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[[File:Maze-of-the-dead_02.jpg|thumb|A gravity globe used in a [[Maze of the Dead]] on [[Alfava Metraxis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')]] | |||
[[File:Maze-of-the-dead_02.jpg|thumb|A gravity globe used in a [[Maze of the Dead]] on [[Alfava Metraxis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'')]] | |||
A '''gravity globe''', or '''grav globe''', was a [[human]] device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would 'hang' at a set height and provide light in a large space. Gravity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves. | A '''gravity globe''', or '''grav globe''', was a [[human]] device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would 'hang' at a set height and provide light in a large space. Gravity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves. | ||
[[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up [[Krop Tor]]'s core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'' | [[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up [[Krop Tor]]'s core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
The [[Cleric]]s used a globe to light up the [[Maze of the Dead]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') | |||
[[Category:Human technology]] | [[Category:Human technology]] | ||
Revision as of 23:54, 29 October 2012
A gravity globe, or grav globe, was a human device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would 'hang' at a set height and provide light in a large space. Gravity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves.
Ida Scott used a globe to light up Krop Tor's core. (TV: The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit)
The Clerics used a globe to light up the Maze of the Dead. (TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone)
