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Human ships of the 26th century were powered by [[anti-matter]], which may have been required for warp drive. Should the navigational computers be tampered with while a ship was in warp drive, it could disintegrate. Warp drive-powered starships were in use up to and possibly beyond the [[51st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
Human ships of the 26th century were powered by [[anti-matter]], which may have been required for warp drive. Should the navigational computers be tampered with while a ship was in warp drive, it could disintegrate. Warp drive-powered starships were in use up to and possibly beyond the [[51st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
[[Warp shunt]] technology, used by the [[Nestene]]s to reach [[Earth]] in [[2005]], could have been a form of warp drive. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* The use of the term "warp drive" may have been a nod to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, which featured warp engines.
* The use of the term "warp drive" may have been a nod to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, which featured warp engines.
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Revision as of 00:41, 10 March 2013

Warp drive was a form of faster-than-light travel. Human ships used warp drive by the 26th century and even into the 51st century.

Before human life - and all life on Earth for that matter - even began, the Jagaroth created spaceships that used warp drive. The drive could be set at warp 1, warp 2, or warp 3. However, warp 3 would have been suicide if the ship did not have a fully working warp drive. (TV: City of Death)

Human ships of the 26th century were powered by anti-matter, which may have been required for warp drive. Should the navigational computers be tampered with while a ship was in warp drive, it could disintegrate. Warp drive-powered starships were in use up to and possibly beyond the 51st century. (TV: Earthshock, The Girl in the Fireplace)

Behind the scenes

  • The use of the term "warp drive" may have been a nod to the Star Trek franchise, which featured warp engines.