History Quotes / Magitek

->'''The Doctor:''' Not magic ''instead'' of technology, it's magic used ''as'' technology. '''''Brilliant!'''''
-->--''FanFic/TimeLordsAndTerror''

->When the Immortal Newton first determined the nature of the Fixed Stars and their angels, the four great kingdoms of his world were hurled into a race to attain the other worlds and gain access to their gemstones. Building on the skills which had created craft like the sky-cutter … they ended up with fleets of craft resembling galleons made of pale coppery metal. The ships are empow-ered by outsized alchemical furnaces to rise above the lower airs to a realm where the pure angelic mathematics propounded by Newton held sway unimpeded.

'''Jane:''' Quantum field generator.

->The base chassis of the pistol is composed of [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain a shaft of polished yew exactly six and one half inches]] in length, of square cross-section and width two inches, already prepared with the aforementioned clockwork action and barrel assembly. To the end opposite the barrel is attached by means of Joint Method II(a) a handle crafted from oak or yew to the ergonomics of the proposed wielder of the weapon, this part not being detrimental to the appearance of the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors salamander]] within the finished product.
-->-- ''[[http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=23334&it=1 Broken Gears]]'', [[{{Whatevermancy}} Chaomancy]]

->'''Merlin:''' You know, Morgan, there are some worlds where people use only magic or only technology, not both.\\
'''Morgan:''' Really? How do they break the light barrier?
-->--''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''

->''"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."''
-->'''Creator/ArthurCClarke's''' [[ClarkesThirdLaw Third Law]].

->''"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."''
-->-- '''Creator/LarryNiven's''' corollary to ClarkesThirdLaw.

->''"Your ancestors called it magic...and you call it science. Well, I come from a place where they're one and the same thing."''
-->-- ''Film/{{Thor}}''

''pause''\\

-->--'''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''', "I Robot, You Jane"

->Superwoman was infused with several strains of alien D.N.A. using a combination of science and magic, giving her extraterrestrial abilities.
-->-- '''Dr. Light''', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}: ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}''

-->--''Series/{{Runaways|2017}}'', "[[Recap/Runaways2017S01E06 Metamorphosis]]"

->Don't ''ever'' mix juju with technology. There is witchcraft in science and a science to witchcraft. Both will conspire against you eventually.
-->-- [[https://www.tor.com/2011/11/02/hello-moto/ "Hello, Moto",]] Creator/NnediOkorafor

-->-- [["https://www.tor.com/2011/11/02/hello-moto/ Hello, Moto",]] Creator/NnediOkorafor

'''Tina:''' It is ''science'', Nico.\\
'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean high-tech magic, then sure.

->''"Your ancestors called it magic...and you call it science. Well, I come from a place where they're one and the same."''

->The base chassis of the pistol is composed of [[VictorianBritain a shaft of polished yew exactly six and one half inches]] in length, of square cross-section and width two inches, already prepared with the aforementioned clockwork action and barrel assembly. To the end opposite the barrel is attached by means of Joint Method II(a) a handle crafted from oak or yew to the ergonomics of the proposed wielder of the weapon, this part not being detrimental to the appearance of the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors salamander]] within the finished product.

->'''Merlin:''' You know, Morgan, there are some worlds where people use only magic or only technology, not both.
->'''Morgan:''' Really? How do they break the light barrier?

->'''Jane Foster:''' That's a quantum field generator, isn't it?
->'''Asgardian Doctor:''' It's a soul forge.
->'''Jane:''' Does a "soul forge" transfer molecular energy from one place to another?
->''pause''
->'''Asgardian Doctor:''' Yes.
->'''Jane:''' Quantum field generator.

->'''Giles''': There's a demon in the Internet.
->'''Ms. Calendar''': I know.
->'''Giles''': You know?
->'''Ms. Calendar''': Come on, there've been portents for days. I mean, power surges, online shutdowns... You should see the bones I've been casting. I ''knew'' this would happen sooner or later. I mean, it's probably a mischief demon, y'know, like Kelkor, or...
->'''Giles''': It's Moloch.
->'''Ms. Calendar''': The Corrupter? Oh, boy. I shoulda remembered, I just don't...
->'''Giles''': Uh... You don't seem exactly surprised by... Who are you?
->'''Ms. Calendar''': I teach computer science at the local high school.
->'''Giles''': A profession that hardly lends itself to the casting of bones.
->'''Ms. Calendar''': Wrong and wrong, snobby. You think the realm of the mystical is limited to ancient texts and relics? That bad old science made the magic go away? Mm. The divine exists in cyberspace same as out here.
->'''Giles''': Are you a witch?
->'''Ms. Calendar''': Mm. I don't have that kinda power. 'Technopagan' is the term. There are more of us than you think.

-->-- ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

-->-- '''Film/{{Thor}}'''

->'''The Doctor:''' Not magic ''instead'' of technology, it's magic used ''as'' technology. '''''brilliant!'''''

-->-- '''LarryNiven's''' corollary to ClarkesThirdLaw.

->''TheIlluminati strive to ascend as a pantheon of zeitgeists. Beneath the Brooklyn streets, they experiment with thaumaturgy and technomancy. In their labs, demons shriek as they beat the walls of hard-drive purgatories, circuits soldered in patterns forming Enochian words. Old bleeds into new, the cutting edge fornicates with the antediluvian.''
-->-- Lore entry on '''TheIlluminati''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

-->--''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''

-->--''TimeLordsAndTerror''

-->-- Lore entry on '''TheIlluminati''', ''TheSecretWorld''

-->--''TimeLordsAndTerror''

->'''The Doctor:''' Not magic instead of technology, but magic ''as'' technology '''''brilliant'''''

-->-- '''Film/{{Thor}}'''

-->-- '''Film/Thor'''

-->-- '''LarryNiven's''' corollary to ClarkesThirdLaw.

-->--''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''

-->--''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace