mil3@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Phillip Millman) (01/29/86)
Keywords:Wouldn't that cause problems?
It would be disaterous for time travel if Gallifrey were to be destroyed
for a good number of reasons.
1) In the Deadly Assissan (sp), The Master tries to destroy the source
of the Gallifreyan Power, which is the partheneon (I think that's
the name, but don't quote me on it.). Inside that little monolithe
is a black hole that Omega caused to go Super Nova and Rassilon
contained. The black hole (or the Eye of Harmony) is the source
of all the power for time travel. The reason Omega tried to
destroy it was that when he caused it to go nova he has thrown
into the negative dimension. He got a little lonely.
2) Another reason it would be very bad to destroy Gallifrey is that
time travel requires an enormous amount of energy to bend time.
It would take another black hole to get the power if G was
destroyed.
3) A uncontrolled black hole in the middle of time and space is
also very bad. I don't think I have explain that one.
I think in the Mawydrn Undead (PD) there was a quick reference to
the power of the time stream and the TARDIS when the two Brigadaers
touched? Anyone remember that?
Phillip Millman
Univ. of Chicago
"Doctor, I'm scared!!" Who said it and in what episode??tra4@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Jonathan H. Traum) (01/29/86)
>"Doctor, I'm scared!!" Who said it and in what episode??
Wasn't that Lieutennant Uhura? Ooops! sorry, wrong series.
Jon Traumnyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/30/86)
>Keywords:Wouldn't that cause problems? Yes. >It would be disaterous for time travel if Gallifrey were to be destroyed >for a good number of reasons. > > 1) In the Deadly Assissan (sp), The Master tries to destroy the source > of the Gallifreyan Power, which is the partheneon (I think that's > the name, but don't quote me on it.). Inside that little monolithe > is a black hole that Omega caused to go Super Nova and Rassilon > contained. The black hole (or the Eye of Harmony) is the source > of all the power for time travel. The reason Omega tried to > destroy it was that when he caused it to go nova he has thrown > into the negative dimension. He got a little lonely. First, the nit picking corrections :-) Assassin and panopticon. > 2) Another reason it would be very bad to destroy Gallifrey is that > time travel requires an enormous amount of energy to bend time. > It would take another black hole to get the power if G was > destroyed. > > 3) A uncontrolled black hole in the middle of time and space is > also very bad. I don't think I have explain that one. Yes you do. Gallifrey does not travel in time, and the position of the black hole would be known. I suggest that it would become marked on celestial navigators maps as just another spot to avoid. The current theory of time travel is that when an object moves at speeds close to the speed of light while in a gravitational well, it can go backwards in time. The weakness is that the object is then inside the Schwartzkind radius, from which escape is impossible without faster than light travel*. Of course, these calculations pertain to only three dimensions. *The schroedinger energy equation yeilds a concept called "tunnelling", where a particle theoretically can move past an infinite potential. All this is based on statistical extremes, but it does imply some ability to escape the black hole, even though it is classically impossible. For further details I suggest a four year undergraduate course in Physics followed by a Doctoral program researching quantum mechanics. >"Doctor, I'm scared!!" Who said it and in what episode?? Perpugilliam Brown in "Attack of the Cybermen". -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa "But Doctor, we're on that island!" "Oh my word!" who said them, what story?
mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (01/30/86)
> Keywords:Wouldn't that cause problems? > > It would be disaterous for time travel if Gallifrey were to be destroyed > for a good number of reasons. > > 1) In the Deadly Assissan (sp), The Master tries to destroy the source > of the Gallifreyan Power, which is the partheneon (I think that's > the name, but don't quote me on it.). Inside that little monolithe > is a black hole that Omega caused to go Super Nova and Rassilon > contained. The black hole (or the Eye of Harmony) is the source > of all the power for time travel. The reason Omega tried to > destroy it was that when he caused it to go nova he has thrown > into the negative dimension. He got a little lonely. > The Eye of Harmony is located in the Panopticon on Gallifrey. The Parthenon is an ancient temple on Earth. Mark Modig ihnp4!sfmag!mom