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An '''optic nerve''' was an organ related to [[sight]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') Optic nerves could misfire, resulting in temporary or even permanent [[blindness]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Door into Bedlam (short story)|The Door into Bedlam]]'')
An '''optic nerve''' was an [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] related to [[sight]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') Optic nerves could misfire, resulting in temporary or even permanent [[blindness]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Door into Bedlam (short story)|The Door into Bedlam]]'')


The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once hacked [[Clara Oswald]]'s optic nerve using [[nanotechnology|nanotech]], allowing him to see whatever she saw, on the [[TARDIS monitor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') When one's optic nerve was "tapped", though, the act could leave behind [[scar]]s on the [[supra-orbital ridge]], above the [[eye]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War Crimes (short story)|War Crimes]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once hacked [[Clara Oswald]]'s optic nerve using [[nanotechnology|nanotech]], allowing him to see whatever she saw, on the [[TARDIS monitor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') When one's optic nerve was "tapped", though, the act could leave behind [[scar]]s on the [[supra-orbital ridge]], above the [[eye]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War Crimes (short story)|War Crimes]]'')
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Revision as of 18:59, 11 November 2018

Optic nerve

An optic nerve was an organ related to sight. (TV: Flatline) Optic nerves could misfire, resulting in temporary or even permanent blindness. (PROSE: The Door into Bedlam)

The Twelfth Doctor once hacked Clara Oswald's optic nerve using nanotech, allowing him to see whatever she saw, on the TARDIS monitor. (TV: Flatline) When one's optic nerve was "tapped", though, the act could leave behind scars on the supra-orbital ridge, above the eye. (PROSE: War Crimes)

Dream crabs (who were blind and deaf) could see themselves by streaming the visual input from people's optic nerves to their brains. (TV: Last Christmas)

The Half-Face Man burned a dinosaur that appeared in the River Thames, to use its optic nerve to repair the Clockwork Droids' ship, the SS Marie Antoinette. (TV: Deep Breath)