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As a child sitting under a tree, Newton saw [[babel (Newtons Sleep)|an angel]], broken and bleeding, in the branches above him. Curious, he touched the angel's body and its fluid black skin engulfed him. Recognising that Newton was far too important to be erased from history, the angel told Newton that its mission was to destroy [[the Enemy|the Adversary]], and Newton gave it permission to use him. He then awoke at the base of the tree with no memory of what had happened. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'') | As a child sitting under a tree, Newton saw [[babel (Newtons Sleep)|an angel]], broken and bleeding, in the branches above him. Curious, he touched the angel's body and its fluid black skin engulfed him. Recognising that Newton was far too important to be erased from history, the angel told Newton that its mission was to destroy [[the Enemy|the Adversary]], and Newton gave it permission to use him. He then awoke at the base of the tree with no memory of what had happened. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'') | ||
[[File:Newton Epiphany WBY.png|thumb|left|Newton realises the theory of [[gravity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})]] | |||
One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of [[gravity]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once claimed that he sat in Newton's tree dropping [[apple]]s onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') It later came to light that Newton remained upset about that event, as his nose bled for three days afterward. When the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] were arrested for forgery, Isaac Newton drew a series of interesting conclusions from a series of [[anachronism|anachronistic]] coins that the Doctor accidentally passed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'') According to another account, Newton came upon his idea independently in [[1666]] after an apple fell on his head, but after the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], piloted by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] crashed into the tree above him, he misheard their usage of "gravity" and named the concept "[[mavity]]". The change retroactively influenced Donna's knowledge, while the Doctor [[Complex Space-Time Event|remained aware of the original version of history]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of [[gravity]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once claimed that he sat in Newton's tree dropping [[apple]]s onto his head, then explained gravity to him over dinner. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') It later came to light that Newton remained upset about that event, as his nose bled for three days afterward. When the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] were arrested for forgery, Isaac Newton drew a series of interesting conclusions from a series of [[anachronism|anachronistic]] coins that the Doctor accidentally passed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'') According to another account, Newton came upon his idea independently in [[1666]] after an apple fell on his head, but after the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], piloted by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] crashed into the tree above him, he misheard their usage of "gravity" and named the concept "[[mavity]]". The change retroactively influenced Donna's knowledge, while the Doctor [[Complex Space-Time Event|remained aware of the original version of history]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | ||
