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The [[Time Agency]] used '''wrist straps''' for a variety for functions. According to the Time Agent [[John Hart]], Time Agents would bicker over the size of their respective wrist straps.
|Object name = Vortex manipulator
|type = [[time travel]]
|origin = [[Time Agency]]
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' (mentioned)</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''
}}
A '''vortex manipulator''' was a form of basic [[time travel]] developed by the [[Time Agency]] of the [[51st century]]. Although it was generally used by the Agency, the [[Family of Blood]] stole one to follow [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] around the [[universe]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')


The Doctor considered it very primitive compared to a [[TARDIS]], describing [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] as a "sports car" to [[Jack Harkness]]'s "space hopper".
==Functions==
* [[Vortex manipulator|Vortex manipulation]] to facilitate [[time travel]]  ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
* Communication between users, including storage of messages ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
* Projection of [[hologram]]s ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
* [[Teleportation]]  ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The Stlen Earth]]'')


Jack Harkness had his manipulator housed in a [[Time Agency wrist strap]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
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Revision as of 22:35, 28 June 2008

The Time Agency used wrist straps for a variety for functions. According to the Time Agent John Hart, Time Agents would bicker over the size of their respective wrist straps.

Functions