Killing Baby Hitler

Well, River Song (that’s Melody Pond to you, bub) couldn’t do it so what makes you think it’s even possible?

First of all there’s what I call the “mucking about” paradox which says that if time travel is possible and you can alter reality, humans, being irresistibly prone to mucking about, will do so until they arrive at a reality where it’s not possible at all.

But secondly, and this is much more valid from a historical standpoint, if it wasn’t Hitler it would have been someone else like Ludendorff or Goering. It’s not like mid 20th century Germany lacked authoritarian irredentists or Europe anti-semites (see l’affaire Dreyfus).

“If it wasn’t for Jews, fags, and gypsies, there would be no theater.”- Frederick Bronski

In the interest of clarity and sanity, the rest of this post will not be in Polish-

Records indicate you will show mercy. You are an associate of the Doctor’s.

I’m River Song. Check your records again.

Mercy?

Say it again.

Mercy!

One more time.

Mercy!!!
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Where’s the Dalek?

It died.