ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman) (07/12/85)
In article <605@utai.UUCP> strausx@utai.UUCP (Paul Albert Strauss) writes: > Sounds to me as if throwing the ball toward the space craft > (and thus away from his Tardis) would have accelerated the Doctor > TOWARD his Tardis, as would the act of catching the ball. Thus, > (without having seen this episode), I don't perceive a flaw. The flaw (which Mike Davis pointed out) is that the Doctor did not get any acceleration from throwing the ball -- only from catching it. By the way, the original article went to net.tv but NOT to net.tv.drwho! >> What gets me is Four to Doomsday, where the Doctor is stranded >> in space midway between another space craft and his Tardis. He pulls >> a cricket ball out of his pocket and throws it at the space ship, when >> he catches it on the rebound he has the momentum to reach his Tardis. >> He should have also gotten some momentum from throwing the ball!!! -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-h:ags