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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e09-10, “The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances”

Unimatrix Two Posted on August 19, 2014 by MikhailAugust 19, 2014

Nanobots, nanites, nanogenes: these are all science-fiction terms for microscopic robots that can repair or create materials one molecule (or atom) at a time. We dream of building super-strong metals from base elements, or sending them into our bodies to remover cancers or repair damage. We’ve already made a few very crude examples, ver basic mechanisms only a few molecules in size! But some science-fiction writers use this as a synonym for “magic” when they’re in a hurry; though this is an excellent Who story – one of my favorite tales of the Ninth Doctor – Moffat succumbed to the … Continue reading →

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BorgSpace Interplanetary

Unimatrix Two Posted on May 28, 2013 by MikhailMay 28, 2013

Since the days of my first Lego set, I have never lost the joy of building something – having a goal for how something should look and feel and function, then correcting and tweaking until what I was making came as close to that goal as possible. Kerbal Space Program takes that thought and expands upon it, by offering one all the parts to build a neat-looking airplane or space rocket, then challenging you to make it fly. And once you make it fly, to do something with it: can you reach the Pole? Can you reach orbit? Can you … Continue reading →

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e08, “Father’s Day”

Unimatrix Two Posted on May 9, 2013 by MikhailMay 9, 2013

The Doctor takes Rose Tyler back to the day when her father died, an event she was too young to witness and understand. In an impulse, Rose interferes with the death, and Time starts to unravel with fatal consequences to everyone nearby. There aren’t many scientific concepts explored or mentioned in this episode, though Alexander Graham Bell is misquoted when cell phones start repeating “Watson, come here, I need you.” The proper quote is supposedly, “Watson, come here, I want you.” But on the other hand, Time’s damaged, so maybe it’s an alternate Bell speaking? As nitpicks go, that’s easily … Continue reading →

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e07, “The Long Game”

Unimatrix Two Posted on March 31, 2013 by MikhailMarch 31, 2013

It’s the year 200,000, and the Doctor, Rose, and Adam arrive on an Earth-orbiting space platform that has somehow become inhabited completely by the mid-21st century. Well, that’s not quite the plot, but it’s a sin that current sci-fi TV keeps committing over and over. Fashion, food, and entertainment are all exactly as we might expect them to be a decade or two from now, and while the plotline suggests that Earth’s cultural development’s been held back, this is a bit much. Can’t I have just a little space fashion, space food, and holographic display tablets? I know it may … Continue reading →

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e06, “Dalek”

Unimatrix Two Posted on March 13, 2013 by MikhailMarch 13, 2013

Remember these? It’s only been a gap of nearly three years, after all, hardly a blink in the overall scheme of space and time and universes. And while my focus will remain on the science issues of the scripts, there’s likely to be commentary on plot elements too. There’s simply too much to talk about as new Who evolves. So lets talk about one of the best episodes of the Ninth Doctor, and probably the best Dalek episode since 1963. The Dalek itself doesn’t pose too many science problems. It’s a mobile armored life-support unit for the Kaled mutant inside, … Continue reading →

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Artificial Life on Mars

Unimatrix Two Posted on August 6, 2012 by MikhailAugust 6, 2012

I couldn’t stay up to watch Curiosity, since I’d had a very long weekend, and an early Monday morning to head to. In fact, I didn’t manage to stay up until 10 last night. But I felt confident that Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ would tell me everything I needed to know when I woke in the morning, and they did. Well done NASA! I spent some time at NASA Langley. Unless you know some of these folks you might not believe how hard they work at their jobs, how committed they are to expanding the scope of human knowledge, and … Continue reading →

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Unimatrix Two Posted on April 24, 2011 by MikhailSeptember 19, 2012

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e04-5, “Aliens of London / World War Three”

Unimatrix Two Posted on July 14, 2010 by MikhailJuly 14, 2010

Okay, huge gap between the last SoDW and this one. This is mainly because I really didn’t like this episode at all. The villains’ main characteristics were that they farted and giggled constantly, and the plotline itself seemed silly and self-indulgent on the part of the writer. (Oh, had I only known.) But in no particular order, let’s look at some of the scientific and technical details of the two-parter. UNIT’s website can order UK military submarines to launch missiles; and the password is “buffalo” – a seven-character word, one found in English computer spellcheck dictionaries. From an Internet security … Continue reading →

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e03, “The Unquiet Dead”

Unimatrix Two Posted on May 9, 2010 by MikhailMay 9, 2010

For the first time in the new series, the TARDIS heads into the viewers’ past. Because of this, there are only two science-fiction concepts in the story: a “space-time rift” and energy beings who can inhabit gas clouds and dead human bodies. The Cardiff Rift has been described as a wormhole, a gateway, a place where disparate parts of space and time meet, allowing beings and objects to travel from one part to another. While wormholes are solid scientific theory and not seriously challenged, they are also transient, unstable, and not big enough to send a water molecule through – … Continue reading →

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The Science of Doctor Who: s01e02, “The End of the World”

Unimatrix Two Posted on May 2, 2010 by MikhailMay 2, 2010

Of course, I say “every day or two” and immediately, life keeps me from paying much attention to any writing for a while. That, and I needed to find my archive copy of the episode to check out a few details. This go-round, the main science-fiction idea is that the Doctor has taken Rose forward five billion years or thereabouts to watch the Sun engulf Earth. (It’s a little morbid, but then the death of homeworlds is weighing on the Doctor’s mind these days.) The timing’s about right, and Rose shows off some basic science knowledge when she points out … Continue reading →

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