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When [[Angelo Colasanto]] believed Captain [[Jack Harkness]]' [[Vortex manipulator]] to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'') | When [[Angelo Colasanto]] believed Captain [[Jack Harkness]]' [[Vortex manipulator]] to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'') | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] paraphrased the law to [[Clara Oswald]] when stating how he would impress a [[Viking]] village with a [[Yo-yo]]. | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In the real world, this is actually [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke's]] Third Law. | In the real world, this is actually [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke's]] Third Law. | ||
[[Category:Theories and concepts]] | [[Category:Theories and concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Science from the real world]] | [[Category:Science from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 17 October 2015
Clarke's Law stated that:
Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.
The Captain paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." (TV: The Pirate Planet)
The Seventh Doctor reminded Ace of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the Thirteen Worlds, a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. (TV: Battlefield)
When Angelo Colasanto believed Captain Jack Harkness' Vortex manipulator to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. (TV: Immortal Sins)
The Twelfth Doctor paraphrased the law to Clara Oswald when stating how he would impress a Viking village with a Yo-yo.
Behind the scenes
In the real world, this is actually Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law.
