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= Energy = | |||
'''Energy''' | '''Energy''' was the capacity of a system to perform work. | ||
[[Wenley Moor nuclear research facility]] was developing a method to convert [[nuclear energy]] directly to [[electricity|electric]]. The goal | Some lifeforms could directly feed upon a system's energy, while others - such as most [[Earth]] lifeforms - had to extract it through interconnected biochemical processes. "Pure energy" life-forms are defined by their ability to alter the environment without a [[Matter|material]] form. All of these processes contributed to [[entropy]] within their universe. | ||
[[Time]] itself performed work on [[space]], thus exerting energy. The [[chronon energy]] lost from this interaction could be detected, and it accumulated to the point of forming a "fire at the end of the universe". (TV: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') This was not to be confused with [[temporal energy]], released when a system acted on a previous or future version of itself. | |||
Energy could not be created or destroyed. As [[Sarah Jane Smith]] explained to [[Maria Jackson]], [[storm]]s for example were created by, used up and left behind energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'') | |||
The [[Weeping Angel]]s lived off [[potential energy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') The work that would have been performed over the life of their prey was instead available for the Angels, making complex intelligent species targets. They once tried to feed on the [[time energy]] from a [[crack]] on the ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]'', but it proved stronger in the end and devoured them, even erasing them from ever having existed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') | |||
[[Wenley Moor nuclear research facility]] was developing a method to convert [[nuclear energy]] directly to [[electricity|electric]]. The goal, as [[Charles Lawrence]] boasted, was a "limitless supplies of cheap, safe energy". The [[Silurian]] base nearby drew power from this reactor after the reactor appeared, waking the Silurians from their [[hibernation unit]]s when the mechanism had failed to wake them up for millions of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') Another major source of electricity on Earth was [[solar energy]]; this was known as [[solar power]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | |||
[[Dalek]]s measured energy in [[Det]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Rogue Planet (comic story)|The Rogue Planet]]'') | [[Dalek]]s measured energy in [[Det]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Rogue Planet (comic story)|The Rogue Planet]]'') | ||
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The [[Mandragora Helix]] was a spiral of pure [[helix energy]] which radiated like none other. The [[Fourth Doctor]] described this form of energy as potentially "nasty". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') | The [[Mandragora Helix]] was a spiral of pure [[helix energy]] which radiated like none other. The [[Fourth Doctor]] described this form of energy as potentially "nasty". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') | ||
The [[Isolus]] used [[ionic energy]] to keep themselves amused on long journeys. When possessing [[Chloe Webber]], one used it to extract objects and people into her drawings, and even to create some creatures, like the [[scribble creature]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') | The [[Isolus]] used [[ionic energy]] to keep themselves amused on long journeys. When possessing [[Chloe Webber]], one used it to extract objects and people into her drawings, and even to create some creatures, like the [[scribble creature]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') | ||
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