. Perhaps the Reapers eat the 'dead flesh' of time?

I thought that was maggots?

[shada pavlova]

Perhaps the Chronovores were wiped out in the Time War, and the Reapers evolved to fill the ecological gap?

[Rob McCow]

They were all eaten by the Nightmare Child.

[P-Bal]

Ingrid Pitt.

[Rob McCow]

We've all seen the jaws of her Nightmare Children!

[Pip Madeley]

Another classic thread.

[SiHart]

Maybe the reapers came from the gap between the now and the now.

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

They can't be the same - Pertwee in The Time Monster clearly shows that a Chronovore is something to be scared of; whereas Blue Oyster Cult make a valid point when they say DON'T fear the Reapers.

[Dirk Gently]

...whereas Blue Oyster Cult make a valid point when they say DON'T fear the Reapers.

Very good.