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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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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]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) | 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]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) Newton's family home was [[Woolsthorpe Manor]], located in the [[Lincolnshire]] [[hamlet]] of [[Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)}}) | ||
[[File:Newton Epiphany WBY.png|thumb|left|Newton realises the theory of [[gravity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})]] | [[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]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}) 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]]: {{cs|Summer (audio 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]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (novelisation)}}) 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]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)}}) | ||
According to another account, Newton came upon his idea independently | According to another account, the day after working deep into the night on ''[[De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas]]'' at Woolsthorpe Manor in [[1666]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)}}) Newton came upon his idea independently 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)}}) | ||
While working at [[Trinity College]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Entanglement (audio story)}}) "Jeova Sanctus Unus" attended [[Nate Silver|the Magus]]'s presentation at [[Salomon's House]] as a representative of the [[Royal Society]]. There, Silver revealed to him the secret of [[egg (Newtons Sleep)|the egg]], but Jeova rebuked him and denounced the egg as a tool of the Adversary; later, [[Nick Plainsong]] seduced Jeova as part of his revenge against Nate. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) | While working at [[Trinity College]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Entanglement (audio story)}}) "Jeova Sanctus Unus" attended [[Nate Silver|the Magus]]'s presentation at [[Salomon's House]] as a representative of the [[Royal Society]]. There, Silver revealed to him the secret of [[egg (Newtons Sleep)|the egg]], but Jeova rebuked him and denounced the egg as a tool of the Adversary; later, [[Nick Plainsong]] seduced Jeova as part of his revenge against Nate. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) | ||
