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In the 51st century, when someone died, their [[consciousness]] might leave an imprint in the neural relay. Using its communications device, the [[data ghost]] could, for a short time, talk to other people before deteriorating, starting to repeat itself. While this phenomenon usually lasted only a few minutes, [[Anita (Silence in the Library)|Anita]] mentioned that her grandfather had "ghosted" for an entire day and kept talking about his shoe-laces. | In the 51st century, when someone died, their [[consciousness]] might leave an imprint in the neural relay. Using its communications device, the [[data ghost]] could, for a short time, talk to other people before deteriorating, starting to repeat itself. While this phenomenon usually lasted only a few minutes, [[Anita (Silence in the Library)|Anita]] mentioned that her grandfather had "ghosted" for an entire day and kept talking about his shoe-laces. | ||
[[Evangelista|Miss Evangelista]]'s data ghost wanted to talk to [[Donna Noble|Donna]], but deteriorated to repetition of "[[ice cream]]". [[Proper Dave]]'s data ghost kept repeating, "Hey, who turned out the lights?" ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') [[Other Dave]] kept saying, "We should go, Doctor!" | [[Evangelista|Miss Evangelista]]'s data ghost wanted to talk to [[Donna Noble|Donna]], but deteriorated to repetition of "[[ice cream]]". [[Proper Dave]]'s data ghost kept repeating, "Hey, who turned out the lights?" ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') [[Other Dave]] kept saying, "We should go, Doctor!" | ||
Anita was killed by the [[Vashta Nerada]], but had no obvious data ghost, as the Vashta Nerada had learned to talk through the neural relay. | Anita was killed by the [[Vashta Nerada]], but had no obvious data ghost, as the Vashta Nerada had learned to talk through the neural relay. | ||
A | A neural relay was also built into [[River Song's sonic screwdriver]] by [[the Doctor]] in order to save her consciousness into the main computer of [[the Library]] upon her death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') | ||
[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
[[Category:Communications technology]] | [[Category:Communications technology]] |