Arc

An arc was a curve, in 2007, a whiteboard in a classroom at Deffry Vale High School referenced the arc of a circle. (TV: School Reunion)

A whiteboard illustration of a circle's arc. (TV: School Reunion)

After becoming the DoctorDonna in 2009 she mentioned in combating Davros and the Daleks that she had "non-electric dampening field with a retrograde field arc inversion". (TV: Journey's End ^[+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

Energy weapons could be fired in an arc, with the the colour of the energy weapon's energy often visible. (PROSE: Love and War ^[+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])

Upon arriving on Avalon in 2991 a dragon attacked the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan Foreman, billowing fire in an arc and setting the grass in front of the Doctor's TARDIS alright. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)"])

See also

• Arc of Infinity
• Arch

Behind the scenes

A story arc described a series of linked stories with an overarching theme.