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|image= Annual 1967 The Cloud Exiles.jpg | |image = Annual 1967 The Cloud Exiles.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|doctor=First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor{{!}}Dr Who | ||
|companions= | |companions = | ||
|setting={{il|[[Earth]], [[2067]]|[[Planet (The Cloud Exiles)|Ethereal homeworld]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[Earth]], [[2067]]|[[Planet (The Cloud Exiles)|Ethereal homeworld]]}} | ||
|writer= | |writer = | ||
| | |anthology = The Dr Who Annual 1967 | ||
|prev=The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story) | |release date = September 1966 | ||
|next=The Sons of Grekk (short story) | |prev = The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story) | ||
}} | |next = The Sons of Grekk (short story) | ||
'''''The Cloud Exiles''''' was a short story published in ''[[ | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Cloud Exiles''''' was a short story published in ''[[The Dr Who Annual 1967]]''. It featured the [[First Doctor]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to be | [[First Doctor|Dr Who]] leaves [[Earth]] in [[2067]], but upon arrival, appears to land in the same place he left. He goes outside to investigate but discovers the [[atmosphere]] to be unbreathable. | ||
He retrieves his [[atmospheric density jacket]] from ''[[The Doctor's TARDIS|Tardis]]'' and returns to study some unusual [[cloud]]s, which appear to be glowing. He attempts to take a sample of a cloud but discovers they are living [[Lifeform|organisms]]. The cloud envelops him and renders him unconscious. | |||
When he regains consciousness, he is in a [[laboratory]] overseen by the cloud creatures, which are known as [[Ethereal (The Cloud Exiles)|Ethereals]]. Dr Who yells at his captors and discovers they are sensitive to loud [[sound|noise]]. The Ethereals reveal that they used to have solid bodies, but the [[Baggolt]]s, their robotic servants, rebelled against them and attempted to vaporise them. The experiment failed, instead leaving the Ethereals in a [[gas]]eous form. | |||
To become solid beings once more, the Ethereals plan to use Dr Who as a [[mould]] from which to cast their new bodies. As the machine begins scanning him in preparation, Dr Who uses his [[the Doctor's signet ring|"super ring"]] to escape and disables their equipment. Rather than escape, Dr Who plans to help the Ethereals overthrow the Baggolts and regain their solid forms without the need for a mould. | |||
After several hours of work, the Ethereals are successfully returned to their solid forms. With the help of their leader, [[Mitzog]], Dr Who hatches a plan to enter the [[Baggolt]] brain-centre disguised as [[robot]]s. | |||
Upon reaching the capital city of [[Droog]], the disguised Ethereal force is mistaken for a robot mining party and easily slips through the guards. They cut a hole in the central fortress, attracting the attention of the robots, and fend them off as they near the control room of the Baggolts. Dr Who and Mitzog ambush [[Nalog]], the leader of the rebellion, in the control room, and Dr Who sets a switch on the master panel from "Rebellion" to "Peaceful", thus ending the rebellion. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[First Doctor]] | * [[First Doctor|Dr Who]] | ||
* [[Mitzog]] | * [[Mitzog]] | ||
* [[Nalog]] | * [[Nalog]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* | * Dr Who never goes exploring without [[specimen tubes]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * This is the third of four stories in the ''Doctor Who'' annuals in which the Doctor encountered noise-sensitive aliens. The first two were ''[[The Monsters from Earth]]'' and ''[[The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)|The Fishmen of Kandalinga]]''; the next was ''[[Mission for Duh]]''. | ||
* As was almost universally the case in 1960s and 1970s prose fiction, the Doctor is interchangeably referred to as "Dr Who" and "the doctor", and the TARDIS is stylised as "''Tardis''". | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Dr Who uses his [[the Doctor's signet ring|"super ring"]] to open the lock on the epitomiser cubicle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | ||
* | * Dr Who again wears an [[atmospheric density jacket]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Short stories set on Earth]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2067]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2067]] | ||
[[Category:DWAN 1967 short stories]] | |||