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A '''computer program''' was a set of instructions for a [[computer]]. A person who wrote programs, such as [[Melanie Bush]], was known as a [[programmer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', et al.) | A '''computer program''' was a set of instructions for a [[computer]]. A person who wrote programs, such as [[Melanie Bush]], was known as a [[programmer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', et al.) | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] claimed that all the best computer programs, such as the one [[the TARDIS]] used, were written in ancient [[High Gallifreyan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') | |||
Known computer programs included one created by a sentient [[crystal ball]] in [[1925]] to trap the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]] and [[Harry Houdini]]; ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Theatre of the Mind (comic story)|Theatre of the Mind]]'') [[Voractyll]], created by the [[Voracian]]s to take over the computer systems of [[Earth]] in [[1998]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[System Shock (novel)|System Shock]]'') and [[Mann]], created by [[Jess Carter]] in the [[27th century]] to help her learn social interaction; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Welcome to the Machine (short story)|Welcome to the Machine]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 02:26, 2 August 2019
A computer program was a set of instructions for a computer. A person who wrote programs, such as Melanie Bush, was known as a programmer. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids, et al.)
The Seventh Doctor claimed that all the best computer programs, such as the one the TARDIS used, were written in ancient High Gallifreyan. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)
Known computer programs included one created by a sentient crystal ball in 1925 to trap the Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald and Harry Houdini; (COMIC: Theatre of the Mind) Voractyll, created by the Voracians to take over the computer systems of Earth in 1998; (PROSE: System Shock) and Mann, created by Jess Carter in the 27th century to help her learn social interaction; (PROSE: Welcome to the Machine)
