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'''Zeiton-7''', also spelt '''zyton seven''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') was a rare [[Zeiton]] [[mineral]] and fuel which was used by [[TARDIS]]es. It was used to generate [[orbital energy]], which allowed the ship to move. It could be also used for fuel by other [[space-time vessel]]s. It was generally found on [[Varos]], though [[Galatron Mining Corporation]] had also found traces of Zeiton-7 on [[asteroid]] [[Biosculptor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'') It was also found on the [[Archon (The Nameless City)|Archon]] homeworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'')
'''Zeiton''' was an incredibly rare element from the planet [[Varos]]. The Thirteenth Doctor referred to specific pieces of Zeiton as '''Time Crystals'''. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Edge of Reality (video game)|The Edge of Reality]]'') It was a class of [[mineral]] and fuel which was used by [[TARDIS]]es, types of which included [[Zeiton-4]] and [[Zeiton-7]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] fired up the Zeiton crystals as one of the steps to keep [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation's]] TARDIS from blowing a hole in the space-time continuum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
 
The [[Eighth Doctor]] once suggested that it could be synthesised, perhaps using compressed [[nitrogen]] as a base but the exact formula eluded him. Zeiton-7 did not exist in the [[Divergent Universe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'')
 
Zeiton-7 could also be used to form part of a [[cold fusion]] generator. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'')
 
Zeiton-7 crystals were used to power tachyon-drive units. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Buying Time (comic story)|Buying Time]]'')
 
On [[Gallifrey (Forever)|an alternative Gallifrey]], there was a Zeiton-7 field on which the [[slave]]s settled after their liberation. The Mining Guild wished to mine there and [[Romana II|President Romana]] (from [[N-Space]]) decided that the Guild and the slaves would each get 50% of the profits made from the Zeiton-7. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]'')
 
Once, when the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie]] were travelling, the [[TARDIS|Time Rotor]] was damaged and the TARDIS was stranded in London 1968. According to the Doctor, the TARDIS needed "the equivalent of a blood transfusion: gold, mercury and Zeiton-7". When the Doctor touched the [[Necronomicon]], given to Jamie by {{Delgado|n=Professor Thascalos}}, the TARDIS took off and landed on the [[Archon (The Nameless City)|Archon]] homeworld. There, the Doctor and Jamie travelled to the [[Nameless City]], which was built "over a pool of gold, surrounded by canals of mercury and Zeiton-7". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]'')


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Revision as of 13:30, 20 August 2023

Zeiton was an incredibly rare element from the planet Varos. The Thirteenth Doctor referred to specific pieces of Zeiton as Time Crystals. (GAME: The Edge of Reality) It was a class of mineral and fuel which was used by TARDISes, types of which included Zeiton-4 and Zeiton-7. The Tenth Doctor fired up the Zeiton crystals as one of the steps to keep his TARDIS and his fifth incarnation's TARDIS from blowing a hole in the space-time continuum. (TV: Time Crash)