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'''Sir Isaac Newton''' | '''Sir Isaac Newton''', also called '''Jeovus Unus Sanctus''', was an [[English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], and [[spy]]master. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) | ||
He was an [[Arianism|Arian]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)}}) | He was an [[Arianism|Arian]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)}}) | ||
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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)}}) Newton's family home was [[Woolsthorpe Manor]], located in the [[Lincolnshire]] [[hamlet]] of [[Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)}}) | 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)}}) | ||
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One of his most famous accomplishments was formulating the theory of [[gravity]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] once claimed that he sat in [[Isaac Newton's apple tree|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 [[Isaac Newton's apple tree|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, 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 | 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 Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crashed into the tree above him, he misheard the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]]'s 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)}}) [[Olivia Kagg Waldermein]] wrote that a time traveller later restored the word "gravity" to "put things right", although she believed gravity had been discovered by "'''Sir Isaac ''M''ewton'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}}) | ||
While working at [[Trinity College]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Entanglement (audio story)}}) "Jeova Unus Sanctus" attended [[Nate Silver|the Magus]]'s presentation at [[Salomon's House]], having long been a correspondent of Nate Silver's. The pair bonded over Jeova's appreciation for | While working at [[Trinity College]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Entanglement (audio story)}}) "Jeova Unus Sanctus" attended [[Nate Silver|the Magus]]'s presentation at [[Salomon's House]], having long been a correspondent of Nate Silver's. The pair bonded over Jeova's appreciation for [[The Cycle of Sun & Seed|Silver's book]], which Jeova considered to be flawed, but indicated the capacity for improvement. At the presentation, Silver revealed to him the secret of [[Egg (Newtons Sleep)|the egg]], that it spoke to him in the voice of [[Pilots' Coterie|Angels]], but Jeova rebuked him and insisting that miracles had fled from the earth, and the Egg represented only Silver's inner voice. Later, as Jeova and [[Nick Plainsong]] made love, Jeova convinced the Magus' assistant to steal the Egg, jealous that someone else had been chosen to receive it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}}) | ||
At some point the Doctor took Newton on a trip to planet [[Practas Seven]], but according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], Newton didn't take the experience very well and "sat in a corner and whimpered". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Final Sacrifice (comic story)}}) | At some point the Doctor took Newton on a trip to planet [[Practas Seven]], but according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], Newton didn't take the experience very well and "sat in a corner and whimpered". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Final Sacrifice (comic story)}}) | ||
