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While waiting for [[Clara Oswald]] to finish her day of work at [[Coal Hill School]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] read a book on ''[[Advanced Quantum Mechanics]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') which bored him after he failed to [[Where's Wally?|find Wally]] anywhere and had to resort to reading the text. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | While waiting for [[Clara Oswald]] to finish her day of work at [[Coal Hill School]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') the [[Eleventh Doctor]] read a book on ''[[Advanced Quantum Mechanics]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') which bored him after he failed to [[Where's Wally?|find Wally]] anywhere and had to resort to reading the text. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
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The 2019 ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' audio story ''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'' establishes that [[fixed points in time]] are only created "once a [[waveform]] has collapsed". This is a clear allusion to {{w|wave function collapse}}, a concept in quantum mechanics. This is when a [[wave function]] in a {{w|superposition}} (ie. with multiple possible quantum states) is "observed" (measured), and thus collapses into only one possibility. | |||
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Revision as of 20:25, 25 September 2019
Quantum physics revealed that particles changed their behaviour when observed. Ng theorised that the experience of "shoulder creeping" was related to quantum phenomena. (AUDIO: ScrapeJane)
Quantum theory was one of the subjects studied by Susan before she and the First Doctor settled at Totter's Lane. (PROSE: Losing the Audience)
While waiting for Clara Oswald to finish her day of work at Coal Hill School, (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor) the Eleventh Doctor read a book on Advanced Quantum Mechanics, (TV: The Day of the Doctor) which bored him after he failed to find Wally anywhere and had to resort to reading the text. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)
Behind the scenes
The 2019 Companion Chronicles audio story Daybreak establishes that fixed points in time are only created "once a waveform has collapsed". This is a clear allusion to wave function collapse, a concept in quantum mechanics. This is when a wave function in a superposition (ie. with multiple possible quantum states) is "observed" (measured), and thus collapses into only one possibility.
