The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
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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
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