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[[File:Maze-of-the-dead_02.jpg|thumb|A gravity globe used in a Maze of the Dead on [[Alfava Metraxis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')]] | [[File:Maze-of-the-dead_02.jpg|thumb|A gravity globe used in a Maze of the Dead on [[Alfava Metraxis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')]] | ||
A '''gravity globe''', or '''grav globe''', was a [[human]] device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would 'hang' at a set height and provide light in a large space. Gravity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves. | A '''gravity globe''', or '''grav globe''', was a [[human]] device to provide massive illumination. It could be sent aloft under its own power so that it would 'hang' at a set height and provide light in a large space. Gravity globes were particularly useful in large dark caves. Gravity Globes can also provide a secondary source of gravity that can seemingly override that of a planetoid in a small area for a short time, as shown when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] shot a Gravity Globe to escape an oncoming army of [[Weeping Angels]] in the Aplan Mortarium. | ||
[[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up [[Krop Tor]]'s core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | [[Ida Scott]] used a globe to light up [[Krop Tor]]'s core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
The [[Cleric]]s used a globe to light up the [[Aplan Mortarium|Maze of the Dead]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') | The [[Cleric]]s used a globe to light up the [[Aplan Mortarium|Maze of the Dead]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') | ||
[[Category:Human technology]] | [[Category:Human technology]] | ||
