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The '''butterfly compensation switch''' was a control found on [[TARDIS control console|TARDIS consoles]].   
{{first pic|Butterfly compensation switch.png|The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] belatedly switches the butterfly compensation back on. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}})}}The '''butterfly compensation switch''' was a control found on [[TARDIS control console|TARDIS consoles]].   


The switch appeared on [[TARDIS console (The Star Beast)|the Fifteenth Doctor's console]] as a blue switch on the panel facing the [[TARDIS door]]s. When the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] was getting used to his controls, he forgot to set the switch and so encountered the [[butterfly effect]] when [[Ruby Sunday]] stepped on a [[butterfly (Space Babies)|butterfly]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}})  
The switch appeared on [[TARDIS console (The Star Beast)|the Fifteenth Doctor's console]] as a blue switch on the panel facing the [[TARDIS door]]s. When the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] was getting used to his controls, he forgot to set the switch and so encountered the [[butterfly effect]] when [[Ruby Sunday]] stepped on a [[butterfly (Space Babies)|butterfly]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}})  


Devices which regulated the "causalness" of a time traveller, including what effect of lack thereof stepping on a butterfly might have, were termed "[[chaotic limiter]]s" by ''[[The Book of the War]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
Devices which regulated the "causalness" of a time traveller, including what effect or lack thereof stepping on a butterfly might have, were termed "[[chaotic limiter]]s" by ''[[The Book of the War]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})


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Latest revision as of 16:42, 11 May 2024

The Fifteenth Doctor belatedly switches the butterfly compensation back on. (TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"])

The butterfly compensation switch was a control found on TARDIS consoles.

The switch appeared on the Fifteenth Doctor's console as a blue switch on the panel facing the TARDIS doors. When the Fifteenth Doctor was getting used to his controls, he forgot to set the switch and so encountered the butterfly effect when Ruby Sunday stepped on a butterfly. (TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"])

Devices which regulated the "causalness" of a time traveller, including what effect or lack thereof stepping on a butterfly might have, were termed "chaotic limiters" by The Book of the War. (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])