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A '''storm drive''' was a powerful engine which used nuclear fission to produce energy. The destruction of a storm drive would cause a major energy release, equivalent to an [[atomic bomb]], and would leave massive amounts of residual [[radiation]]. | A '''storm drive''' was a powerful engine which used nuclear fission to produce energy. The destruction of a storm drive would cause a major energy release, equivalent to an [[atomic bomb]], and would leave massive amounts of residual [[radiation]]. | ||
There was a storm drive powering the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' and, without it functioning, the ship would lose orbit. In an [[Donna's World|alternate timeline]] the engines failed and the ''Titanic'' fell on [[London]], destroying it and poisoning all of Southern Wales. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | There was a storm drive powering the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' and, without it functioning, the ship would lose orbit. In an [[Donna's World|alternate timeline]] the engines failed and the ''Titanic'' fell on [[London]], destroying it and poisoning all of Southern Wales. In the original timeline, the Doctor managed to use the heat of reentry into [[Earth]]'s atmosphere to fire up a secondary storm drive and return the ''Titanic'' to orbit. The secondary storm drive was enough to keep the ship in orbit until rescue could arrive. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 04:42, 31 December 2017
A storm drive was a powerful engine which used nuclear fission to produce energy. The destruction of a storm drive would cause a major energy release, equivalent to an atomic bomb, and would leave massive amounts of residual radiation.
There was a storm drive powering the Titanic and, without it functioning, the ship would lose orbit. In an alternate timeline the engines failed and the Titanic fell on London, destroying it and poisoning all of Southern Wales. In the original timeline, the Doctor managed to use the heat of reentry into Earth's atmosphere to fire up a secondary storm drive and return the Titanic to orbit. The secondary storm drive was enough to keep the ship in orbit until rescue could arrive. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)
