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'''Blood control''' was a method of controlling beings via their [[blood|blood type]]. | '''Blood control''' was a method of controlling beings via their [[blood|blood type]]. | ||
The [[Sycorax]] used blood control against one-third the population of [[2008]] [[Earth]]. They captured the Earth probe ''[[Guinevere One]]'', which carried a sample of A-positive [[ | The [[Sycorax]] used blood control against one-third the population of [[2008]] [[Earth]]. They captured the Earth probe ''[[Guinevere One]]'', which carried a sample of A-positive [[human]] blood. They inserted the sample into a [[control matrix]], which sent out signals that had to be obeyed by all those with that blood type. In this way, they were able to make all the people on Earth with A-positive blood stand on top of roofs, apparently ready to jump to their deaths. | ||
On this occasion, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] called blood control a "cheap bit of [[Voodoo]]", and likened it to [[hypnosis]]. Blood control, he said, could not overcome the basic Human survival instinct. Although Earth's A-positive population might have ''appeared'' to have been in danger of jumping off roofs, in truth blood control was not strong enough to have actually made them jump. | On this occasion, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] called blood control a "cheap bit of [[Voodoo]]", and likened it to [[hypnosis]]. Blood control, he said, could not overcome the basic Human survival instinct. Although Earth's A-positive population might have ''appeared'' to have been in danger of jumping off roofs, in truth blood control was not strong enough to have actually made them jump. | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 20 October 2011
Blood control was a method of controlling beings via their blood type.
The Sycorax used blood control against one-third the population of 2008 Earth. They captured the Earth probe Guinevere One, which carried a sample of A-positive human blood. They inserted the sample into a control matrix, which sent out signals that had to be obeyed by all those with that blood type. In this way, they were able to make all the people on Earth with A-positive blood stand on top of roofs, apparently ready to jump to their deaths.
On this occasion, the Doctor called blood control a "cheap bit of Voodoo", and likened it to hypnosis. Blood control, he said, could not overcome the basic Human survival instinct. Although Earth's A-positive population might have appeared to have been in danger of jumping off roofs, in truth blood control was not strong enough to have actually made them jump.
The Doctor further stated that he hadn't "seen blood control for years". (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
