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The [[Fourth Doctor]] accidentally stepped on a butterfly once but didn't notice it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Falls the Shadow (short story)|Prelude Falls the Shadow]]'') | The [[Fourth Doctor]] accidentally stepped on a butterfly once but didn't notice it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Falls the Shadow (short story)|Prelude Falls the Shadow]]'') | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] often cited this effect ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]''), describing butterflies as a "million multi-coloured pieces of time" and being called himself "the butterfly." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]'') According to one account, he described the butterfly effect to [[Ingiger]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') He later realised that, like that theoretical butterfly, his interference in [[Earth]]'s history had resulted in [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] learning who he was and discovering time travel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') [[Ace]] told [[Sesehset]] about the butterfly effect while in [[Egypt]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') After a game of [[chess]] with [[Oskar Steinmann]], the Doctor described the butterfly effect to him. Steinmann thought the solution would be to kill all the butterflies, or make them flap their wings only when ordered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | The [[Seventh Doctor]] often cited this effect ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]''), describing butterflies as a "million multi-coloured pieces of time" and being called himself "the butterfly." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]'') According to one account, he described the butterfly effect to [[Ingiger]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') He later realised that, like that theoretical butterfly, his interference in [[Earth]]'s history had resulted in [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] learning who he was and discovering time travel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') While in the year [[1993]], [[Romulus Terrin]], who was from the year [[2381]], assured [[James Rafferty]] that he was not going to go treading on any butterflies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'') [[Ace]] told [[Sesehset]] about the butterfly effect while in [[Egypt]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') After a game of [[chess]] with [[Oskar Steinmann]], the Doctor described the butterfly effect to him. Steinmann thought the solution would be to kill all the butterflies, or make them flap their wings only when ordered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] confused the theory a few times, mentioning how a [[bat]] flaps its wings and causes a tropical storm ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]'') and how the beat of a butterfly's wings in [[Mettula Orionsis]] caused a [[time storm]] in the [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] confused the theory a few times, mentioning how a [[bat]] flaps its wings and causes a tropical storm ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]'') and how the beat of a butterfly's wings in [[Mettula Orionsis]] caused a [[time storm]] in the [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') | ||
