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Post by olegrand on Mar 13, 2011 16:05:26 GMT
A question to all you Classic Who gurus out there ;D
If I've understood things correctly, the Logopolitans were pretty much saving the universe from entropy and destruction, using their CVEs (Charged Vaccuum Emboitments) and the wondrous "mathematical magic" of Block Transfer Computation, diverting entropy from N-space (our universe) to the smaller dimension of E-space.
But Logopolis was destroyed at the end of the eponymous story... so my question is simple: who the hell has been diverting entropy after the destruction of Logopolis (and someone obviously did, otherwise our universe would have been swallowed by entropy by now). Who took the job after the Logopolitans were wiped out? The Time Lords? Anybody else?
Has there been any answer to this question in a later story, novel, audiobook or whatever ?
Answers - and hypotheses - welcome ! ;D
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Post by misterharry on Mar 13, 2011 16:48:15 GMT
It's explained within Logopolis itself. The Doctor uses the Pharos Project to transmit the Logopolitans' calculations to the CVE nearest to Earth, stabilising it before it closes. So that single CVE remained open and is now transferring entropy from N-space to E-space.
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Post by olegrand on Mar 13, 2011 16:59:20 GMT
It's explained within Logopolis itself. The Doctor uses the Pharos Project to transmit the Logopolitans' calculations to the CVE nearest to Earth, stabilising it before it closes. So that single CVE remained open and is now transferring entropy from N-space to E-space. ::)Mmmh I see... but is anyone looking after this single CVE? Or is it left unattended - and vulnerable to, say, anyone able to get hold of it and, say, manipulate it for some nefarious purpose? I'm asking all this because I'd like to use the concept of CVEs and Block Transfer Computation in a "new Who" (ie post-Time War) scenario. |
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Post by misterharry on Mar 13, 2011 17:40:46 GMT
As far as I know, the Doctor just stabilised the CVE and left it to its own devices... it's very vulnerable to be honest...  |
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Post by olegrand on Mar 13, 2011 18:18:35 GMT
As far as I know, the Doctor just stabilised the CVE and left it to its own devices... it's very vulnerable to be honest... Now, that's what I call a GOOD BAD NEW. ;D Thanks a lot! I've got my scenario's McGuffin!  |
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Post by olegrand on Mar 13, 2011 19:02:06 GMT
(Back after realizing something of crucial importance  ) Another question: Unless I'm mistaken, Logopolis was destroyed in 1981 (Earth-time)... so it would still exist in, say, Earth's nineteenth century? |
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Post by misterharry on Mar 13, 2011 19:10:08 GMT
I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't. 1981 seemed to be the critical year!
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Post by da professor on Mar 14, 2011 18:38:36 GMT
Of course, if you wanted to have its destruction be retroactive, erasing its past as well as its future, there's nothing to stop you.
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Post by olegrand on Mar 15, 2011 8:42:01 GMT
Of course, if you wanted to have its destruction be retroactive, erasing its past as well as its future, there's nothing to stop you. (I love this game  But how would you justify this retroactive effect? Could Logopolis have been time-locked - but why? |
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Post by da professor on Mar 15, 2011 18:40:08 GMT
Of course, if you wanted to have its destruction be retroactive, erasing its past as well as its future, there's nothing to stop you. (I love this game But how would you justify this retroactive effect? Could Logopolis have been time-locked - but why? One possibility is that they used Block Transfer Computation in an attempt to escape their destruction, but thanks to the ongoing effects of the Master's interference, something went wrong. |
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