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'''Potential energy''' was the energy from the possible futures of an individual and possibly other entities.
'''Potential energy''' was the energy from possible futures; [[Ace]] stated that potential energy flowed between every point in the [[multiverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Life of Crime (audio story)|A Life of Crime]]'')


The [[Weeping Angel]]s fed on potential energy, though some used other sources. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') A Weeping Angel would touch someone, sending them to the past while feeding on the lives they might have had, this led [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] to describe them as "the only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely," since their method of killing was to let their victims "live to death". ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
The [[Weeping Angel]]s fed on the potential energy of an individual, though some used other sources. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') A Weeping Angel would touch someone, sending them to the past while feeding on the lives they might have had. This led the [[Tenth Doctor]] to describe them as "the only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely," since their method of killing was to let their victims "live to death". ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') During [[World War I]], however, the Weeping Angels found themselves starved as their victims came from a "lost [[generation]]" whose lives were cut short. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'')
 
Similarly, the [[Oroborus]] turned the planet [[Centauri]] into a [[black hole]] by "siphoning off its future", as [[Alistair Gryffen]] said. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oroborus (TV story)|Oroborus]]'')
 
[[Peter Hutchings]] explained the theoretical impossibilities of a [[time corridor|time-space corridor]], since vanishing from the material universe would cause a vast energy discharge due to [[conservation of energy]]. [[Time travel]] would be impossible unless somebody could harness a [[black hole]], somehow storing up all the potential energy debt incurred and letting it leak out of the [[event horizon]] as slow dollops of [[Hawking radiation]], which was also impossible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')


The [[Oroborus]] also seemed to feed off potential energy, though not as "nicely" as the Weeping Angels, as it turned the planet [[Centauri]] into a [[black hole]] by "siphoning off its future", as [[Alistair Gryffen]] said. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Oroborus (TV story)|Oroborus]]'')
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Latest revision as of 01:55, 4 September 2020

Potential energy was the energy from possible futures; Ace stated that potential energy flowed between every point in the multiverse. (AUDIO: A Life of Crime)

The Weeping Angels fed on the potential energy of an individual, though some used other sources. (TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone) A Weeping Angel would touch someone, sending them to the past while feeding on the lives they might have had. This led the Tenth Doctor to describe them as "the only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely," since their method of killing was to let their victims "live to death". (TV: Blink) During World War I, however, the Weeping Angels found themselves starved as their victims came from a "lost generation" whose lives were cut short. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)

Similarly, the Oroborus turned the planet Centauri into a black hole by "siphoning off its future", as Alistair Gryffen said. (TV: Oroborus)

Peter Hutchings explained the theoretical impossibilities of a time-space corridor, since vanishing from the material universe would cause a vast energy discharge due to conservation of energy. Time travel would be impossible unless somebody could harness a black hole, somehow storing up all the potential energy debt incurred and letting it leak out of the event horizon as slow dollops of Hawking radiation, which was also impossible. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)