Phone calls to the past - The Long Game

In the Doctor Who episode 'The Long Game' (Doctor Who 2005, Season 1, Episode 7), Adam makes multiple phone calls from the future back to his own time, leaving a message on his parents answering machine.

Is there something in the plot that explains how a phone call can be made through time and space to a distant point in the past?

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Best Answer

It wasn't Earth tech. He used Rose's cellphone that was originally modified by the Doctor so that she could talk to her mother:

The "Superphone" is an upgraded mobile phone that can make calls across time and space. It even calibrates to the user's home time period, as shown by Adam Mitchell's ability to call his home time on Rose Tyler's phone ("The Long Game"), despite their native time periods being about six years apart. [...]
The superphone first appears in "The End of the World", where the Ninth Doctor modifies Rose's Nokia 3200 mobile phone with a special device that goes in place of the battery.

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What does the phone say in FNaF?

Uh, let's see. First, there's an introductory greeting from the company that I'm supposed to read. Eh, it's kind of a legal thing, you know. Um, 'Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza: a magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life.

Do phone calls matter in Mystic Messenger?

Calls and text messages have no effect on routes or ending \u2013 they merely provide extra colour and perspective on the characters. Enjoy them when they occur, but don't worry about missing them. You can earn extra Hearts in messages, but they only add to your currency total - not affect your endings.

Who is the phone guy FNaF?

The voice actor behind the phone guy across the entire series is actually franchise creator Scott Cawthon, who has worked on every title, including last year's mobile AR installment Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery.

What happens if you miss a call in Mystic Messenger?

If you miss the call, you can call the character back for 5 Hourglasses (standard) or 10 Hourglasses (Another Story). As a general rule of thumb, if you miss a call, you can only call them back successfully after the next chat room.

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