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The Elixir was formed as water from underground springs that passed through the rocks heated by the Sacred Flame directly below them. The rocks contained numerous rare minerals and compounds that were released into the water when heated by the Flame. | The Elixir was formed as water from underground springs that passed through the rocks heated by the Sacred Flame directly below them. The rocks contained numerous rare minerals and compounds that were released into the water when heated by the Flame. | ||
Over the course of countless millennia, carbon and soot had clogged the nozzle so much that the flame had been reduced to barely more than a inch high, resulting in almost no generation of the Elixir. [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] solved the problem by placing a firecracker in the fissure, blasting the soot loose and re-igniting the Flame. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'') | Over the course of countless millennia, [[carbon]] and soot had clogged the nozzle so much that the flame had been reduced to barely more than a inch high, resulting in almost no generation of the Elixir. [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] solved the problem by placing a firecracker in the fissure, blasting the soot loose and re-igniting the Flame. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'') | ||
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