Rob Landley on Nostr: Reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state and going "oh yeah, ...
Reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state and going "oh yeah, that's happened to the Tardis at least twice".
(It's driven by a "time rotor", and goes through a "time vortex". Translation: it's got a magic fork thingy ala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_trident that twirls around to create a wormhole the box goes through to get to its destination, which may incidentally be in the past/future. How do you steer it? In the Doctor's case: "badly".)
(It's driven by a "time rotor", and goes through a "time vortex". Translation: it's got a magic fork thingy ala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_trident that twirls around to create a wormhole the box goes through to get to its destination, which may incidentally be in the past/future. How do you steer it? In the Doctor's case: "badly".)