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When [[Isaac Newton]] formed his concept of [[gravity]] in [[1666]] after an [[apple]] fell on his head while he was pondering under a tree, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] crashed into the tree above him, and [[Donna Noble]], despite the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]'s initial attempts to stop her before he joined in, made a joke concerning the "gravity of [their] situation". After the TARDIS took off again, Newton grew confused and misremembered the "delightful word" they had said as "mavity", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) causing the term "gravity" to seemingly be retroactively erased from history and replaced by the word "mavity", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) though the Fourteenth Doctor at least momentarily retained his knowledge of the original word. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | When [[Isaac Newton]] formed his concept of [[gravity]] in [[1666]] after an [[apple]] fell on his head while he was pondering under a tree, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] crashed into the tree above him, and [[Donna Noble]], despite the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]'s initial attempts to stop her before he joined in, made a joke concerning the "gravity of [their] situation". After the TARDIS took off again, Newton grew confused and misremembered the "delightful word" they had said as "mavity", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) causing the term "gravity" to seemingly be retroactively erased from history and replaced by the word "mavity", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) though the Fourteenth Doctor at least momentarily retained his knowledge of the original word. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) | ||
Some other terms were also impacted, such as the Doctor's usage of | Some other terms were also impacted, such as the Doctor's usage of "[[gravity field|mavity field]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) In contrast, some other terms appeared to be unaffected, such as the Doctor's usage of "[[antigrav]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dot and Bubble (TV story)}}) | ||
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