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A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a sequence of [[number]]s that included [[34 (number)|34]], [[55 (number)|55]], and [[89 (number)|89]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daisy Chain (short story)|Daisy Chain]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] identified 55 as the tenth Fibonacci number. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})
A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a sequence of [[number]]s that included [[34 (number)|34]], [[55 (number)|55]], and [[89 (number)|89]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Daisy Chain (short story)}}) The [[Twelfth Doctor]] identified 55 as the tenth Fibonacci number. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}})


According to [[Saul (Daisy Chain)|Saul]], [[daisy|daisies]] had [[petal]] numbers in line with the Fibonacci sequence. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Daisy Chain (short story)}})
According to [[Saul (Daisy Chain)|Saul]], [[daisy|daisies]] had [[petal]] numbers in line with the Fibonacci sequence. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Daisy Chain (short story)}})
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* Fibonacci numbers were named after the Italian mathematician [[Fibonacci]].
* Fibonacci numbers were named after the Italian mathematician [[Fibonacci]].


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Fibonacci sequence

A Fibonacci sequence was a sequence of numbers that included 34, 55, and 89. (PROSE: Daisy Chain [+]Loading...["Daisy Chain (short story)"]) The Twelfth Doctor identified 55 as the tenth Fibonacci number. (TV: Flatline [+]Loading...["Flatline (TV story)"])

According to Saul, daisies had petal numbers in line with the Fibonacci sequence. (PROSE: Daisy Chain [+]Loading...["Daisy Chain (short story)"])

When Professor Jeffrey Broderick received a bottle of malt laced with a hallucinogen from Sir Toby Kinsella in 1964, it caused him to recite the Fibonacci sequence ad infinitum in order to keep himself occupied. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence [+]Loading...["Artificial Intelligence (audio story)"])

The Weave's life cycle was similar to a Fibonacci sequence, with each name a successive number added to the last. When the Eleventh Doctor met a Weave named 6011, she confirmed that the Weave before her was 3715, and the one after her was 9726. (PROSE: The Glamour Chase [+]Loading...["The Glamour Chase (novel)"])

Whilst resisting the Keltin's gas, Adric first recited prime numbers before reciting the Fibonacci sequence. (AUDIO: The Star Men [+]Loading...["The Star Men (audio story)"])

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

  • Though unremarked in Daisy Chain or Flatline, the first eight Fibonacci numbers are 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21.
  • 6011 is the sixteenth number of a Fibonacci-type sequence which starts with 3 and 8.
  • Fibonacci numbers were named after the Italian mathematician Fibonacci.