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The mythical [[Perseus]] [[escape]]d [[Medusa]] by looking at her [[reflection]] in his [[polish]]ed | A '''shield''', also known as '''shielding''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'') was used to protect people and places ([[TV]]: [[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|''The Daleks' Master Plan'']], ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', et al.) from [[danger]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}). They could be used to keep people [[Safety|safe]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]'') or prevent scanning or detection ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''). | ||
== Types of shields == | |||
Types of shields included: | |||
*Anti-magnetic shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | |||
*Meson shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | |||
*Polished shields, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | |||
* [[Heat shield|Heat shields]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' et al.) | |||
*Innocence, ([[TV]]: [[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|''Planet of the Spiders'']]) | |||
*Security shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | |||
*Hyperspatial force shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | |||
*Defence shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'') | |||
*Vortex shields, ([[TV]]: [[Shada (TV story)|''Shada'')]] | |||
*Baryon and anti-baryon shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') | |||
*Magnetic shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'' et al.) | |||
*Bulkhead shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') | |||
*Vacuum shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | |||
*Deflector shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'') | |||
*Emergency shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | |||
*Oxygen shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | |||
*Outer shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | |||
*Trees, ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') | |||
*Gravity shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'') | |||
*Planetary shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'') | |||
*Cloaking shields, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') and | |||
*Consciousness shields. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | |||
Other things that could be used as shields included [[human]]s such as [[Claire Clairmont]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | |||
== History == | |||
The mythical [[Perseus]] [[escape]]d [[Medusa]] by looking at her [[reflection]] in his [[polish]]ed shield. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | |||
Shields were used by [[Sontaran]]s, including [[General]] [[Ignatius Antias Salutio]] and [[Commander]] [[Caecilius Crassus Procullus]], who thought they were [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in [[Ireland]] in [[prehistory|55 BC]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Safety]] | [[Category:Safety]] | ||
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | [[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | ||
