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'''Headphones''' were headwear speakers that were worn over the wearer's | '''Headphones''' were headwear speakers that were worn over the wearer's [[ear]]s and used to play audio privately. | ||
[[BOSS]] used a form of headphones to condition and [[hypnotise]] humans such as [[Jocelyn Stevens]] and [[Ralph Fell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') | [[BOSS]] used a form of headphones to condition and [[hypnotise]] humans such as [[Jocelyn Stevens]] and [[Ralph Fell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') | ||
In [[1984]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] attempted to call out to a man using a [[metal detector]] on the mud banks of the [[River Thames]] while being pursued by [[Lytton's policemen]]. However, as the man was wearing headphones, he could not hear her and was shot by the fake policemen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | In [[1984]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] attempted to call out to a man using a [[metal detector]] on the mud banks of the [[River Thames]] while being pursued by [[Lytton's policemen]]. However, as the man was wearing headphones, he could not hear her and was shot by the fake policemen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | ||
The [[Snowcap|Snowcap Base]] in [[Antarctica]] used headphones to communicate with the crew of the ''[[Zeus IV]]'' and ''[[Zeus V]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
Students of [[Deffry Vale High School]] used headphones for lessons. These were used by the [[Krillitane]]s to entrance them into cracking the [[Skasis Paradigm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | Students of [[Deffry Vale High School]] used headphones for lessons. These were used by the [[Krillitane]]s to entrance them into cracking the [[Skasis Paradigm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | ||
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While working for [[Saxon Master|Harold Saxon]], [[Dexter (42)|Dexter]] used earphones to listen in on phone calls between [[Martha Jones]] and her mother [[Francine Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | While working for [[Saxon Master|Harold Saxon]], [[Dexter (42)|Dexter]] used earphones to listen in on phone calls between [[Martha Jones]] and her mother [[Francine Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
In [[2007]], [[C'rizz]] once attacked bystanders in [[King's Cross station]]. [[Luke Tillyard]], discovering that [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] was running from C'rizz, used the earphones from his [[MP3 player]] on C'rizz which rendered him unconscious. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salva Mea (short story)|Salva Mea]]'') | |||
When a plate-sized [[Virtual]] ship crashed in London in [[2011]], the Virtuals escaped by uploading themselves onto the [[internet]] via a music track called "''Alien Infiltration''". This caused several people who listened to it through earphones to enter into a trance and walk out into the streets until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] deleted the Virtuals from the internet server and sent them back to their own dimension. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sound Bytes]]'') | |||
On [[Pete's World]], the [[EarPod]]s produced by [[Cybus Industries]] served as that universe's equivalent of the earphones and headphones of [[the Doctor's universe]], with similar functions with such as allowing their wearer to listen to audio and communicate. Like earphones, the EarPods were also fitted to the wearer's ears. However, the EarPods were much more technologically advanced, also allowing their wearers to [[Daily Download|download information into their brains]] as well as serving as covert [[mind control]] devices. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''), ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarPod (feature)|EarPod]]'') | |||
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[[Category:Audio players]] | [[Category:Audio players]] | ||
[[Category:Communications technology from the real world]] | [[Category:Communications technology from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 20 July 2023
Headphones were headwear speakers that were worn over the wearer's ears and used to play audio privately.
BOSS used a form of headphones to condition and hypnotise humans such as Jocelyn Stevens and Ralph Fell. (TV: The Green Death)
In 1984, Tegan Jovanka attempted to call out to a man using a metal detector on the mud banks of the River Thames while being pursued by Lytton's policemen. However, as the man was wearing headphones, he could not hear her and was shot by the fake policemen. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
The Snowcap Base in Antarctica used headphones to communicate with the crew of the Zeus IV and Zeus V. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
Students of Deffry Vale High School used headphones for lessons. These were used by the Krillitanes to entrance them into cracking the Skasis Paradigm. (TV: School Reunion)
The Tenth Doctor witnessed a man influenced by the Master's Archangel Network wearing headphones and tapping with the rhythm of the Drumming. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
As he was outside using his telescope, Wilfred Mott missed the arrival of the Adiposian First Family's nursery ship over London as he had his back turned and was wearing headphones. (TV: Partners in Crime)
During the Monk invasion, a resistance group led by the Twelfth Doctor broke into the Cathedral. The members of the resistance group wore headphones which played a recording by Bill Potts reminding them of the Monks true nature and why they are fighting them, in order to resist the True History which was being transmitted from the Cathedral. (TV: The Lie of the Land)
Max Collins played Xbox using headphones, so as not to be detected by his parents. (PROSE: Joyride)
Max listened to internet pornography downloaded onto his computer through headphones. (AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor)
Elliot Northover used headphones to listen to audio books, as he found it easier than reading due to his Dyslexia. (TV: The Hungry Earth)
Noise-cancelling headphones actively cancelled out the waveforms of undesired external noises. (AUDIO: Dead Media)
When Tracey's belongings were stolen, all he had left were a pair of Walkman headphones. (PROSE: Hospitality)
In 2079, technicians and communications officers on board Space Station W3 used headphones in the Operations and Communications Room. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
On board the Hyperion III, Melanie Bush listened to tape recordings through headphones to help her exercise in the space-liner's gymnasium. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids)
Earphones
Earphones were a smaller, portable form of headphones fitted to the outer ear rather than worn over the head.
While working for Harold Saxon, Dexter used earphones to listen in on phone calls between Martha Jones and her mother Francine Jones. (TV: 42, The Sound of Drums)
In 2007, C'rizz once attacked bystanders in King's Cross station. Luke Tillyard, discovering that Charley Pollard was running from C'rizz, used the earphones from his MP3 player on C'rizz which rendered him unconscious. (PROSE: Salva Mea)
When a plate-sized Virtual ship crashed in London in 2011, the Virtuals escaped by uploading themselves onto the internet via a music track called "Alien Infiltration". This caused several people who listened to it through earphones to enter into a trance and walk out into the streets until the Eleventh Doctor deleted the Virtuals from the internet server and sent them back to their own dimension. (COMIC: Sound Bytes)
On Pete's World, the EarPods produced by Cybus Industries served as that universe's equivalent of the earphones and headphones of the Doctor's universe, with similar functions with such as allowing their wearer to listen to audio and communicate. Like earphones, the EarPods were also fitted to the wearer's ears. However, the EarPods were much more technologically advanced, also allowing their wearers to download information into their brains as well as serving as covert mind control devices. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel), (PROSE: EarPod)
