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A '''Block Transfer Computation''' was a mathematical process used to create objects and affect spacetime in other ways by the power of mathematic formulae themselves. | A '''Block Transfer Computation''' was a mathematical process used to create objects and affect spacetime in other ways by the power of mathematic formulae themselves. | ||
[[The | ==Functioning== | ||
Block Transfer Computations could create or re-create any object or spacetime event, provided enough mathematical information was supplied. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') The Computations could also re-create or even duplicate people. [[Adric]], imprisoned by [[the Master]] in a [[hadron web]], created an entire city and its people. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') Living creatures, like the [[Ceccec]], could be made using Block Transfer Computation. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'') Artifical intelligences could be made as well. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Unregenerate!]]'') Block Transfer Computation could even allow [[time travel]], though it would require a quorum of 12 people. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Boy That Time Forgot]]'') | |||
Block Transfer Computations | [[Computer]]s could not do Block Transfer Computations as the calculations themselves would alter the nature of the computer; organic life forms must do the work. The Monitor's people spoke their computations aloud, for this reason. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') Though they were working on technological means to use Block Transfer Computations, they were destroyed before they completed it. Other civilization that were capable of using Block Transfer Computation include the [[Time Lord]]s, the [[Axos]] and the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') | ||
==Usage== | |||
The [[Logopolitan]]s were the first to develop Block Transfer Computations. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') They used Block Transfer Computations to create a duplicate of the [[Pharos Project]] to maintain the [[Charged Vacuum Emboitment|CVEs]] which prevented [[entropy]] from destroying the [[universe]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
The [[Time Lord]]s used used Bock Transfer Computations to maintain the [[outer plasmic shell]] and interior configurations and of [[TARDIS]]es. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') They also used Block Transfer Computations to create duplicates of the [[Eye of Harmony]] to power [[Gallifrey]]an [[TARDIS|timecraft]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
[[The Remote]] were known to use Block Transfer Computations. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') The Remote receiver of the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Compassion]] also unintentionally processed the signals she received from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] into Block Transfer Computations, resulting in Compassion mutating into a [[Type 102]] [[TARDIS]] ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | |||
The [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]] used Block Transfer Computations to create an army. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
The [[Pool]] used Block Transfer Computations to create defences for itself and horrific imagery. ([[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]'') | |||
The [[Farrian]] stole Block Transfer technology during their conquests. They used it to open CVEs and raid [[E-Space]]. ([[CC]]: ''[[The Invasion of E-Space]]'') | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[ | *[[Quantum mnemonics]], the equivalent to Block Transfer Computations from the [[Pre-Universe|previous universe]]. | ||
[[Category:Theories and concepts]] | [[Category:Theories and concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Mathematics]] | [[Category:Mathematics]] | ||
