How credible is Doctor Who?

Question

I know it's all fictional, but there's something I'd like to know: How much scientific truth is there in Doctor Who?

I'll ask one question to find out.

In an episode from the latest series, a 'thing' called a 'reality bomb' is constructed to cancel out the electrons around an atom, therefore the atoms simply falling into the air like dust.

If electrons were cancelled out, if that is at all possible, would the atoms just float away?

Answer 1

Yes.  Probably so.  The electrons balance the charge in an atom.  With no electrons, the positively charged nuclei would repel each other and try to get as far apart as possible.  This would definitely through a monkey wrench into the integrity of matter.

The BBC has actually had a science adviser for Doctor Who from time to time, although I don't think they have one for the newest series.

Everything I learned about science I learned from Star Trek.  Well, maybe not everything.  LOL.

Answer 2

He isn't credible at all.  It's just a bunch of writers, not chemists and physicists coming up with the stuff on the show.

Answer 3

It's fictitious.  There is no way known to physics to destroy electric charge; it is a universally conserved property.