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|object name = Rubik's cube
|image      = 11 Fiddling With Rubik's Cube.jpg
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|origin     = [[Earth]]
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|appearances = [[SJA]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]''
|mentions=[[BFA]]: ''[[Cuddlesome (audio story)|Cuddlesome]]''
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A '''Rubik's cube''' was a [[toy]] that was popular on [[Earth]].
== History ==
[[Toshiko Sato]] had a Rubik's cube at her work station in [[the Hub]] which she could solve within a minute. [[Owen Harper]] would mess it up when she wasn't looking, but she would solve it each time, infuriating him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Another Life (novel)}}) Torchwood later found a part of a Rubik's cube in [[John Norris]]' carrier bag. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Border Princes (novel)}})
[[Luke Smith]] owned a Rubik's cube that he kept on his bedside table. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}})


A '''Rubik's cube''' was a [[toy]] that was popular in [[Earth]] in the [[1980s]].
In [[2011]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] toyed around with a Rubik's cube he found in [[George Thompson|George]]'s [[Rowbarton Estate|bedroom]] and was unable to solve it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Night Terrors (TV story)}}) He later found one while in the [[hotel]] constructed in the [[God Complex]] and solved it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}})


[[Luke Smith]] owned a Rubik's cube that he kept on his bedside table. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man]]'')
In [[2050]], [[Starkey]] once fiddled with a Rubik's cube in his room in [[Gryffen Manor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)}})


In [[2011]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] toyed around with a Rubik's cube he found in [[George (Night Terrors)|George]]'s bedroom and was unable to solve it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'') He later found one while in the hotel constructed on the [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|prison ship]] and was able to solve it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
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* In the video game ''[[The Last Dalek (video game)|The Last Dalek]]'', which is not a [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid source]] for [[Tardis:In-universe perspective|in universe articles]], an alien gearing system the Dalek can use to shoot in a different direction to that which it is facing is noted as bearing the inscription "© Erno Rubik".


[[Category:Toys from the real world]]
[[Category:Toys from the real world]]

Latest revision as of 21:51, 12 January 2024

Rubik's cube

A Rubik's cube was a toy that was popular on Earth.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Toshiko Sato had a Rubik's cube at her work station in the Hub which she could solve within a minute. Owen Harper would mess it up when she wasn't looking, but she would solve it each time, infuriating him. (PROSE: Another Life [+]Loading...["Another Life (novel)"]) Torchwood later found a part of a Rubik's cube in John Norris' carrier bag. (PROSE: Border Princes [+]Loading...["Border Princes (novel)"])

Luke Smith owned a Rubik's cube that he kept on his bedside table. (TV: The Nightmare Man [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (TV story)"])

In 2011, the Eleventh Doctor toyed around with a Rubik's cube he found in George's bedroom and was unable to solve it. (TV: Night Terrors [+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"]) He later found one while in the hotel constructed in the God Complex and solved it. (TV: The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

In 2050, Starkey once fiddled with a Rubik's cube in his room in Gryffen Manor. (TV: Jaws of Orthrus [+]Loading...["Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the video game The Last Dalek, which is not a valid source for in universe articles, an alien gearing system the Dalek can use to shoot in a different direction to that which it is facing is noted as bearing the inscription "© Erno Rubik".