Catastrophe theory
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According to K9 Mark I, simple principles of catastrophe theory could have been to blame for the series of explosions detected by the Time Lords in the Zeta Four Sector. However, they turned out to be the effects of a nuclear interplanetary war between the Telians and the Megallans, instead. (PROSE: K9 and the Zeta Rescue)