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|Name = Vulcan | |Name = Vulcan | ||
|aka = n/a | |aka = n/a | ||
|type = Planet | |type = [[Planet]] | ||
|location = | |location = [[Sol system]]? | ||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' | ||
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'''Vulcan''' was a planet which supported a [[Human]] colony. | '''Vulcan''' was a planet which supported a [[Human]] colony. Though it possessed an atmosophere breathable by [[Human]]s it had no known native life forms. It did have pools of fuming [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. | ||
{{ | :''[[19th century]] and [[20th century]] [[astronomy|astronmers]] had believed that the [[Sol system]] that a planet, further in than even [[Mercury]], might exist in the [[Sol system]]. Possibly, then astronomers would later name Vulcan after a new Sol system planet based on this. | ||
Sometime in [[the far future]], the colony was almost taken over by [[Dalek]]s who had been reactivated by a scientist called [[Lesterson]] after being found in a crashed [[space rocket]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') | |||
==Notes== | |||
:''The [[Star Trek]] character [[Spock]] across came from the fictional planet [[Wikipedia:Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan]].'' | |||
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[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:45, 12 February 2007
Vulcan was a planet which supported a Human colony. Though it possessed an atmosophere breathable by Humans it had no known native life forms. It did have pools of fuming mercury.
- 19th century and 20th century astronmers had believed that the Sol system that a planet, further in than even Mercury, might exist in the Sol system. Possibly, then astronomers would later name Vulcan after a new Sol system planet based on this.
Sometime in the far future, the colony was almost taken over by Daleks who had been reactivated by a scientist called Lesterson after being found in a crashed space rocket. (DW: The Power of the Daleks)
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