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| 1 = {{feature|title=Sonic screwdriver|image= | | 1 = {{feature|title=Sonic screwdriver|image=Doctor Who's Top 11 Sonic Screwdriver Scenes|ext=|lead=The '''sonic screwdriver''' was a highly versatile tool used by many, but not all, incarnations of [[the Doctor]]. While early versions were used mainly for the picking of locks and for projecting sound so as to, for example, detonate bombs, by the time of the [[Ninth Doctor]], the sonic was able to also be used as a sophisticated scanning device, with medical applications. Subsequent incarnations gave it even wider functionality, such as the ability to hack into computers, provide geo-location and actively defend against some types of assault weapon.}} | ||
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lead='''The Doctor's TARDIS''' was [[the Doctor]]'s primary means of transport. A [[TARDIS]] from his home planet of [[Gallifrey]], it was capable of travelling through [[space]] and [[time]]. The Doctor voyaged in his vessel all the way from the [[Big Bang]] to the [[End of the Universe|end of the universe]] in the year [[100000000000000|100 trillion]].}} | lead='''The Doctor's TARDIS''' was [[the Doctor]]'s primary means of transport. A [[TARDIS]] from his home planet of [[Gallifrey]], it was capable of travelling through [[space]] and [[time]]. The Doctor voyaged in his vessel all the way from the [[Big Bang]] to the [[End of the Universe|end of the universe]] in the year [[100000000000000|100 trillion]].}} | ||
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| 10 = {{feature|title=Sub-Wave Network|image=Calling the Doctor - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Sub-Wave Network''' was a piece of sentient software programmed to find anyone who could help to contact the [[Tenth Doctor]]. It used sub-wave communication to transmit, which meant it was undetectable as it was below normal waves. It was created by the [[Mr Copper Foundation]] and further developed by [[Great Britain]]'s former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]].}} | | 10 = {{feature|title=Sub-Wave Network|image=Calling the Doctor - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Sub-Wave Network''' was a piece of sentient software programmed to find anyone who could help to contact the [[Tenth Doctor]]. It used sub-wave communication to transmit, which meant it was undetectable as it was below normal waves. It was created by the [[Mr Copper Foundation]] and further developed by [[Great Britain]]'s former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]].}} | ||
| 11 = {{feature|title=Suspended animation|image=Indomitable - Doctor Who - BBC sci-fi|ext=|lead='''Suspended animation''', or '''cryogenic stasis''', was the temporary cessation of a life form's vital functions, often used to transport individuals from one time period to another without ageing.}} | | 11 = {{feature|title=Suspended animation|image=Indomitable - Doctor Who - BBC sci-fi|ext=|lead='''Suspended animation''', or '''cryogenic stasis''', was the temporary cessation of a life form's vital functions, often used to transport individuals from one time period to another without ageing.}} | ||
| 12 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 12 = {{feature|title=Infospike|image=The Editor gets the key to the TARDIS - Doctor Who - The Long Game - Series 1 - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''infospike''' was a procedure that involved creating a hole in the forehead to be able to download massive amounts of data. The [[Ninth Doctor]] considered the technology backwards for the time. The infospike was opened by a simple finger snap or click, by default, but this could be customised to, for example, whistling a particular tune. Part of the front of the [[brain]] was then visible through the hole.}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 22 October 2013
Dimensional transcendentalism was a key Time Lord discovery, which allowed an object to appear to be larger inside than outside, an effect made possible by transcendental engineering. This was used, for example, in TARDISes, where the interiors were always larger than the outer plasmic shells.
