Interference
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Interference could refer to several different types of disruption, disturbance, obstruction or distortion. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"], Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"], City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"], Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"])
The Doctor was often accused of arriving somewhere and interfering, or interfering in things they didn't understand. The Thirteenth Doctor called it a hobby. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"], The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Romana II was also accused of interference when she travelled with the Fourth Doctor. (TV: The Horns of Nimon [+]Loading...["The Horns of Nimon (TV story)"])
When brought to Skaro by a Time Lord messenger the Fourth Doctor complained about the constant interference in his life by them. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])
The Monitor on Logopolis said of the Master's machinations there, that interfering with Logopolis' operations was the most dangerous crime; interfering with the workings of Logopolis. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"])
The Mentiads' psychic powers could be neutralised utilising crystals such as voolium and madranite one-five to create a transmitter to interfere with their psychic abilities. (TV: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"])
Gravity wells could cause interference. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element [+]Loading...["The Apocalypse Element (TV story)"])
Alcohol could interfere with a person's ability to work. (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])
Solar storms could interfere with technology. (TV: Time Heist [+]Loading...["Time Heist (TV story)"])
Galactic Articles of Peace, paragraph 29, subsection 2 prevented the Galactic Federation from interfering with holy laws. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"])
Vo'lach machinery was heavily resistant to radiation and electromagnetic pulse interference. (PROSE: Ghost Devices [+]Loading...["Ghost Devices (novel)"]
When they were in Punjab in 1947 the Thirteenth Doctor warned Yazmin Khan about interfering in matters whilst there and how it could affect her personal timeline. (TV: Demons of the Punjab [+]Loading...["Demons of the Punjab (TV story)"])
In 2020 the Thirteenth Doctor argued to Pol-Kon-Don that one person's arbitration was another's interference. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])
Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Skaro during the display of the Mark III Travel Machine - a Dalek, Davros became apoplectic that Ronson interfered with his experiment involving the Dalek's decision to kill the Fourth Doctor. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"])
The Dalek Executioners' dark vision mode could be susceptible to interference when they were in Manchester in 2021. (TV: Eve of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Eve of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In 2009 the DoctorDonna trip switched the circuit-breaker in the psychokinetic threshold manipulator on board the Crucible and interfered with the Daleks' motive units. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])
Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Non-interference policy
Interference in the affairs of other beings was one of the gravest offences a Time Lord could commit. The Sixth Doctor's trial, as prosecuted by the Valeyard, had interference as its main charge. (TV: The Mysterious Planet)
The Time Lords' laws of non-interference forbade unauthorised interference. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
The First Doctor operated on a principle of non-interference with indigenous populations. (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"])
The Time Lords did not interfere in the affairs of other planets, however in the case of the War Lords when the Second Doctor called for assistance they did act. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])
In 2526, a Cyber-Lieutenant believed that the Time Lords were forbidden to interfere, though his Cyber-Leader observed that the Doctor did "nothing else but interfere". (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"])
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Interference could come in bursts. (TV: The Last Sontaran [+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (TV story)"]
In 1911 when the Fourth Doctor was disabling Sutekh's deflection field it registered as interference in Sutekh's monitoring equipments. (TV: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TV story)"])
Electrical energy could interfere with the War Machines' operation in 1966. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"])
Heat waves could interfere with radar monitoring in the 1970s. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])
In 1974 Professor Alec Palmer and his assistant Emma Grayling attempted to control for interference in their psychic experiments by using ferrite suppressors and some RF chokes. (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])
When members of the Remote arrived in 1996 London to sell the Cold their receivers resulted in significant interference on TVs in the hotel they were staying in. The interference patters held images within the, (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])
On Exxilon the Great City of the Exxilons had a beacon which interfered with all technology preventing its operation. (TV: Death to the Daleks [+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"]
The arrival of the Doctor's TARDIS in Vorg's miniscope created interference in circuit three of the device when it was on Inter Minor. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"])
Communications[[edit] | [edit source]]
Communications equipment could receive interference. (TV: Cyberwoman [+]Loading...["Cyberwoman (TV story)"]) Radiation leaking from Terminus's engines could cause communication interference. (TV: Terminus [+]Loading...["Terminus (TV story)"])
The Daleks' time machine located in Edward Waterfield's antique shop in 1966 created interference in the telephone line. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In the 1970s Whitaker's time travel technology created significant radio interference. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])
In 1988 Seventh Doctor used a tape deck he built for Ace and a jazz recording to jam the Cybermen's transmissions; the identified the music as interference. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"])
The arrival of Morgaine and Mordred in Carbury in 1997 created radio interference around the whole ares. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"])
In 1998 the Autons could generate jamming for radio transmissions resulting in heavy radio interference. (HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel [+]Loading...["Auton 2: Sentinel (home video)"])
In 2003 the arrival of the Shalka's meteorite near Earth created radio interference in the upper atmosphere. (WC: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"])
In 2050 severe electromagnetic static could interfere with K9 Mark 2's radio communication. (TV: Alien Avatar [+]Loading...["Alien Avatar (TV story)"])
Spacecraft[[edit] | [edit source]]
Interference with a ship's navigation system whilst in warp drive could cause the ship to disintegrate. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"])
TARDISes[[edit] | [edit source]]
A transmat beam could interfere with the Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"])
Being drawn down to Vortis the Doctor's TARDIS and the occupants within experienced, audio interference and interference with the TARDIS's dematerialisation mechanisms caused by the Animus. (TV: The Web Planet [+]Loading...["The Web Planet (TV story)"])
The zero room in the Doctor's TARDIS could cut out all interference. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])
When a TARDIS was present in the environment there was artron interference which could be detected. (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])
A powerful energy field could impart interference and effect the Doctor's TARDIS's materialisation imparting intrinsic motion following materialisation. (PROSE: Vanderdeken's Children [+]Loading...["Vanderdeken's Children (novel)"])
