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| + | [[File:Repairing T-Mat link - Doctor Who Seeds of Death - BBC|right|thumb|The [[Ice Warrior]]s cause problems with T-Mat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'')]] |
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| − | '''Travel Mat''' ('''T-Mat''' for short), acted as an instantaneous transport system. By the late [[21st century]], T-Mat cubicles linked the entire [[Earth]] and served as a means of transporting goods all over the globe. |
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| + | '''T-Mat''' was a [[transmat]] network that had been established on [[Earth]] by the mid [[21st century]] and was run by [[Travel-Mat]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') A few [[decade]]s after the [[year]] [[2025]], T-Mat fought an "intellectual [[copyright]] battle" with [[iTeleport]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)|Horror of the Space Snakes]]'') |
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| + | The technology was invented by [[Florian Hart]]'s father. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'') T-Mat cubicles were used as a reliable and cost-effective means of mass-transporting goods all over the world. |
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| − | As a result of this convenient form of travel, space travel and exploration were neglected making rockets and other spaceships things of the past. |
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| + | The development of T-Mat ultimately led to the abandonment of manned space programmes, with the only launch vehicles remaining being those required to place satellites in terrestrial orbit. It apparently never occurred to anyone in charge that the transmat link between Earth and the moon might one day catastrophically fail beyond the capacity of the moonbase personnel to repair. The [[Ice Warrior]]s exploited this weakness when they took over the base as a beach-head for their ill-fated invasion of Earth; a corollary of this compromise of the network was a disastrous collapse of global food distribution. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') |
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| − | T-Mat Control was on [[Earth]] and a base on the [[Moon]], connected to each other by T-Mat network, which coordinated the whole network. |
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| + | T-Mat also saw the abandonment of [[train]]s, road and air transport since it was instantaneous - people who continued with such forms of transport were considered eccentric. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (novelisation)|The Seeds of Death]])'' |
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| − | The [[Ice Warrior]]s sought to exploit this ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') when they took over the moonbase in preparation to invade Earth. |
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| + | In the aftermath of the invasion and the [[Thousand Day War]], the T-Mat network was replaced by the [[Interstitial Mass Transit System]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') |
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| − | :''The distinction, other then the name, between [[transmat]] and T-mat remains unknown. It is likely that they are the same technology.'' |
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| + | One account claims some scientists, [[Froyn]] and [[Rhynmal]], working for the [[Space Security Service]] in the year [[4000]], were working on a [[molecular dissemination]] experiment to increase the distance of travel allowed by the T-Mat system. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') |
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| − | ==See also== |
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| − | *[[Teleport]] |
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| + | Members of the [[Scarlet Guard]] wore small T-Mat units on their [[belt]]s, which they used to travel around [[Hyspero]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') |
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| + | == Behind the scenes == |
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| + | According to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]'', a book that contains [[Tardis:Valid sources|non-narrative]] based information, history would remember the T-Mat as causing the end of the First Great and Bountiful Space Race. |
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Revision as of 20:10, 4 December 2019
Repairing T-Mat link - Doctor Who Seeds of Death - BBC
The Ice Warriors cause problems with T-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
T-Mat was a transmat network that had been established on Earth by the mid 21st century and was run by Travel-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death) A few decades after the year 2025, T-Mat fought an "intellectual copyright battle" with iTeleport. (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
The technology was invented by Florian Hart's father. (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice) T-Mat cubicles were used as a reliable and cost-effective means of mass-transporting goods all over the world.
The development of T-Mat ultimately led to the abandonment of manned space programmes, with the only launch vehicles remaining being those required to place satellites in terrestrial orbit. It apparently never occurred to anyone in charge that the transmat link between Earth and the moon might one day catastrophically fail beyond the capacity of the moonbase personnel to repair. The Ice Warriors exploited this weakness when they took over the base as a beach-head for their ill-fated invasion of Earth; a corollary of this compromise of the network was a disastrous collapse of global food distribution. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
T-Mat also saw the abandonment of trains, road and air transport since it was instantaneous - people who continued with such forms of transport were considered eccentric. (PROSE: The Seeds of Death)
In the aftermath of the invasion and the Thousand Day War, the T-Mat network was replaced by the Interstitial Mass Transit System. (PROSE: Transit)
One account claims some scientists, Froyn and Rhynmal, working for the Space Security Service in the year 4000, were working on a molecular dissemination experiment to increase the distance of travel allowed by the T-Mat system. (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown)
Members of the Scarlet Guard wore small T-Mat units on their belts, which they used to travel around Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)
Behind the scenes
According to The Brilliant Book 2012, a book that contains non-narrative based information, history would remember the T-Mat as causing the end of the First Great and Bountiful Space Race.