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Fibonacci sequence

A Fibonacci sequence was a sequence of numbers that included 34, 55, and 89. (PROSE: Daisy Chain) The Twelfth Doctor identified 55 as the tenth Fibonacci number. (TV: Flatline [+]Jamie Mathieson, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)

According to Saul, daisies had petal numbers in line with the Fibonacci sequence. (PROSE: Daisy Chain [+]Xanna Eve Chown, Short Trips: 2040 (Short Trips short stories, 2004).)

When Professor Jeffrey Broderick received a bottle of malt laced with a hallucinogen from Sir Toby Kinsella in 1964, it caused him to recite the Fibonacci sequence ad infinitum in order to keep himself occupied. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence [+]Matt Fitton, Counter-Measures: Series 1 (Counter-Measures, Big Finish Productions, 2012).)

The Weave's life cycle was similar to a Fibonacci sequence, with each name a successive number added to the last. When the Eleventh Doctor met a Weave named 6011, she confirmed that the Weave before her was 3715, and the one after her was 9726. (PROSE: The Glamour Chase [+]Gary Russell, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2010).)

Whilst resisting the Keltin's gas, Adric first recited prime numbers before reciting the Fibonacci sequence. (AUDIO: The Star Men [+]Andrew Smith, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2017).)

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  • Though unremarked in Daisy Chain or Flatline, the first eight Fibonacci numbers are 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21.
  • 6011 is the sixteenth number of a Fibonacci-type sequence which starts with 3 and 8.
  • Fibonacci numbers were named after the Italian mathematician Fibonacci.
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