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** It also has Block Transfer Computations - complex mathematical equations that were never openly compared to magic, but the most blatant use of them (at least until the novels decided that TARDISes were made out of them) involved a planet of monastic aliens chanting arcane formulae to reshape reality. |
** It also has Block Transfer Computations - complex mathematical equations that were never openly compared to magic, but the most blatant use of them (at least until the novels decided that TARDISes were made out of them) involved a planet of monastic aliens chanting arcane formulae to reshape reality. |
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** A funny lampshade (or is it a reference) is made in the Tenth Doctor's episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", where he says that the window they're looking through to XVIII century France is a "spatial-temporal hyperlink". |
** A funny lampshade (or is it a reference) is made in the Tenth Doctor's episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", where he says that the window they're looking through to XVIII century France is a "spatial-temporal hyperlink". |
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{{quote|''Rose: "What's that mean?" |
{{quote|'''Rose''': "What's that mean?" |
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The Doctor: "No idea, I just made it up. Didn't want to say 'magic door.'" }} |
'''The Doctor''': "No idea, I just made it up. Didn't want to say 'magic door.'" }} |
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== Tabletop Games == |
== Tabletop Games == |
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