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'''Precognition''' involved the perception of events which have yet to happen. | '''Precognition''' involved the perception of events which have yet to happen. | ||
Interestingly, [[Engin]], a [[Time Lord]] declared precognition "impossible" after [[Fourth | Interestingly, [[Engin]], a [[Time Lord]] declared precognition "impossible" after the [[Fourth Doctor]] told him of his precognitive vision of the assassination of the [[Lord President]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') This may, however, be related to statements saying that [[Time travel]] into [[Gallifrey|Gallifrey's]] future was forbidden or blocked, and a similar block may also have applied to the use of precognitive powers regarding future events on Gallifrey. | ||
As with other "paranormal" phenomena, the presence of a [[time fissure]] could enable [[Human]]s to develop precognitive powers. [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] attributed the special powers possessed by [[Martha Tyler|Ma Tyler]] (respected by locals as a [[witch]]) to the fact that she had always lived near such a time fissure. ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'') | As with other "paranormal" phenomena, the presence of a [[time fissure]] could enable [[Human]]s to develop precognitive powers. [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] attributed the special powers possessed by [[Martha Tyler|Ma Tyler]] (respected by locals as a [[witch]]) to the fact that she had always lived near such a time fissure. ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'') | ||
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One half of the [[quantum transducer]] enabled users to see the future, the other half relaying visions of past events. ([[TW]]: ''[[Ghost Machine]]'') | One half of the [[quantum transducer]] enabled users to see the future, the other half relaying visions of past events. ([[TW]]: ''[[Ghost Machine]]'') | ||
==Other Instances== | ==Other Instances== | ||
*Though the matter has some ambiguity attached to it, [[Second | *Though the matter has some ambiguity attached to it, the [[Second Doctor]] seemed to have precognitive foreknowledge of what he would encounter in the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'') | ||
*[[Leela]] had an apparent precognitive dream of the [[Fendahl]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'') | *[[Leela]] had an apparent precognitive dream of the [[Fendahl]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'') | ||
*[[Gwen Cooper]] had a precognitive vision of the stabbing death of her boyfriend, [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]. She managed to prevent the event in the location in which she saw his death as having occurred, but could not prevent his death from happening elsewhere. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | *[[Gwen Cooper]] had a precognitive vision of the stabbing death of her boyfriend, [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]. She managed to prevent the event in the location in which she saw his death as having occurred, but could not prevent his death from happening elsewhere. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | ||