The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who

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by Simon Guerrier


  eye 316

  Eye of Harmony (black hole) 105–6, 140

  Falco, Vettius (Doctor Who character) 171–3

  famine 278–9

  fear 209, 216, 315

  Fendahl (Doctor Who character) 33

  Fernando (Doctor Who character) 344–7

  Ferrier, Professor (Doctor Who character) 90–2, 95

  Feynman, Richard 75

  Fifth Doctor 75, 129, 203, 231, 258, 365–77

  Finch, Bethan 269–74, 276

  First Doctor 84, 157, 162, 166, 179, 255, 256, 389

  flaming 314

  floods 23–4

  Flowers, Tommy 231, 333

  Fontana-Brooke, Susie (Doctor Who character) 56

  food supplies 23–4

  Foreman, Susan (Dr Who’s granddaughter) 81–2, 157, 267–76

  fossil fuels 135

  fossils 285–6, 316, 381

  Fourth Doctor 24, 237, 277, 279, 333, 337–9, 359–60, 363–4

  Freud, Sigmund 213–14

  Frisén, Jonas 386

  Fronstat, Dalla (Doctor Who character) 219, 221–3, 225–7

  fuel 48, 135

  future 156–7, 160–1

  Gagarin, Yuri 49

  Gaia space telescope 189

  Galileo Galilei 26–7, 28

  Gallifrey 105, 106, 162, 165, 166, 207, 229, 390

  gaseous lifeforms (Wispies) 12–17

  genes 284–5, 363

  genetic variation 283

  ‘genetically identical’ 277, 282–5

  genocide 229–30

  George III 380

  Global Positioning System (GPS) 183–4, 187–8

  global warming 133, 134

  Glover, Julian 257

  ‘grandfather paradox’ 157–8, 164–5

  Grant, Jo (Doctor Who character) 52, 81, 135–7, 138, 290–5, 297–300, 304–5

  gravity 28–31, 36, 50, 81, 155

  and the Big Bang 107

  of black holes 100, 102, 104

  gravity differential 66

  of neutron stars 103

  theory of 28–30

  Greel, Magnus (Doctor Who character) 391

  Greene, Brian 83

  greenhouse effect 134, 137

  Greenwich 186, 187

  group behaviour 315

  Gulpin, Ms Gina (Doctor Who character) 322–6, 329–30

  habitable zone 32, 132–3, 137

  Handles (Cyberman head) 340

  Harkening, Lizbet (Doctor Who character) 219, 221–8

  Hartley, L. P. 262

  Hartman, Yvonne (Doctor Who character) 311

  Haumea 30

  healthcare 263

  Heisenberg, Werner 76

  Henry I 254

  Heriot, Zoe (Doctor Who character) 22, 64, 69, 181

  Herschel, William 28

  Hertz, Heinrich 55

  Hewish, Antony 97, 98

  hippocampus 203, 205, 206, 386

  history 253–64

  branching 160

  changing 157–66

  see also past

  Holloway, Grace (Doctor Who character) 181

  Holmes, Robert 206

  homosexual characters 260–1

  hope 216

  hormones 211

  ‘hot planets’ 31

  HR3259 (star) 57

  Hubble Space Telescope 49, 53

  Hugo the tailor (Doctor Who character) 344–5, 351

  human activity 134–7

  human sacrifice 23

  humanity 265–391

  artificial intelligence 317, 331–42

  entropy and death 355–64

  evolution 277–88

  man and machine 307–17

  regeneration 379–91

  Hunter, John 379–82

  hunter-gatherers 23, 37–42, 45

  hyperspace 56, 80

  ice volcanoes 53

  Ice Warriors 33, 64, 97, 133

  Idris (personification of the consciousness of the TARDIS) 340–1

  iguana 381–2, 383

  Iguanadon 381

  Industrial Revolution 134–5, 355

  inertia 25

  influenza 283

  inheritance 284–5, 361

  intelligence quotient (IQ) 332

  International Astronomical Union, Resolution 5A 30

  International Space Station 180

  internet 314–15

  Irwin, James 50

  Isabel (Doctor Who character) 344–5, 350, 351, 352

  Jack, Captain (character) 260

  Jackson, Ben (Doctor Who character) 383

  Jackson, Polly (Doctor Who character) 383

  JAR-FCL 3 Class 2 Certificate 180, 181

  jellyfish 383

  Jenkins, Barry (Doctor Who character) 289–90, 292, 293, 296–7

  Jenner, Edward 381

  jet lag 212

  Jews 287

  Johannes the cobbler (Doctor Who character) 343–5, 347, 349, 351, 352

  John, King 258

  Jones, Martha (Doctor Who character) 84, 143–4, 146–54, 159, 181, 182, 263, 285

  Jovanka, Tegan (Doctor Who character) 239, 258, 365–73, 377

  Judson, Doctor (Doctor Who character) 335–6

  Jupiter 25, 30, 33, 53, 98

  K-9 (robot dog) 2, 34, 81, 332–3, 339

  Kaleds 235

  Kamelion (robot) 339

  Karadax 143–54

  Karfel 240

  Keinholz (Doctor Who character) 88–92, 95

  Kelvin, Lord 358

  Kepler, Johannes 26, 32

  Kepler space observatory 30–1

  Kepler’s laws of planetary motion 26, 31

  Klieg, Eric (Doctor Who character) 315, 316

  Kline, Nathan S. 307, 308, 311

  Kornick, Targus (Doctor Who character) 218–19, 221–8

  Kraals 33

  Lactera 382

  Laithwaite, Eric 309

  Large Hadron Collider, CERN 79, 109

  lasers 76–7

  latitude 184–5, 186

  Lazarus, Richard (Doctor Who character) 384, 390

  Leela (Doctor Who character) 82, 182

  Lemaria 366–77

  Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier Alistair (Doctor Who character) 78, 84, 231, 290–5, 297, 300–1, 304–5, 391

  LGM-1 pulse 97

  life 31, 32, 359

  lifespan 360–4, 390–1

  light 75, 100–1

  light bulbs 357–8

  light speed 54, 56, 156, 164

  limbic system 203, 206

  Linx, Commander (Doctor Who character) 277

  lizards 381–2, 383

  Lloyd, Innes 309

  Locklear (Doctor Who character) 85–95

  Logopolis (planet) 359–60

  London 289, 293

  longitude 186–8

  Lorenz, Edward 158

  Lovell, James 130

  Lumic, John (Doctor Who character) 314

  Luthier, Raymond (Doctor Who character) 320–6, 330

  M-theory 80

  Macrimmon, Jamie (Doctor Who character) 64, 182, 206–7

  magnetic fields 31, 98, 99

  magnetic poles 98

  Makemake 30

  Malthus, Robert 279

  Mantell, Gideon 381

  Maren (Doctor Who character) 364

  Mariner 2 spacecraft 133

  Mars 25, 30, 33, 55, 160

  climate 133–4

  journey to 50

  landings 52

  Master, The (Time Lord) 31, 140, 165–6, 214, 230, 258, 360, 362, 390, 391

  Matilda (Doctor Who character) 343–7, 349, 350–3

  matter 109

  see also antimatter

  Mawdryn (alien) 239

  McGowan, Joe (Doctor Who character) 292–4

  Megamonolithic Crystal Drive (MCD) 375–6

  Megrati 369–77

  melatonin 211

  memory 203–16, 214

  encoding 204, 206

  explicit 213

  implici
t 213, 215

  involuntary 206

  long-term 204–5, 213, 215

  problems 205, 214–15

  and the sense of smell 203–4, 206–8, 210, 261

  short-term 204

  Merak (star) 184

  Mercury 29–30, 33, 100, 107, 137, 155

  Merlin 78–9

  metabolic rate 362

  meteorite impacts 132, 288

  Meyer, David E. 215

  Mickey (Doctor Who character) 182

  micro-organisms 31

  Milgram, Stanley 312–13

  Milky Way 103, 107, 188–9

  Millington, Commander (Doctor Who character) 335–6

  miniaturisation 56, 74–5

  mnemonics 205

  mobile phones 262

  models 27

  Molaison, Henry 205, 214

  molecular clocks 285

  Moment (super-weapon) 229, 236

  Mondas 30, 34, 310, 314, 316

  Moon 31, 55

  craters 1322

  distance from the Earth 51

  journey to the 50

  landings 47–52, 129–30, 132, 203, 235

  movements of the 19, 21, 24, 27, 132, 188

  photographs of Earth from 130–1, 132

  waxing and waning 24, 27, 188

  moondust 203

  Moore, Patrick 309

  Morbius (Doctor Who character) 364

  Mother of Mine (Doctor Who character) 104

  Mott, Wilfred (Doctor Who character) 215

  moulting 383

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 244

  Multivarum 59–72

  multiverse 73–84

  Levels of 82–3

  Murdin, Paul 102

  Museum of the Doctor, Reldeen 149–50

  N-Space 80–1, 82

  nanometers 75

  Napoleon Bonaparte 157

  NASA 48, 49

  Nation, Terry 53

  natural selection 282, 285–7, 315–16

  Nautical Almanac 185–6

  navigation 183–8

  Nazis 78, 236, 287, 312, 313, 333–7

  Neptune 29, 33, 53, 98

  moons of 53

  neurons 385, 386

  neutron stars 99, 100–1, 103, 109

  neutrons 76, 99

  ‘new experiences’ 210

  Newton, Isaac 107

  laws of gravity 100

  laws of planetary motion 28–30, 31

  Nihilism Chamber 218–21, 226, 227

  Nile, River 23–4

  Ninth Doctor 21, 57, 207, 230, 286, 355

  Nixon, Richard 49

  Noble, Donna (Doctor Who character) 83, 160, 182, 183, 214–15, 388–9

  Noon, Archan (Doctor Who character) 219, 221, 222–8

  North Pole 98, 184, 185

  Northern Lights 98

  Nucleus, The 279

  Nyssa (Doctor Who character) 84, 181, 239, 360, 365–71, 373–4, 376, 377

  Omega (Doctor Who character) 102–3, 105

  Opportunity rover 52, 133

  order 358, 359

  organ transplants 380–1

  Organon (Doctor Who character) 24

  Osgood (Doctor Who character) 181

  Oswald, Clara 1, 9–18, 82, 84, 111–27, 134, 155, 158, 166–78, 183, 212–13, 216, 236–7, 283–4, 307, 379, 386

  pacemakers 310

  Panorama (TV show) 129

  paradoxes 147, 157–8, 159–60, 162, 164–5, 238

  parallel worlds 78–82, 138

  particles 75–6, 98

  past 160

  changing the 157–66, 255–6

  see also history

  Peake, Major Timothy 180

  Pedler, Dr Christopher ‘Kit’ 309, 314

  peer review 27

  Peppercorn, Mr (Doctor Who character) 244–5

  perception, subjective nature 208, 210

  pesticides 132

  Pettifer, Julian 129

  photons 75, 76

  Pilgrim, Tilly (Doctor Who character) 193–202

  Pink, Danny (Rupert) (Doctor Who character) 84, 158, 213, 230–1, 237, 284, 307, 311, 391

  Pink, Colonel Orson (Doctor Who character) 283–4

  Planck, Max 79

  Planck length 79

  Planet 14 34

  planetai 21–2

  planets 19, 20, 24–5, 28–31

  see also specific planets

  Plough 184, 184, 185, 188, 189

  ploughs 23

  Plutarch 385

  Pluto 29, 30, 34

  pocket universes 80, 82, 106

  Polaris (Pole Star) 184, 184, 185, 186

  Pompeii 388–9

  Pond, Amelia (Doctor Who character) 80, 84, 182, 183, 191, 206

  positrons 109

  potato 278–9, 282–3, 286, 287

  potato blight (Phytophthora infestans) 278–9, 282–3, 286, 287

  Potentialiser (Doctor Who character) 248, 250–2

  Pottinger, Jane (Doctor Who character) 243–8, 250–2

  Pottinger, Lord Roderick (Doctor Who character) 241–3, 248–9, 251–2

  predictions 27

  prehistoric 254

  Prime Meridian 186–7

  priming 215–16

  Prosperity (space ship) 35–46

  protons 76

  Proust, Marcel 206

  Proxima Centauri 54–5, 56, 57

  PSR 1257+12 30

  psychoanalysis 213

  pulsars 97–9, 108

  quantum 75

  quantum mechanics 75–8

  quantum tunnels 57

  radio waves 55, 97–8

  Raine (Doctor Who character) 319–23, 325–30

  Raith, Dr (Doctor Who character) 291–2, 296–7, 304

  Raleigh, Sir Walter 242

  Rassilon (Time Lord) 105, 391

  Reapers 240

  Red Giants 137

  regeneration 362, 368–9, 372, 379–91

  relativistic time dilation 54, 155–6

  relativity, theory of 30, 208

  General Theory 81, 155

  Special Theory 155

  repression 213

  resource exploitation 131

  Rho Cancri 57

  Richard I 255, 256–8

  Rita (Doctor Who character) 181

  river floods 23–4

  robots 149–50, 152, 165, 338–9

  Cyber rats 294–6, 299–300, 304

  Cyber worms 296–7, 300–4

  K-9 (robot dog) 2, 34, 81, 332–3, 339

  mosquitoes 169–78

  see also drones

  Rocket (steam engine) 355–6

  Roman Empire 167–78

  Romana (Time Lady) 80, 84, 105, 161, 181, 332–3, 388

  Rontan 9 218–28

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. 232–4

  Rorvik, David 308

  Rory (Doctor Who character) 182, 191

  Royal Observatory, Greenwich 186

  Royal Society 28, 380

  Sadi Carnot, Nicolas Léonard 356

  Sanford, Commander (Doctor Who character) 6, 17

  Sara (Doctor Who character) 101

  satellite navigation systems 156

  satellites 52, 130, 183–4

  Saturn 25, 33, 53, 98

  rings 26

  Saturn V rocket 235

  Scaroth 239

  Schmitt, Harrison 48, 51

  Schmitt, Jack 203

  Schrödinger, Erwin 76, 77

  Schrödinger’s cat 77–8, 83

  Schvaneveldt, Roger W. 215

  science

  evolving the human body through 307–8

  and war 230–6

  scientific method 27–8, 106–7

  seasonal affective disorder (SAD) 212

  Second Doctor 22, 47, 84, 97, 102, 161, 162, 166, 206, 360

  Second World War 231–6, 287, 312, 313, 333–7

  Sedna 30

  selves

  future 162, 165

  past 165

  senses 203–4, 204, 206–8, 208, 210, 261
r />   Seventh Doctor 47, 73, 181, 191–2, 205, 336

  Severina, Ulpia (Doctor Who character) 169–71, 174–5, 178

  Shakespeare, William 159, 257, 263

  Shaw, Liz (Doctor Who character) 78, 181, 191

  sheep, carnivorous 35–7, 41–2, 45

  shift work 212

  Silence, the 182

  singularities 100, 102, 104, 105

  Sirius 55, 57

  Sisterhood of Karn 363–4, 387

  Sixth Doctor 31, 84, 331, 355, 388

  Skaro (home planet of the Daleks) 30, 238, 239

  Skovox Blitzer 230–1

  smallpox 381

  smell, sense of, and memory 203–4, 206–8, 210, 261

  Smith, Cordwainer 308

  Smith, Sarah Jane (Doctor Who character) 31, 35–46, 50, 159, 182, 277, 339, 371

  smoking ban 261–2

  social media 314, 338

  solar eclipses 23

  Solar System 52–4, 55, 103, 133

  according to Doctor Who 33–4

  Solos 136–7

  Song, River (Doctor Who character) 160, 165–6, 182, 189–90, 388, 391

  sonic screwdrivers 2, 10, 12, 125, 143, 149, 151, 170, 172–4, 176, 223, 225, 295, 300, 347, 348, 350, 352, 375–7, 382

  Sontarans 182, 277–8, 279

  South Pole 98, 184, 185

  Southern Lights 98

  Soyuz 11 49

  space

  alien life 19–34

  and the future Earth 129–40

  multiverse 73–84

  other worlds 19–34

  and the power of the TARDIS 97–109

  space race 51

  space travel 47–57, 129

  dangerousness 49–51

  economic costs of 48–9, 129

  space-time warp 103–4, 155

  spacecraft 155–6

  Spectrox 390–1

  Spock, Mr (Star Trek character) 30

  Star Trek 30

  stars

  ancient thought on 19–20

  birth 216

  constellations 188

  movement 188–9

  and navigation 184–8

  neutron 99, 100–1, 103, 109

  pulsars 97–9, 108

  stealing 325

  supernovas 99

  see also specific stars; Sun

  steam engines 355–7

  stem cells 382–4, 386

  step pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara 24

  Stephenson, George 355, 356

  Stephenson, Robert 355–6

  sterilization, forced 287

  Stern, William 332

  Stone Age 23

  string theory 79–82

  bosonic 80

  Sullivan, Harry (Doctor Who character) 84, 181

  sulphuric acid 13, 133

  Sun 30–1, 33, 53–4, 98–100, 103, 132, 155, 189

  ancient thought on 19, 20, 21–6

  death of the 137, 140

  Earth ‘s orbit around 25–6, 31

  energy of the 31

  gravity 53

  habitable zone 32, 132–3, 137

  and liquid water 32

  and navigation 186, 187, 188

  supernova remnants 99

  supernovas 99

  suprachiasmatic nucleus 211

  Sutekh (alien) 159, 239

  Sycorax 387

  Szilárd, Leó 232, 234

  TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) 1, 1–2, 15–16, 35, 43, 46–7, 56, 73–4, 80–2, 92–4, 111–12, 131, 136, 140, 146, 154, 156, 159–62, 166, 178, 183, 189–90, 205–6, 212, 215, 217–18, 227–8, 230, 239, 248–9, 251–2, 256–7, 269, 297–8, 331, 360, 365, 367–8, 370–1, 373, 377, 386–7

 

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