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The Before the Flood speech (Doctor Who)

See how well you remember the 12th Doctor's speech about the Bootstrap Paradox from Before the Flood (Season 9, Episode 4 of Doctor Who)
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Answer
So
there's
this
man.
He
has
a
time
machine.
Up
and
down
history
he
goes,
zip
zip
zip
zip
zip,
getting
into
scrapes.
Another
thing
he
has
is
a
passion
for
the
works
of
Ludwig
van
Beethoven.
And
one
day
he
thinks,
what's
the
point
of
having
a
time
machine
if
you
don't
get
to
meet
your
heroes?
So
off
he
goes
to
18th
century
Germany.
But
he
can't
find
Beethoven
anywhere.
No
one's
heard
of
him,
not
even
his
family
have
any
idea
who
the
time
traveller
is
talking
about.
Beethoven
literally
doesn't
exist.
This
didn't
happen,
by
the
way.
I've
met
Beethoven.
Nice
chap.
Very
intense.
Loved
an
arm-wrestle.
No,
this
is
called
the
Bootstrap
Paradox.
Google
it.
The
time
traveller
panics.
He
can't
bear
the
thought
of
a
world
without
the
music
of
Beethoven.
Luckily
he'd
brought
all
of
his
Beethoven
sheet
music
for
Ludwig
to
sign.
So
he
copies
out
all
the
concertos,
and
the
symphonies
and
he
gets
them
published.
He
becomes
Beethoven.
And
history
continues
with
barely
a
feather
ruffled.
But
my
question
is
this.
Who
put
those
notes
and
phrases
together?
Who
really
composed
Beethoven's
Fifth?
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