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From: mann@LaBrea.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: TARDIS Mass (what is it?) [Full Circle]
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Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 22:26:02 EDT
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> 
> "Full Circle" (part 2) was broadcast in my area last
> night and in it Romana (II) tells Adric that the
> weight of the TARDIS is "5 X 10^6 kilos in your
> (Alzarius) gravity."  This is 5 times that given
> in "The Doctor Who Program Guide" Vol. 2.
> 
> Maybe Alzarius gravity is roughly 5 times that of
> "normal" gravity.
> 

I suppose it is hopelessly pedantic to bring this up, but kilograms are
units of MASS, not weight.  (Pounds, on the other hand, ARE units of weight
(or equivalently, force).)  Thus, if an object masses 5x10^6 kilos on Earth,
it masses the same on the Moon, Alzarius, or Planet Claire.

Personally, I prefer to ignore the various scientfic errors and internal
inconsistencies that creep into Doctor Who and other works of science
fiction, remembering that the imaginary science and technology are nothing
more than a backdrop for the stories being told.

	--Tim