Observer Effect

The observer effect was an effect that the weapon ran on, alongside quantum physics, vunktotechnology, the superforce and vundatechnology. (PROSE: The Eyeless)

Time Lords naturally refined and reshaped space and time around them through their perception. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet, The Infinity Doctors) They maintained the non-interference policy because, if they were to interact with the universe rather than just observing it, they would collapse its infinite possibility into a single certainty. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) A mad Time Lord would have the power to infect the past and future with insanity. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

Behind the scenes

 * The Time Lords' observer effect would have played a major role in the unproduced novel Mentor.