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[[File:Technology and Magic Highlight - Episode 8 Doctor Who BBC America|thumb|The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] quotes Clarke's Law. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'')]] | |||
'''Clarke's Law''' stated that: | '''Clarke's Law''' stated that: | ||
{{ | {{Simplequote|Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.|Clarke's Law|Battlefield (TV story)}} | ||
[[The Captain]] paraphrased this by explaining that his now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | [[The Captain]] paraphrased this by explaining that his now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 26 November 2018
File:Technology and Magic Highlight - Episode 8 Doctor Who BBC America Clarke's Law stated that:
The Captain paraphrased this by explaining that his now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." (TV: The Pirate Planet)
The Seventh Doctor reminded Ace of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the Thirteen Worlds, a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. (TV: Battlefield)
When Angelo Colasanto believed Captain Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. (TV: Immortal Sins)
The Twelfth Doctor paraphrased the law to Clara Oswald when stating how he would impress a Viking village with a Yo-yo. (TV: The Girl Who Died)
The Thirteenth Doctor quoted the law to King James I. (TV: The Witchfinders)
Behind the scenes
In the real world, this is actually Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law.
