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According to [[Owen Harper]], who had experienced [[death]], after life there was only darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'' / ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | According to [[Owen Harper]], who had experienced [[death]], after life there was only darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'' / ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | ||
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]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') Human [[eye]]s generally adapted to darkness in time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)|The Cloisters of Terror]]'') Humans could also [[evolve]] larger eyes 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]]'') [[Gallifreyan]]s could also see far better in the dark than [[human]]s could, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') whereas humans could adjust better to darkness than [[Sensorite]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') | 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]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') | ||
Human [[eye]]s generally adapted to darkness in time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)|The Cloisters of Terror]]'') Humans could also [[evolve]] larger eyes 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]]'') [[Gallifreyan]]s could also see far better in the dark than [[human]]s could, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') whereas humans could adjust better to darkness than [[Sensorite]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') | |||
The [[Vashta Nerada]], as creatures of [[shadow]], thrived in the dark, while light could easily drive them away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'') | The [[Vashta Nerada]], as creatures of [[shadow]], thrived in the dark, while light could easily drive them away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'') | ||
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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) Leela further explained that "Darkness needs light to define it", meaning that darkness could take form only with the presence of a source of light. (AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass)
The Twelfth Doctor held a deep respect for the dark, noting that "We'd never see the stars without it." (TV: Listen)
Dark planets were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting life. (PROSE: The Dark Planet)
According to Joseph Holman, humanity by its nature avoided darkness, and craved the light. (AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass) Indeed, not just humans but almost every species in the universe had an irrational fear of the dark. (TV: Silence in the Library) This was a primal fear, (TV: The Satan Pit) associated with childhood. (TV: The Nightmare Man)
According to Owen Harper, who had experienced death, after life there was only darkness. (TV: Dead Man Walking / A Day in the Death)
While darkness generally impaired vision, some people, with an ability for night vision, could see well in the dark. (PROSE: Halflife, Tragedy Day, AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass)
Human eyes generally adapted to darkness in time. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror) Humans could also 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) Gallifreyans could also see far better in the dark than humans could, (PROSE: Lucifer Rising) whereas humans could adjust better to darkness than Sensorites. (TV: The Sensorites)
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)
Conversely, the Shadow Demon could only act when sufficient light allowed for darkness. (AUDIO: The Darkness of Glass)
