49,076
edits
Laser: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A '''laser''' was an artificial beam of light | A '''laser''' was an artificial beam of light the photons of which moved in a single direction. Many lasers were harmless and used in some games ([[SJA]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]''), but other lasers were used as deadly weapons. During their campaign to recruit warriors, the Uvodni utilised harmless laser weapons in their interactive laser-tag game Combat 3000. However, on board their ship, the Kudlak warriors carried deadly blaster rifles that fired a yellow laser burst. | ||
Some weapons, such as [[Sontaran laser]]s, were called "lasers" despite travelling slower than light. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''). Lasers could also be used for a defensive purpose, | Some weapons, such as [[Sontaran laser]]s, were called "lasers" despite travelling slower than light. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''). Lasers could also be used for a defensive purpose, as when the Doctor, Donna and Jenny came across a grid of heat rays in one of the tunnels underneath Messaline. | ||
==Examples of laser weapon use== | ==Examples of laser weapon use== | ||
*The [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] were armed with a wrist-mounted laser blaster that fired a red blast. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') | *The [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] were armed with a wrist-mounted laser blaster that fired a red blast. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') | ||
*The [[Dalek]]s used gunsticks which fired laser rays which could be modified into hand-held Tommy rifles. ([[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | *The [[Dalek]]s used gunsticks which fired laser rays which could be modified into hand-held Tommy rifles. ([[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
*The parallel Torchwood developed laser weapons, which destroyed [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and could blast through a Dalek's shield. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') These weapons were later upgraded, to the point that they destroy Daleks in one shot. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') | *The parallel Torchwood developed laser weapons, which destroyed [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and could blast through a Dalek's shield. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') These weapons were later upgraded, to the point that they could destroy Daleks in one shot. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
*Jack Harkness had a compact laser delux. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | *Jack Harkness had a compact laser delux. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | ||
*[[Jack Harkness]] used components from a pair of androids to build a high-powered energy weapon out of a defabricator. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | *[[Jack Harkness]] used components from a pair of androids to build a high-powered energy weapon out of a defabricator. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'') | ||
