Trusted
14,606
edits
Black hole: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m
→Black holes and Time Lords: Fixed spelling and added link.
NateBumber (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
m (→Black holes and Time Lords: Fixed spelling and added link.) |
||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
When two versions of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] collided, the Tenth Doctor combined a black hole and a [[supernova]] to stop a black hole from being created, after witnessing it in his [[fifth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'') | When two versions of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] collided, the Tenth Doctor combined a black hole and a [[supernova]] to stop a black hole from being created, after witnessing it in his [[fifth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'') | ||
The Doctor's TARDIS had the power to both resist the pull of a black hole and to tug the [[Walker Expedition]]'s [[Sanctuary Base 6 rocket|rocket]] out of the black hole's gravitational field. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') However it seemed to take some technique to pilot a TARDIS away from a black hole, as 'going too fast' would not only fail to escape it, but also cause the | The Doctor's TARDIS had the power to both resist the pull of a black hole and to tug the [[Walker Expedition]]'s [[Sanctuary Base 6 rocket|rocket]] out of the black hole's gravitational field. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') However it seemed to take some technique to pilot a TARDIS away from a black hole, as 'going too fast' would not only fail to escape it, but also cause the [[dematerialisation circuit]] to burn out. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
== Effects on the universe == | == Effects on the universe == | ||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
In [[2986]], the [[Black Hole of Tartarus]] presented a hazard to [[spacecraft]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'') | In [[2986]], the [[Black Hole of Tartarus]] presented a hazard to [[spacecraft]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'') | ||
When a [[Mondasian]] [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]] fell into the range of a black hole, twenty of the ship's fifty member crew went down to the bottom of the ship to stabilise the engines. The [[time dilation]] caused by the black hole meant they were down there for several generations whilst the remainder of the crew only experienced two days. The colonists were forced to turn themselves into [[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] to survive and eventually converted the rest, leaving only the alien [[Jorj]] at the time of [[Twelfth Doctor| | When a [[Mondasian]] [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]] fell into the range of a black hole, twenty of the ship's fifty member crew went down to the bottom of the ship to stabilise the engines. The [[time dilation]] caused by the black hole meant they were down there for several generations whilst the remainder of the crew only experienced two days. The colonists were forced to turn themselves into [[Cybermen (Mondas)|Cybermen]] to survive and eventually converted the rest, leaving only the alien [[Jorj]] at the time of [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]]’s arrival. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
== Artificial black holes == | == Artificial black holes == | ||
