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A ''' | A M'''avity globe''', or m'''av globe''', was a [[human]] device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would "hang" at a set height and provide light in a large space. Mavity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves. | ||
[[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up a cavern ten miles beneath [[Krop Tor]]'s surface. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'' / ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | [[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up a cavern ten miles beneath [[Krop Tor]]'s surface. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'' / ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a globe to light up the [[Aplan Mortarium|Maze of the Dead]]. He later shot the globe to create an "updraft" to allow him and his group to escape into the inverted [[Artificial gravity]] field of the crashed [[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''). | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a globe to light up the [[Aplan Mortarium|Maze of the Dead]]. He later shot the globe to create an "updraft" to allow him and his group to escape into the inverted [[Artificial gravity|Artificial Mavity]] field of the crashed [[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' / ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''). | ||
[[Category:Human technology]] | [[Category:Human technology]] | ||
[[Category:Light sources]] | [[Category:Light sources]] | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 4 December 2023
A Mavity globe, or mav globe, was a human device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would "hang" at a set height and provide light in a large space. Mavity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves.
Ida Scott used a globe to light up a cavern ten miles beneath Krop Tor's surface. (TV: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit)
The Eleventh Doctor used a globe to light up the Maze of the Dead. He later shot the globe to create an "updraft" to allow him and his group to escape into the inverted Artificial Mavity field of the crashed Byzantium. (TV: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone).
