psychOdelic she/her@discuss.tchncs.de to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoDoctor who, fantasy or science fiction?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareDoctor who, fantasy or science fiction?psychOdelic she/her@discuss.tchncs.de to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoOn the one hand, one of the Doctor’s aliases is Merlin*. On the other, there’s a surprising amount of technobabble for pure magic. And then there’s Arthur C. Clarke’s third law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” * I subscribe to the notion that this is the Doctor’s true name.
On the one hand, one of the Doctor’s aliases is Merlin*.
On the other, there’s a surprising amount of technobabble for pure magic.
And then there’s Arthur C. Clarke’s third law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
* I subscribe to the notion that this is the Doctor’s true name.