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[[File:Radio.jpg|thumb|A [[1930]]s radio. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')]] | [[File:Radio.jpg|thumb|A [[1930]]s radio. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')]] | ||
''' | A '''radios''', also known as a '''wireless''', ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'') was a communication device that received music or information over a distance using '''radio waves'''. | ||
Radios were often used on [[Earth]] to play music that people could dance, sing and "fall in [[love]]" to. To [[Dalek]]s, however, a radio was just noise. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | Radios were often used on [[Earth]] to play music that people could dance, sing and "fall in [[love]]" to. To [[Dalek]]s, however, a radio was just noise. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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[[File:Radio_RoftD.jpg|left|thumb|A late-eighties radio. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')]] | [[File:Radio_RoftD.jpg|left|thumb|A late-eighties radio. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')]] | ||
[[Jeremiah O'Kane|Dr Jeremiah O'Kane]] had a radio in his home at [[Hawthorne (The Zero Imperative)|Hawthorne]]. He listened to the news on it in [[1994]] before [[William Bruffin]] switched it off to speak to him. Dr O'Kane preferred the word "wireless" to "radio" and would rather listen to music on his [[gramophone]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'') | |||
In the [[21st century]], there was a radio in the [[Clara's TARDIS|diner]], which was actually a disguised [[TARDIS (Hell Bent)|TARDIS]]. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] used his [[sonic sunglasses]] to activate it and use it as an amplifier. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | In the [[21st century]], there was a radio in the [[Clara's TARDIS|diner]], which was actually a disguised [[TARDIS (Hell Bent)|TARDIS]]. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] used his [[sonic sunglasses]] to activate it and use it as an amplifier. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Communications technology from the real world]] | [[Category:Communications technology from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 14 March 2019
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A radios, also known as a wireless, (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative) was a communication device that received music or information over a distance using radio waves.
Radios were often used on Earth to play music that people could dance, sing and "fall in love" to. To Daleks, however, a radio was just noise. (TV: Evolution of the Daleks)
In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio play adaptation of The War of the Worlds. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars) He also starred in the radio series The Shadow. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars; PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)
At some point in the 1960s, Susan Foreman acquired a transistor radio, which she used to listened to pop music, to the First Doctor's chagrin. During a Cyberman invasion, the Doctor made some adjustments to the radio waves, causing the Cybermen's mechanical brains to go haywire. (PROSE: Dr. First)
In October 1963, Susan Foreman and Cedric Chivers listened to the Beatles on Susan's transistor radio. Cedric claimed that the Beatles were always playing on the radio. (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth)
Circa 1969, radios manufactured by International Electromatics played a part in the Cybermen's plans to invade Earth. Tobias Vaughn even gave one to Jamie McCrimmon (TV: The Invasion)
During the 22nd century Dalek invasion, the rebels received broadcasts from the Daleks via radio. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) The Daleks destroyed every radio they found and killed anyone using them to keep humans from getting together and fighting them. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks)
In the 1960s, there were a number of pirate radio ships, such as Radio Bravo, surrounding Britain. (AUDIO: Dead Air)
Dr Jeremiah O'Kane had a radio in his home at Hawthorne. He listened to the news on it in 1994 before William Bruffin switched it off to speak to him. Dr O'Kane preferred the word "wireless" to "radio" and would rather listen to music on his gramophone. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)
In the 21st century, there was a radio in the diner, which was actually a disguised TARDIS. The Twelfth Doctor used his sonic sunglasses to activate it and use it as an amplifier. (TV: Hell Bent)
