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consciousness of 340–2
power of the 97–109
Zero Room 387
Taylor, Steve (Doctor Who character) 83, 101, 182
Tegmark, Max 82, 83
teleological theory 315–16
Telesa (Doctor Who character) 86, 88, 91–2, 95
telescopes 26, 28, 55
telomeres 361
Telos (Cybermen’s adopted home planet) 315, 316
Tenth Doctor 19, 50, 84, 100, 104, 105, 159, 160, 215, 229, 236, 283, 285, 314, 363, 382, 384, 386–7, 388–9
text messaging 337–8
thermodynamics 356–9
Theseus 385
Third Doctor 27, 78, 102, 131, 135–6, 162, 181, 191, 230, 340
‘thought experiments’ 77, 337
time 143–264
history of the Earth 253–64
interfering with 138
laws of 155–66
and memory 203–16
relativistic time dilation 54, 155–6
sense of 208–9, 212
time dams 390
Time Destructor, The 218, 220
Time Lords 47, 103–6, 108, 136, 139, 144–5, 151, 161–2, 165–6, 207, 218, 229, 236–9, 317, 332, 360, 362–3, 368, 384, 386–8, 391
see also specific Time Lords
Time magazine 130
time travel 57, 73, 103–4, 155, 261
practicalities of 179–91
‘sideways’ 73–4
Time War 106, 207–8, 229–40, 389
time zones 211–12
Timelash 240
Tobbs (Doctor Who character) 85–8, 91
tooth transplants 380
Torchwood 84
transdifferentiation 383–4
tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator 56
Triss (Doctor Who character) 119–20
Triton 53
trolling 314
Tunguska region, Siberia 137
‘tunnelling’ 75
Turing, Alan 231, 333, 335, 337
Turing test 321, 337–8, 339
Turlough, Vislor (Doctor Who character) 182
Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish 383
Twelfth Doctor 1, 84, 155, 158, 182, 209, 213, 230, 253, 261, 385, 388–9
twins, identical 284–5
Tyler, Jackie (Doctor Who character) 190
Tyler, Rose (Doctor Who character) 19, 79, 106, 137, 140, 156, 160, 182, 183, 190, 207, 240, 260, 283, 286, 288, 363
uncertainty principle 75
unconscious 213
UNIT 136, 191, 205, 231, 291–7, 304
universe
death of the 358, 359–60
expansion of the 107
see also multiverse
uranium 232
Uranus 28–9, 33, 53, 98
USA 51, 235
USSR 51, 235
V-2 rockets 235
vaccinations 381
van Gogh, Vincent 361
velocity 155
Venus 5–17, 25, 27, 32–3, 132–3
atmosphere 133
climate 133–4, 137
phases 26–7
surface temperature 133
Virgin Galactic 48–9
volcanoes 53, 133
von Braun, Wernher 235
Voyager 1 53
Voyager 2 53–4
Vulcan 30
Vyon, Bret (Doctor Who character) 83
War Doctor 229–30, 236
warp speed 56
washing machines 262–3
water, liquid 31–2, 132–3
wave-particle duality 75, 76–7, 77
weather 134
prediction models 158
Webster, Louise 102
Weeping Angels 240
weightlessness 50, 180, 307
Wells, H.G. 287
Whitaker, David 257
William of Bristol (Doctor Who character) 344, 346, 351, 353
William of Newburgh, History of English Affairs 254–5
World Health Organization (WHO) 381
wormholes 163–5, 163, 166
worms, segmented 382–3
Wright, Barbara (Doctor Who character) 157, 182, 257
Xanxia (Doctor Who character) 390
Xeriphas 165–6
Yates, Captain Mike (Doctor Who character) 136, 340
Zanak 139
Zaroff, Professor 138
Zoe (The Doctor’s personal assistant and knowledge interface) 249–52
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As good scientists, Simon and Marek tested this book carefully. Our willing subjects (or lab rats) were: Simon Belcher, Dr Debbie Challis, Jenny Guerrier, Thomas Guerrier and Tim Guerrier.
We also sought advice from experts in particular areas. Chapter 1 was read by Dr Chris Naunton of the Egypt Exploration Society and Alice Stevenson of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL. Simon discussed the ideas in Chapter 5 with actress Katy Manning who played companion Jo Grant, and some of the ideas in Chapter 7 with Chris Wild, curator of Retronaut.com. Chapter 8 was read by Dr Niall Boyce, editor of medical journal Lancet Psychiatry. Chapter 10 was read by Edward James, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. Chapter 11 was read by Mark Carnall, curator of the Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL. Of course, any remaining errors remain the fault of Simon and Marek.
Ben Aaronovitch, Natalie Barnes and Dr Radmila Topalovic provided advice and guidance we’ve used in this book – even if they weren’t aware they were doing so.
Grateful thanks to Justin, Albert, Charlotte and everyone at BBC Books for all they’ve done to make the book happen, and to Grant Berry, Mike Sarna and the staff of the Royal Museums Greenwich for graciously allowing Marek time off his other duties to travel in time and space.
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