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'''Darkness''' was the absence of [[light]]. According to the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]], "In the dark, we are all [[invisible]], and all [[blind]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Colophon (audio story)|Last of the Colophon]]'')
'''Darkness''' was the absence of [[light]]. According to the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]], "In the dark, we are all [[invisible]], and all [[blind]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Colophon (audio story)|Last of the Colophon]]'')


While darkness generally impaired [[vision]], some people, with an ability for [[night vision]], could see well in the dark. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife (novel)|Halflife]]'', ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'') [[Human]]s could [[evolve]] larger [[eye]]s to accommodate for complete lack of light, as they did once on a [[planet (White Ghosts)|planet]] given light only once every thousand years. [[Plant]]life on this planet also developed to grow rapidly during this brief span of [[sunlight]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[White Ghosts (audio story)|White Ghosts]]'')
While darkness generally impaired [[vision]], some people, with an ability for [[night vision]], could see well in the dark. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife (novel)|Halflife]]'', ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'') [[Human]]s could [[evolve]] larger [[eye]]s to accommodate for complete lack of light, as they did once on a [[planet (White Ghosts)|planet]] given light only once every thousand years. [[Plant]]life on this planet also developed to grow rapidly, through [[photosynthesis]], during this brief span of [[sunlight]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[White Ghosts (audio story)|White Ghosts]]'')


[[Dark planet]]s were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting [[life]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Planet (short story)|The Dark Planet]]'')
[[Dark planet]]s were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting [[life]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Planet (short story)|The Dark Planet]]'')

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Darkness was the absence of light. According to the Fourth Doctor and Leela, "In the dark, we are all invisible, and all blind." (AUDIO: Last of the Colophon)

While darkness generally impaired vision, some people, with an ability for night vision, could see well in the dark. (PROSE: Halflife, Tragedy Day) Humans could evolve larger eyes to accommodate for complete lack of light, as they did once on a planet given light only once every thousand years. Plantlife on this planet also developed to grow rapidly, through photosynthesis, during this brief span of sunlight. (AUDIO: White Ghosts)

Dark planets were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting life. (PROSE: The Dark Planet)

The Vashta Nerada, as creatures of shadow, thrived in the dark, while light could easily drive them away. (TV: Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead, AUDIO: Day of the Vashta Nerada)