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::''Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.'' | ::''Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic.'' | ||
To use but one example, the [[Sycorax]] thought of [[blood control]] as form of sorcery | To use but one example, the [[Sycorax]] thought of [[blood control]] as form of sorcery as it gave them power over others, they accused [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] of [[witchcraft]] when he gre another hand. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] reminded [[Ace]] of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the [[Thirteen Worlds]], a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') | [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] reminded [[Ace]] of Clarke's Law and stated that "the reverse is true", as was the case of the [[Thirteen Worlds]], a parallel universe where technology formed alongside magic. ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') | ||
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[[The Captain]] paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') | [[The Captain]] paraphrased this by describing now-wrecked craft had possessed technologies "indistinguishable from magic." ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
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This principle often gets quoted as a singular statement. In fact, [[Wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] made it the third of three laws concerning predicting the future. | This principle often gets quoted as a singular statement. In fact, [[Wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] made it the third of three laws concerning predicting the future. | ||
