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[[File:Newton Epiphany WBY.png|thumb|left|Newton realises the theory of [[gravity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})]] | [[File:Newton Epiphany WBY.png|thumb|left|Newton realises the theory of [[gravity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})]] | ||
One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of [[gravity]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once claimed that he sat in Newton's tree dropping [[apple]]s onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}) It later came to light that Newton remained upset about that event, as his nose bled for three days afterward. When the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] were arrested for forgery, Isaac Newton drew a series of interesting conclusions from a series of [[anachronism|anachronistic]] coins that the Doctor accidentally passed. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)}}) | One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of [[gravity]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once claimed that he sat in [[Isaac Newton's apple tree|Newton's tree]] dropping [[apple]]s onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}) It later came to light that Newton remained upset about that event, as his nose bled for three days afterward. When the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] were arrested for forgery, Isaac Newton drew a series of interesting conclusions from a series of [[anachronism|anachronistic]] coins that the Doctor accidentally passed. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)}}) | ||
According to another account, the day after working deep into the night on ''[[De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas]]'' at Woolsthorpe Manor in [[1666]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)}}) Newton came upon his idea independently after an apple fell on his head, but after the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], piloted by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] crashed into the tree above him, he misheard their usage of "gravity" and named the concept "[[mavity]]". The change retroactively influenced Donna's knowledge, while the Doctor [[Complex Space-Time Event|remained aware of the original version of history]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | According to another account, the day after working deep into the night on ''[[De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas]]'' at Woolsthorpe Manor in [[1666]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)}}) Newton came upon his idea independently after an apple fell on his head, but after the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], piloted by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] crashed into the tree above him, he misheard their usage of "gravity" and named the concept "[[mavity]]". The change retroactively influenced Donna's knowledge, while the Doctor [[Complex Space-Time Event|remained aware of the original version of history]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | ||