DVD timeline mystery

[hp_lexicon]

No: HPFGUIDX 55649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Petra Pan <ms_petra_pan at y...> 
wrote:

> 
> When you reconciled the timeline from 
> the DVD and the timeline on the 
> Lexicon, exactly what were the 
> differences, if any?

The difference was that I placed the opening of the Chamber of 
Secrets exactly fifty years before it was reopened by Ginny under 
the influence of TOm Riddle. They placed it 51 years before. It 
seems to me that there must have been some reason why the year was 
important. Since Dumbledore's defeat of Grindlewald happens shortly 
thereafter, it seems logical that the two events are related and a 
certain amount of time is necessary between them. The 1945 date is a 
given, so the Chamber opening had to be adjusted to fit.

Everything else was the same, right down to the days. Even my error--
placing the tea with Hagrid on the 7th instead of the 6th--was 
included on the DVD timeline.

Here's what Warner Bros. said, according to the Leaky Cauldron:
"JKR reviewed the entire timeline, made notes on it, and then 
approved the final version..."

It certainly looks like the "entire timeline" they are refering to 
was the one from the Lexicon, and that her notes were to adjust the 
dates of the opening of the Chamber and to add Hermione's age. Since 
Warner wasn't actually doing the research, just copying mine, they 
didn't realize that the September 7 date was an error I had made, 
and Rowling didn't notice it either because it was a fairly 
insignificant date.

I wonder if there's any way to find out if that's what happened?

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon