** This setting is about the hero not being around to save the day for the past couple seasons, and therefore ''hells yeah'' it was better when he was! 
** Amusingly, FridgeLogic hits very early, in that, to keep Donna alive long enough for Rose to beam her over, the lethality of a whole bunch of neutered threats had to be toned way down to non-world-destroying levels. Britain was choked with refugees and PuttingOnTheReich and it was all getting quite dreadful, but the human race hadn't been extinguished as he's so fond of predicting it will do if he fails.
*** Well, a lot of those other people died averting, just less well, so there were repercussions. Sarah Jane was on the moon, for example, and Torchwood Three died in stopping the Sontarans' ATMOS plot. Leaving Wales vulnerable to all the stuff they originally saved it from...
*** It's also mentioned a few times that the disasters are mostly moved elsewhere. The British economy is left in shambles following the crash of the ''Titanic'', so there is little demand there for newfangled vehicle equipment or fat burning dietary supplements.

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