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| | '''Vulcan''' was the first [[planet]] out from [[Sol]] on the [[Dalek]]s' chart of the [[solar system]] as they planned to invade in [[2400]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') However, others believed that [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] was the first planet, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Satanic Mill (audio story)|The Satanic Mill]]'') making [[Earth]] "Sol III". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') |
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| '''Vulcan''' was a [[planet]] which supported a [[human]] [[colony]]. | |
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| == Overview ==
| | Vulcan appeared as an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') |
| Vulcan was twelve [[parsec]]s away from any other colony. The planet was a young [[Volcano|volcanic]] world with fertile soil and no native life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | |
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| The [[atmosphere]] was breathable by humans, with an oxygen density of 172, no radiation, and a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Among the volcanic sand and ash were [[mercury swamp|pools]] of fuming [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. Vulcan's day was several hours shorter than [[Earth]]'s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| | * Scientists of the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th centuries]] hypothesised the existence of a [[planet]] between the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Sol]], and sometimes referred to that planet as Vulcan. This theory has since been discredited. The Vulcan in ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' is a reference to this. |
| | * [[David Whitaker]], cowriter of ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'', later penned ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' for television, in which the main setting is a planet [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] which has been partially colonised by humanity (consistent with the [[Golden Emperor]]'s worries in ''Invasion of the Daleks'' that humanity will soon have colonies on all of the planets in the Solar System). The TV story does not, however, formally identify its Vulcan as belonging to the Solar System, making it unclear if it is the same as the earlier creation. |
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| == History ==
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| Vulcan was first discovered in [[1859]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Pursuit of History (audio story)|The Pursuit of History]]'')
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| Vulcan was colonised [[year]]s before the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of Earth]] in the mid-[[22nd century]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') so that by [[2136]], [[Terri Willis]] told [[Ben Jackson]] Vulcan was "practically a legend." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')
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| It was Earth's third ever colony, after humans discovered the [[mineral]] riches of the planet. The planet was owned and the [[mining]] operations were funded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. They sought to keep things "economical" by providing the colony with the bare necessities of [[technology]] and equipment, stifling efficiency and increasing danger on the planet. This built up resentment, and a band of rebels began plotting against [[Governor]] [[Hensell]], whom they viewed as an IMC mouthpiece. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[File:Vulcanian colony.jpg|thumb|The human colony on Vulcan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')]]The colony was almost taken over by [[Dalek]]s, who had been found in a crashed [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|spacecraft]] underground and then reactivated by a [[scientist]] called [[Lesterson]]. This overlapped with the rebellion against Hensell led by [[Bragen]]. The rebellion failed after the Daleks began an indiscriminate [[Murder|slaughter]] of the colonists but the [[Second Doctor]] overloaded their temporary [[Static electricity|static]] circuit from the colony's [[electricity]] supply. This left the colony without power for [[month]]s. [[Quinn (The Power of the Daleks)|Quinn]] became Governor in the aftermath. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| The Daleks that survived this encounter with the Doctor were classified as [[Insanity|insane]] and were sent to the "intensive care" section of the [[Dalek Asylum]]. These Daleks were later destroyed when the [[Parliament of the Daleks|Dalek Parliament]] blew up the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
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| The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Elizabeth Klein]] visited the mercury swamps of Vulcan prior to their arrival on the [[Vrill]] colony. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Survival of the Fittest (audio story)|Survival of the Fittest]]'')
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| Preparing for an uprising, the [[Yes Man|Yes Men]] [[servant]] [[robot]]s on [[New Houston]] made Ben Jackson relive the Dalek attack on Vulcan repeatedly through a simulation until he found a way to win the fight. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Yes Men (audio story)|The Yes Men]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| * Scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries hypothesised the existence of a [[planet]] between the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Sol]], and sometimes referred to that planet as Vulcan. This {{w|Vulcan (hypothetical planet)|theory}} has since been discredited, but such a planet was shown in a chart of the solar system in ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'', a comic story written in 1964 by [[Terry Nation]] and [[David Whitaker]], while ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' would later make reference to the Solar System's Vulcan as a nonexistent planet. It is at any rate unclear if Whitaker, who later penned ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', intended for both the Vulcans he had introduced to be the same location.
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| * The ''[[Star Trek]]'' character [[Spock]] came from the fictional planet {{w|Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan}}. If one discounts the mention of a planet Vulcan in ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'', ''Star Trek'' only just beat ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in introducing the concept of an alien world called Vulcan by a few weeks, as it debuted not quite two months before ''The Power of the Daleks'' aired. Both shows seem to have selected the name independently.
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