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In the year [[100,000,000,000,000]] when all the [[star]]s had burned out, planets were found through a gravitional field navigational system. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | In the year [[100,000,000,000,000]] when all the [[star]]s had burned out, planets were found through a gravitional field navigational system. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ||
During a crisis in midflight, the [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] would lock onto the nearest place of gravity and land there. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') This statement seems a little inaccurate, as all objects produce gravity, and it should have locked on to the [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] instead of [[Earth]]. | During a crisis in midflight, the [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] would lock onto the nearest place of gravity and land there. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | ||
:''This statement seems a little inaccurate, as all objects produce gravity, and it should have locked on to the [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] instead of [[Earth]].'' | |||
Many celestial bodies had gravity that was significantly lower that of Earth's. On one [[asteroid]], the [[First Doctor]], [[John and Gillian]] were able to jump high in the air. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Therovian Quest]]'') Later, on [[the Moon]], they reminded two [[astronaut]]s who had fallen down a crevasse that because of the low gravity they could escape by jumping. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Moon Landing]]'') On another visit to the Moon, the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] amused themselves by jumping around in the low gravity until Jamie accidentally injured himself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') | |||
== Manipulating gravity == | == Manipulating gravity == | ||
The [[Gravitron]] was installed in the [[moonbase]] in the year [[2050]]. By using it to alter the Earth's tides, people were able to control the Earth's weather. In [[2070]], the [[Cybermen]] attempted to take over the Gravitron as part of their invasion of Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') | The [[Gravitron]] was installed in the [[moonbase]] in the year [[2050]]. By using it to alter the Earth's tides, people were able to control the Earth's weather. In [[2070]], the [[Cybermen]] attempted to take over the Gravitron as part of their invasion of Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') | ||
Revision as of 12:57, 18 June 2012
Gravity was a force of nature which caused all objects of mass to attract each other. Gravity caused the planets of star systems to stay in orbit.
4.6 billion years BC, rocks were pulled towards a Racnoss webstar, creating the Earth. (DW: The Runaway Bride)
Sir Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravity. The Fourth Doctor once claimed that he sat in Newton's tree dropping apples onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. (DW: The Pirate Planet)
In the year 100,000,000,000,000 when all the stars had burned out, planets were found through a gravitional field navigational system. (DW: Utopia)
During a crisis in midflight, the Tenth Doctor claimed his TARDIS would lock onto the nearest place of gravity and land there. (DW: Voyage of the Damned)
- This statement seems a little inaccurate, as all objects produce gravity, and it should have locked on to the Titanic instead of Earth.
Many celestial bodies had gravity that was significantly lower that of Earth's. On one asteroid, the First Doctor, John and Gillian were able to jump high in the air. (TVC: The Therovian Quest) Later, on the Moon, they reminded two astronauts who had fallen down a crevasse that because of the low gravity they could escape by jumping. (TVC: Moon Landing) On another visit to the Moon, the Second Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie amused themselves by jumping around in the low gravity until Jamie accidentally injured himself. (DW: The Moonbase)
Manipulating gravity
The Gravitron was installed in the moonbase in the year 2050. By using it to alter the Earth's tides, people were able to control the Earth's weather. In 2070, the Cybermen attempted to take over the Gravitron as part of their invasion of Earth. (DW: The Moonbase)
The Tractators could control gravity with their minds. This power could be amplified by tunnel systems built in a precise way. On Frontios, the Tractators used an excavation machine to create a series of tunnels with which to create a gravity motor. (DW: Frontios)
The Byzantium had artificial gravity. On Alfava Metraxis in the 51st century, the Eleventh Doctor shot a gravity globe floating above him and ordered his companions to jump. This caused them to land on the Byzantium above them. (DW: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone) The failure of this gravity caused the Weeping Angels pursuing the Doctor, Amy Pond and River Song to fall into a crack in the universe. (DW: Flesh and Stone)
