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| + | | next = [[Cold War World]]}} |
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| + | The "Ice World" was the first new world seen by Wade, Arturo, and Rembrandt. [[Quinn Mallory]] increased the power of the [[vortex]] and dragged himself, [[Wade Welles|Wade]] and the [[Maximillian Arturo|Professor]] into the wormhole. [[Rembrandt Brown]], who was passing by in his Cadillac, was also sucked in. Upon arrival, the Sliders discovered a San Francisco covered in thick snow. |
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| − | The "Ice World" was the first new world seen by the [[Sliders]]. [[Quinn Mallory]] increased the power for the [[vortex]] a tad too much and dragged himself, [[Wade Welles|Wade]] and the [[Maximillian Arturo|Professor]] into the wormhole. [[Rembrandt Brown]] who was passing by in his Cadillac was also sucked in. On arrival at this world the Sliders find themselves once again in Quinn's basement but this time it is deserted. There's no evidence of any sliding equipment there. They decide that this world's Quinn must have never turned it into a Lab. They discover that the candles are kept above the washer as on [[Earth Prime]]. They also find that in this world Quinn had a sister. Upon leaving the House they find Mr Brown and his Cadillac and take refuge inside until a tornado forces them to reset the [[Timer]] and flee. |
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| + | The Professor and Quinn had a few theories on how this world had come about. Firstly, a Nuclear Winter could have resulted from nuclear weapons creating enough soot and smoke to affect the stratosphere. Secondly, a tilt in the Earth's axis could have kept San Francisco away from the sun's rays long enough to create a drastic change in climate. The third theory was that some ecological disaster like mass pollution had wreaked havoc on the ecosystem. Since the nature of how this event came to exist is unknown, it is also unknown when this world turned cold. A picture found by Quinn in his double's house reveals it was recently enough for Quinn's double to grow up and live with his family without these conditions. |
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| + | *'''Quinn Mallory '''is a double of Quinn's who grew up with both parents and a younger sister. Whether due to this different upbringing or not, Quinn never built a labratory in the basement and the extent of his scientific knowledge is entirely unknown. |
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| − | Whilst in the Cadillac the Professor and Quinn had a couple of theories about how this world had come about. Firstly a Nuclear winter. This is a predicted climatic effect of nuclear war. It has been theorized that severely cold weather and reduced sunlight for a period of months or years could be caused by detonating large numbers of nuclear weapons, especially over flammable targets such as cities, where large amounts of smoke and soot would be ejected into the Earth's stratosphere. |
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| + | *'''[[Michael Mallory]] '''is a double of Quinn's father who was never killed in a car accident. Given more time than his Earth Prime counterpart, Michael went on to have a daughter. |
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| + | *'''[[Amanda Mallory]] '''is a double of Quinn's mother who never lost her husband in a car accident or her son to a Sliding accident. |
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| + | *'''Bopper''' is the Mallory family's pet dog who either never ran away in Quinn's youth or was found by a more plentiful and better organized Mallory family. |
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| − | Secondly, The Earth currently has an axial tilt of about 23.5°.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IERS_1-1">[2]</sup> The axis remains tilted in the same direction towards the stars throughout a year and this means that when a hemisphere (a northern or southern half of the earth) is pointing away from the Sun at one point in the orbit then half an orbit later (half a year later) this hemisphere will be pointing towards the Sun. This effect is the main cause of the seasons. Whichever hemisphere is currently tilted toward the Sun experiences more hours of sunlight each day. So a great shift in the Axis of the planet could well indeed leave San Francisco looking like the North Pole. |
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| − | Alternatively it could be due to an Ecological disaster. A disaster that is due to human activity and should not be confused with natural disasters. These can have an effect on agriculture, biodiversity, the economy and human health. The causes include pollution, depletion of natural resources, industrial activity or agriculture |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| + | *[[Wikipedia:Ecological disaster|Ecological disaster]] |
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_disaster |
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| + | *[[Wikipedia:Nuclear winter|Nuclear winter]] |
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| + | *[[Wikipedia:Axial tilt|Earth's axis]] |
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earths_axis |
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| + | *[[Sliders (episode)]]- The episode featuring this world. |
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| + | *[[Spiderwasp World]]- Another world frought with enough danger to requiring a premature slide. |
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| + | *[[Tsunami World]]- Another dimension characterized by a strong elemental influence. |
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[[Category:Alternate Earths]] |
[[Category:Alternate Earths]] |
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Revision as of 22:16, 27 November 2017
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| "Elvis World" | "Cold War World" |
The "Ice World" was the first new world seen by Wade, Arturo, and Rembrandt. Quinn Mallory increased the power of the vortex and dragged himself, Wade and the Professor into the wormhole. Rembrandt Brown, who was passing by in his Cadillac, was also sucked in. Upon arrival, the Sliders discovered a San Francisco covered in thick snow.
Differences from Earth Prime
The Professor and Quinn had a few theories on how this world had come about. Firstly, a Nuclear Winter could have resulted from nuclear weapons creating enough soot and smoke to affect the stratosphere. Secondly, a tilt in the Earth's axis could have kept San Francisco away from the sun's rays long enough to create a drastic change in climate. The third theory was that some ecological disaster like mass pollution had wreaked havoc on the ecosystem. Since the nature of how this event came to exist is unknown, it is also unknown when this world turned cold. A picture found by Quinn in his double's house reveals it was recently enough for Quinn's double to grow up and live with his family without these conditions.
Doubles
- Quinn Mallory is a double of Quinn's who grew up with both parents and a younger sister. Whether due to this different upbringing or not, Quinn never built a labratory in the basement and the extent of his scientific knowledge is entirely unknown.
- Michael Mallory is a double of Quinn's father who was never killed in a car accident. Given more time than his Earth Prime counterpart, Michael went on to have a daughter.
- Amanda Mallory is a double of Quinn's mother who never lost her husband in a car accident or her son to a Sliding accident.
- Bopper is the Mallory family's pet dog who either never ran away in Quinn's youth or was found by a more plentiful and better organized Mallory family.
References
See also
- Sliders (episode)- The episode featuring this world.
- Spiderwasp World- Another world frought with enough danger to requiring a premature slide.
- Tsunami World- Another dimension characterized by a strong elemental influence.