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The [[Time Lord]]s could create a [[fixed point in time]] by using their abilities to freeze a probability into a certainty. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | The [[Time Lord]]s could create a [[fixed point in time]] by using their abilities to freeze a probability into a certainty. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
The unusual properties of [[Tick-Tock World]] could create multiple equally probable occurrences of a single event. When the [[First Doctor]] was devoured by a [[Xesto]], he awoke in a hinterland populated by several alternate versions of himself, which [[Susan Foreman (Tick-Tock World)|a future version]] of [[Susan]] explained were the victims of equally probable, but slightly different, ways that he could have endured such a fate. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'') | The unusual properties of [[Tick-Tock World]] could create multiple equally probable occurrences of a single event. When the [[First Doctor]] was devoured by a [[Xesto]], he awoke in a hinterland populated by several alternate versions of himself, which [[Susan Foreman (Tick-Tock World)|a future version]] of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] explained were the victims of equally probable, but slightly different, ways that he could have endured such a fate. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]'') | ||
The [[computer]] of a [[Chula warship]] estimated a 100% probability that any attempt to jettison a [[German]] [[bomb]] would precipitate [[detonation]], and that [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]] would be [[terminate]]d in under two [[minute]]s. However, Jack was ultimately retrieved by the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | The [[computer]] of a [[Chula warship]] estimated a 100% probability that any attempt to jettison a [[German]] [[bomb]] would precipitate [[detonation]], and that [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]] would be [[terminate]]d in under two [[minute]]s. However, Jack was ultimately retrieved by the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 25 May 2023
As the Twelfth Doctor described, probability was a branch of mathematics that gauged the likelihood of future events which could not be predicted with absolute certainty. (COMIC: Gangland)
The Time Lords could create a fixed point in time by using their abilities to freeze a probability into a certainty. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)
The unusual properties of Tick-Tock World could create multiple equally probable occurrences of a single event. When the First Doctor was devoured by a Xesto, he awoke in a hinterland populated by several alternate versions of himself, which a future version of Susan explained were the victims of equally probable, but slightly different, ways that he could have endured such a fate. (AUDIO: Tick-Tock World)
The computer of a Chula warship estimated a 100% probability that any attempt to jettison a German bomb would precipitate detonation, and that Captain Jack Harkness would be terminated in under two minutes. However, Jack was ultimately retrieved by the Ninth Doctor. (TV: The Doctor Dances)
When in Las Vegas, the Twelfth Doctor explained to Clara Oswald that rigorous probability calculations governed his actions, demonstrating this by using his mathematical skills to win at gambling. (COMIC: Gangland)
