Howling:Bigger on the Inside

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Did I mishear, or was the PhiCorp warehouse bigger on the inside than on the outside? I know that it isn't likely that there will be many Doctor Who references, but if it is dimensionally transendential, that would suggest Time Lord technology, and it was Time Lord technology that made Jack immortal in the first place.Icecreamdif 04:48, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Yep, at 15:04, Jack says, "Bigger on the inside than the outside."

But that doesn't mean it has to be Time Lord technology; other races have developed dimensionally transcendental technology, not necessarily with time travel (and humans, Cybermen, and possibly Daleks seem to do it the other way around). Besides, Time Lord technology only indirectly made Jack immortal; it was a human doing something no Time Lord would ever even think of attempting, and then using her resulting godlike powers without thinking it through, that made Jack immortal…--173.228.85.118 08:15, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

PS, speaking of alien technology, what ever happened to the Immortality Gate after The End of Time? The Doctor absorbs all the radiation, the system shuts down, he and Wilf walk out. Later, Wilf tells him that they arrested Naismith and his daughter for "crimes undisclosed", and that's the last we hear. If Naismith acquired it after the fall of Torchwood, others must have known about it, right? --173.228.85.118 08:55, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

The Gate might be capable of doing this, but didn't the Vinvocci woman say that it heals people. It was able to heal the burns on one of Naismith's employees, but the Miracle doesn't heal people, it just keeps them alive. The ability to make something bigger on the outside is usually described as Timelord technology, like in Doomsday, even though other species have been shown to have that technology, like in The Chase. Obviously the mere presence of a TARDIS isn't enough to cause the miracle, but if PhiCorp found it, they could have used it for that purpose.Icecreamdif 15:32, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that Jack meant that the building was dimensionally transendental. The way he said it without any real emphasis or acknowledgement from Rex made me think it was a throwaway line. That it was Jack’s way of stating that the building goes on and on and is filled with the stockpiled drugs. Jack has been semi-explaining all of the alien and future terminology to Rex as he goes and does not explain why the building is bigger on the inside. Also Rex seems surprised at the room, but more about what is in it, not the size or whether or not it is bigger on the inside.MasterIII 23:02, July 23, 2011 (UTC)