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To use but one example, the [[Sycorax]] thought of [[blood control]] as form of sorcery and [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] as a user of [[witchcraft]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
To use but one example, the [[Sycorax]] thought of [[blood control]] as form of sorcery and [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] as a user of [[witchcraft]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')


[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] reminded [[Ace]] of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is also true". ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'').
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] reminded [[Ace]] of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is also true". ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'').


[[The Captain (Pirate Planet)|The Captain]] paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had posessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'').
[[The Captain (Pirate Planet)|The Captain]] paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had posessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'').

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Clarke's Law states that:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

To use but one example, the Sycorax thought of blood control as form of sorcery and the Doctor as a user of witchcraft. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)

The Doctor reminded Ace of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is also true". (DW: Battlefield).

The Captain paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had posessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic" (DW: The Pirate Planet).

Note

This principle often gets quoted as a singular statement. In fact, Arthur C. Clarke made it the third of three laws concerning predicting the future.

Clarke's Law