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{{Infobox Object | {{Infobox Object | ||
|name = Timey- | |name = Timey-Wimey Detector | ||
|image =Timey-WimeyDetector.jpg | |image =Timey-WimeyDetector.jpg | ||
|type = Temporal anomaly-detecting device | |type = Temporal anomaly-detecting device | ||
|origin = | |origin = | ||
|first = Blink (TV story) | |first = Blink (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]''}} | ||
}} | |made by = [[Tenth Doctor]]|used by = [[Tenth Doctor]]}} | ||
The '''timey-wimey detector''' was a makeshift device used for detecting [[time|temporal]] anomalies by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He used it when he was trapped in [[1969]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s to detect others who had been [[time travel|sent back in time]]. It looked like a late-[[20th century]] portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The Doctor's vague explanation to [[Billy Shipton]] as to its function was that "it [went] 'ding' when [there was] stuff." | The '''timey-wimey detector''' was a makeshift device used for detecting [[time|temporal]] anomalies by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He used it when he was trapped in [[1969]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s to detect others who had been [[time travel|sent back in time]]. It looked like a late-[[20th century]] portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The Doctor's vague explanation to [[Billy Shipton]] as to its function was that "it [went] 'ding' when [there was] stuff." | ||
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The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'') | ||
A similar device, the [[Machine That Goes "Ding"]], also went 'ding', but only in the presence of shape-shifting DNA. Both machines also had multiple purposes, with that machine being able to microwave frozen dinners and download comic books from the future. Said the [[Tenth Doctor]], "I never know when to stop." ([[TV]]: [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|''The Day of the Doctor'']]) | |||
[[Category:Time technology]] | [[Category:Time technology]] | ||
[[Category:Unique devices]] | [[Category:Unique devices]] | ||
[[Category:The Doctor's possessions]] | [[Category:The Doctor's possessions]] | ||
Revision as of 03:28, 26 April 2015
The timey-wimey detector was a makeshift device used for detecting temporal anomalies by the Tenth Doctor. He used it when he was trapped in 1969 by the Weeping Angels to detect others who had been sent back in time. It looked like a late-20th century portable open-reel tape recorder with only one spool. It alerted the Doctor to an anomaly by dinging. The Doctor's vague explanation to Billy Shipton as to its function was that "it [went] 'ding' when [there was] stuff."
This "stuff" was loosely described by the Doctor as "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff", hence the name of the device. The timey-wimey detector had one main side-effect: "It [boiled] an egg at thirty paces, whether you want it to or not." The Doctor learned to stay away from hens, as "[it wasn't] pretty when they [blew]". (TV: Blink) This device was later destroyed. (PROSE: Ghosts of India)
The Eleventh Doctor used one on an encounter with the Weeping Angels. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)
A similar device, the Machine That Goes "Ding", also went 'ding', but only in the presence of shape-shifting DNA. Both machines also had multiple purposes, with that machine being able to microwave frozen dinners and download comic books from the future. Said the Tenth Doctor, "I never know when to stop." (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
