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When [[Angelo Colasanto]] believed Captain [[Jack Harkness]]' [[Vortex manipulator]] to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'')
When [[Angelo Colasanto]] believed Captain [[Jack Harkness]]' [[Vortex manipulator]] to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'')


The [[Twelfth Doctor]] paraphrased the law to [[Clara Oswald]] when stating how he would impress a [[Viking]] village with a [[Yo-yo]]. {{Fact}}
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] paraphrased the law to [[Clara Oswald]] when stating how he would impress a [[Viking]] village with a [[Yo-yo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==

Revision as of 11:36, 18 October 2015

Clarke's Law

Clarke's Law stated that:

Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.Clarke's Law [Battlefield [src]]

The Captain paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." (TV: The Pirate Planet)

The Seventh Doctor reminded Ace of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the Thirteen Worlds, a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. (TV: Battlefield)

When Angelo Colasanto believed Captain Jack Harkness' Vortex manipulator to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. (TV: Immortal Sins)

The Twelfth Doctor paraphrased the law to Clara Oswald when stating how he would impress a Viking village with a Yo-yo. (TV: The Girl Who Died)

Behind the scenes

In the real world, this is actually Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law.