Phantom
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Phantoms were illusions, similar, although not the same as spirits or ghosts, they were often generated from within the mind. (WC: Death Comes to Time [+]Loading...["Death Comes to Time (webcast)"], TV: The Celestial Toymaker [+]Loading...["The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)"], The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"]) But were literally defined as 'a phenomenon with no material presence'. (AUDIO: Aquitaine [+]Loading...["Aquitaine (audio story)"])
The presence of phantoms could affect the landscape, turning it to a wasteland in some situations. (PROSE: Revenge of the Phantoms [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Phantoms (short story)"])
In biology a "phantom pregnancy" could occur, with someone seemingly pregnant while not being able to carry a child. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])
In 2000, Commander Brak mockingly referred to the unseen intruder in his room as a "phantom" until he revealed himself. (AUDIO: Old Soldiers [+]Loading...["Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)"])
In 2009 Rhys William understood the term to be synonymous with "ghosts", thinking of the old man as being similar to "a phantom" and to "Jacob Marley". (PROSE: Bay of the Dead [+]Loading...["Bay of the Dead (novel)"])
When Jamie McCrimmon was on Moonbase Laika in 2070 and saw a CyberTelosian he thought he saw a "phantom piper". (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
On Gallifrey in the Dark Tower the Third Doctor was tormented by phantoms of Liz Shaw and Mike Yates. (TV: The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"])
In the 52nd century, in his speech to the Clerics in which he told them that the Eleventh Doctor was a living breathing man, Colonel Manton said that the Doctor was not, among other things, a phantom. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"])
On Varos within the punishment dome they used phantoms created through hallucination to torment those within. They could be combatted with an anti-hallucination helmet. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TV story)"])
