You should look at the history of France sometime….
Nothing against the French, but how is it that their country has been taken over (invaded/captured) so many times, and yet survives separately? The borders really haven't changed much in all these centuries, but what makes France so bad to have control over?

well her "seeing" the axe as they showed wouldn't have happened - but her realizing that the vibrations weren't ones she was familiar with could.

The use of the Bootstrap Paradox has been used several times in Doctor Who. One example that popped into mind was "The Lodger" when The Doctor found a place to live in very short time, where it hadn't even been published yet… He and Amy did a few things later on to ensure the timeline was secure… but in doing so,…