Doctor Who S34E9: "Flatline" Spoilers

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Re: Doctor Who S34E9: "Flatline" Spoilers

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Enigma wrote:How much would the TARDIS have to weigh in order to fracture the Earth's surface? Cause the Doctor says that if he did land the TARDIS with its true weight, it would fracture the Earth's surface.
A lot. Think back to "The Name Of The Doctor", and the first time we see Trenzalore. And even that wasn't all of the TARDIS; by the time all its size had finished leaking out, it extended into the ground for possibly several miles.
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Enigma wrote:How much would the TARDIS have to weigh in order to fracture the Earth's surface? Cause the Doctor says that if he did land the TARDIS with its true weight, it would fracture the Earth's surface.
Work out the mass of a collapsing star held in stasis and expand from that.
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To elaborate a bit on just what the Eye of Harmony can do, from the TV movie:
DOCTOR: If the Eye of Harmony isn't closed, this planet will be sucked through it! Grace, I need to fix the timing mechanism on the Tardis and close the Eye. I need an atomic clock. Grace, please, help me find one.
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The extended inside of the tardis changes every time it is seen or mentioned. It was apparently infinite back in journey to the centre of the tardis according to the doctor, and at the very least big enough to fit a star in it. If the tardis's internal mass was as big as we see there, the tardis wouldn't have weight so much as the earth's does because of the tardis's gravitational field, and if it is big as the doctor was suggesting it wouldn't just shatter the crust, the entire universe would have a problem.

This time around?

Well it will at least have to overcome the rock's compressive strength, and it might be worth looking into solid viscosity too.
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