Clarke's Law

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Clarke's Law stated that:

Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.Clarke's Law [Battlefield [src]]

The Seventh Doctor reminded Ace of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the Thirteen Worlds, a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. (TV: Battlefield)

The Captain paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." (TV: The Pirate Planet)

Although not referenced specifically, the Sycorax proved Clarke's Law, by thinking of blood control as form of sorcery, due to it giving them power over others. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

When Angelo Colasanto believed Captain Jack Harkness' Vortex manipulator to be magic, Jack corrected him saying it was technology, although the two could be indistinguishable. (TV: Immortal Sins)

Behind the scenes

In the real world, this is actually Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law.

Clarke's Law