Doctor Who Drabble: The Power Of Magic

[bk_forever]

Title: The Power Of Magic

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: The Doctor, any regeneration.

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 038: magic at dw100

Spoilers: None.

Summary: Magic is nothing but science misunderstood.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

Magic is nothing more than science not yet understood; that’s something the Doctor knows, and he uses it to his advantage. Primitive people are easy to impress with trickery; calling it magic sets them in awe of him.

Not that it always works, especially in places where ‘magic’ and ‘witchcraft’ are considered one and the same. Then things can get a bit sticky, especially as witches are, more often than not, put to death. He’s had more than his share of close shaves. But whenever ‘magic’ gets him into trouble, he can always rely on science to get him out.

The End

Comments

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Love it. And that logic is exactly why I believe in magic!

[bk_forever]

Me too, I think practically anything would be possible if we could just learn how to do it =)

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

The Doctor has been compared to a wizard. Is that the same?

You could always impress people from the past with modern technology.

On a sad note, innocent people were killed under the suspicion of using witchcraft. Now it's a genre in sci-fi.

[bk_forever]

You know, I'm not really sure!

It's very sad, because people were so superstitious back then and a lot of those killed would have been healers, people who understood the properties of plants that could cure illnesses.

Hell, I'M impressed by modern technology, LOL!

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Depending on how far you go back, you could impress people with your wrist watch because to them it would look like a miniature clock.

I have a love/hate relationship with technology. On one hand it can be very convenient. But on another it can have the opposite effect if there are technical difficulties.

Mainly it's due to the fact that I don't know what to do when theres a problem.

Remember when a TV was called "The Idiot Box"?. Now we have "Smart TV's".

[bk_forever]

Oh god yes, technology is great when it works, but when it doesn't, I panic! I've learned to fix some problems, but the more technical things get, the harder they are to fix. The younger generations are more able to fix things than an old dinosaur like me.