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{{Infobox Object  
{{Infobox Object  
|name = Timey-wimey detector
|image      = Timey-WimeyDetector.jpg
|image = timey-wimey.png
|type       = Temporal anomaly-detecting device
|type = Temporal anomaly-detecting device
|origin     = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|origin = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|first      = Blink (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''<br />[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''<br />[[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]''}}
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The '''Timey-Wimey Detector''' was a makeshift device used for detecting [[time|temporal]] anomalies by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He used it when he was trapped in [[1969]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s to detect others who had been [[time travel|sent back in time]]. It looked like a late-[[20th century]] portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The Doctor's vague explanation to [[Billy Shipton]] as to its function was that "it [went] 'ding' when [there was] stuff."


The '''timey-wimey detector''' was a makeshift device used for detecting [[time|temporal]] anomalies by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He used it when he was trapped in [[1969]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s to detect others who had been [[time travel|sent back in time]]. It looked like a late-[[20th century]] portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The exact nature of the device's functioning was not made clear; the Doctor's deliberately vague explanation to [[Billy Shipton]] was that "it goes 'ding' when there's stuff." However, it may be inferred the timey-wimey detector was primed to detect residual [[artron energy]] acquired by beings who had travelled in the [[Time Vortex]]. This energy was loosely described by the Doctor as "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff", hence the name of the device. The timey-wimey detector had one main side-effect: "It boils an egg at thirty paces, whether you want it to or not." The Doctor learned to stay away from [[chicken|hens]], as "it's not pretty when they blow". ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') This device was later destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'')
This "stuff" was loosely described by the Doctor as "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff", hence the name of the device. The timey-wimey detector had one main side-effect: It would boil an egg from up to 30 paces away, any egg, even those still in hens, which would cause the unfortunate birds to explode. It was made up of items including a [[Blackpool]] postcard, prominently featuring [[Blackpool Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') This device was later destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'')


The Tenth Doctor used a new timey-wimey detector while on a date with Queen [[Elizabeth I]], who he believed to be a [[Zygon]], in [[1562]]. In addition to detecting shape-shifter DNA, it can microwave frozen dinners from up to twenty feet, and download comic books from the future. He later used the timey-wimey detector to track the Zygon and thought it had taken the shape of a wild [[rabbit]], but he turned out to be incorrect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'')


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'')[[Category:Time technology]]
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 4 July 2024

The Timey-Wimey Detector was a makeshift device used for detecting temporal anomalies by the Tenth Doctor. He used it when he was trapped in 1969 by the Weeping Angels to detect others who had been sent back in time. It looked like a late-20th century portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The Doctor's vague explanation to Billy Shipton as to its function was that "it [went] 'ding' when [there was] stuff."

This "stuff" was loosely described by the Doctor as "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff", hence the name of the device. The timey-wimey detector had one main side-effect: It would boil an egg from up to 30 paces away, any egg, even those still in hens, which would cause the unfortunate birds to explode. It was made up of items including a Blackpool postcard, prominently featuring Blackpool Tower. (TV: Blink) This device was later destroyed. (PROSE: Ghosts of India)

The Eleventh Doctor used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)

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