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According to the [[First Doctor]], [[fixed point in time|points in history became fixed]] once the '''waveform''' collapsed. It was dangerous at this point to interfere. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'') Such fixed points could be brought about, for example, on learning about the nature of one's own [[death]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] explained that [[time]] could not be rewritten once its details had been read. "Once we know what's coming, it's written in stone." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] described [[audio]] '''waveforms''' as looking like [[landscape]]s of [[mountain]]s and [[valley]]s. When a waveform was flipped, for instance by inverting the phase of a recording, its "valleys" were replaced with "mountains", and vice versa. When a waveform met its inverse, they would both be cancelled out. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Media (audio story)|Dead Media]]'')


The [[Vardan]]s could take the form of waveforms, and hence pass through physical barriers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wave of Destruction (audio story)|Wave of Destruction]]'')
Waveforms could pass through physical barriers. Hence, when [[Vardan]]s took the form of waveforms, they were able to do the same. The [[Vardan]]s could take the form of waveforms, and hence pass through physical barriers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wave of Destruction (audio story)|Wave of Destruction]]'')
 
According to the [[First Doctor]], [[fixed point in time|points in history became fixed]] once a [[probability waveform]] had collapsed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'', ''[[The Vardan Invasion of Mirth (audio story)|The Vardan Invasion of Mirth]]'') It was dangerous at this point to interfere. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'') The Doctor intimated that the Vardans ought to recognise a probability waveform, given their nature. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vardan Invasion of Mirth (audio story)|The Vardan Invasion of Mirth]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
The First Doctor, here, is alluding to {{w|wave function collapse|wave ''function'' collapse}}, as studied in [[quantum mechanics]], which occurs when a [[wave function]] in a {{w|superposition}} (ie. with multiple possible quantum states) is "observed" (measured), and thus collapses into only one possibility.
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 3 September 2020

Waveform

The Twelfth Doctor described audio waveforms as looking like landscapes of mountains and valleys. When a waveform was flipped, for instance by inverting the phase of a recording, its "valleys" were replaced with "mountains", and vice versa. When a waveform met its inverse, they would both be cancelled out. (AUDIO: Dead Media)

Waveforms could pass through physical barriers. Hence, when Vardans took the form of waveforms, they were able to do the same. The Vardans could take the form of waveforms, and hence pass through physical barriers. (AUDIO: Wave of Destruction)

According to the First Doctor, points in history became fixed once a probability waveform had collapsed. (AUDIO: Daybreak, The Vardan Invasion of Mirth) It was dangerous at this point to interfere. (AUDIO: Daybreak) The Doctor intimated that the Vardans ought to recognise a probability waveform, given their nature. (AUDIO: The Vardan Invasion of Mirth)