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A '''force field''' is a device which is often used to protect whatever it surrounds for various reasons. They are usually transparent in colour, the only evidence of their existance being when an object hits the field.
A forcefield is an item of defensive technology usually used to protect the area it surrounds. The shield itself is usually a transparent layer of energy covering a building,lifeform or ship. Forcefields can be used to keep somewhere air tight or in war they can be used to deflect enemy weaponry. forcefields are usually clear but some appear blue or even red in colour. Most shields are powered by a generator near the protected area. The shields are commonly shaped like a dome or a bubble but this is not always the case.
 
'''Situations where forcefields have been used'''
 
*Platform 1 was protected by a force-field so that no damage would come to the station when the Earth exploded.
*The Judoon surrounded the Royal Hope Hospital with an air tight force-shield when it took the building to the moon.
*The Sontaran command ship was shielded against weapons as powerful as Nuclear missiles.
*Daleks are surrounded by a shield that can only be penetrated by a powerful energy weapon.
*The sanctury base on Krop Tor was protected by a force-shield to keep it safe from the vaccuum outside.
*Margaret Slitheen stole a macro-kinetic extrapolator that could generate a shield powerful enough to protect her from a nuclear melt-down.
*This device was later installed into the Tardis to protect the Gamestation from Dalek firepower and the ship itself.
*The family of Bloods ship was surrounded by a green invisible forcefield.
*Dalek prison cells used force-field technology to hold their captives.
*Modern ships such as the SS Pentallion, the Titanic cruiserand the Dalek Mothership had force-shields.
*The torchwood 3 institute owned a portable prison cell that could generate a funnel of energy around its captive.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


[[Human]]s developed force fields sometime before [[43K2.1]] and used them to surround  bases on hostile [[planet]]s during missions. The base on [[Krop Tor]] used force fields when scientists traveled to the planet to find and retrienve the energy source that was keeping Krop Tor in orbit of the [[black hole]] [[K37 Gem 5]]. However, the force field  was only used to cover an openable roof, and air could easily escape if a window was destroyed. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit]]'')


When the [[Judoon]] transported the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] from [[London]] to [[the Moon]] in [[2008]], they created a force field around the hospital to keep the air in. The Judoon though were able to enter and exit the field while the people in the hospital were stuck inside. ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')


A [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]] is a pan-dimensional surfboard used as a kind of spacecraft, surrounding the user in a force field to protect them. ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'')




[[Category:Defensive technology]]
[[Category:Defensive technology]]

Revision as of 19:21, 15 July 2008

A forcefield is an item of defensive technology usually used to protect the area it surrounds. The shield itself is usually a transparent layer of energy covering a building,lifeform or ship. Forcefields can be used to keep somewhere air tight or in war they can be used to deflect enemy weaponry. forcefields are usually clear but some appear blue or even red in colour. Most shields are powered by a generator near the protected area. The shields are commonly shaped like a dome or a bubble but this is not always the case.

Situations where forcefields have been used

  • Platform 1 was protected by a force-field so that no damage would come to the station when the Earth exploded.
  • The Judoon surrounded the Royal Hope Hospital with an air tight force-shield when it took the building to the moon.
  • The Sontaran command ship was shielded against weapons as powerful as Nuclear missiles.
  • Daleks are surrounded by a shield that can only be penetrated by a powerful energy weapon.
  • The sanctury base on Krop Tor was protected by a force-shield to keep it safe from the vaccuum outside.
  • Margaret Slitheen stole a macro-kinetic extrapolator that could generate a shield powerful enough to protect her from a nuclear melt-down.
  • This device was later installed into the Tardis to protect the Gamestation from Dalek firepower and the ship itself.
  • The family of Bloods ship was surrounded by a green invisible forcefield.
  • Dalek prison cells used force-field technology to hold their captives.
  • Modern ships such as the SS Pentallion, the Titanic cruiserand the Dalek Mothership had force-shields.
  • The torchwood 3 institute owned a portable prison cell that could generate a funnel of energy around its captive.