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'''Faster-than-light travel''' is one of the most common methods of travelling long distances quickly, others including the [[Time Vortex]]., shared by most technologically advanced civilisations, as shown by the [[Nestene Consciousness]]' '''warp shunt technology''' ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''), the [[Krillitane]]s' knowledge of how to travel faster than light ([[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''), and the '''superluminal''' communications and travel technology used by the [[Butterfly People]] of the [[Arcateen]] system. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'')
'''Faster-than-light travel''' is one of one method of travelling interstellar distances without resorting to [[relativistic travel]] or [[generation starship]]s.
 
=Space travel via spacecraft=
 
One means involving passing a [[spacecraft]] through [[hyperspace]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood]]), both located outside of spacetime as [[human]]s know it. Other technologies include [[warp drive]].
 
=Space travel via [[space-time vessel]=
 
Travel via [[Time Vortex]] provides another alternative.
 
::''Virtually every story features [[the Doctor]] includes the use of the [[Time Vortex]] , the medium through which his [[TARDIS]] travels.
 
=Other examples=
 
*The [[Nestene Consciousness]]' used '''warp shunt technology''' ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'').
 
*The '''superluminal''' communications and travel technology used by the [[Butterfly People|people]] of the [[Arcateen]] system to transport themselves to Earth. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'')
 
::''[[Mary]] arrived on [[Earth]] via a transporation device. [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s [[star poet]] friend of the same species, arrived on Earth through unspecified means, though we can assume they used much of the same kind of technology.''
 
*'''Cellular transmission''', an experimental [[39th century]] technology designed to transport [[human]]s across [[galaxy|galaxies]] by means of a [[transmat]]-like interface. )[[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Masterplan]]'').


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Revision as of 20:54, 11 January 2007

Faster-than-light travel is one of one method of travelling interstellar distances without resorting to relativistic travel or generation starships.

Space travel via spacecraft

One means involving passing a spacecraft through hyperspace (DW: The Stones of Blood), both located outside of spacetime as humans know it. Other technologies include warp drive.

Space travel via [[space-time vessel]

Travel via Time Vortex provides another alternative.

Virtually every story features the Doctor includes the use of the Time Vortex , the medium through which his TARDIS travels.

Other examples

Mary arrived on Earth via a transporation device. Sarah Jane Smith's star poet friend of the same species, arrived on Earth through unspecified means, though we can assume they used much of the same kind of technology.