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|image =The Cold attacks Piccadilly Circus.jpg | |image =The Cold attacks Piccadilly Circus.jpg | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|only = Time and Relative (novel) | |only cs = Time and Relative (novel) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Cold''' was an entity that existed on [[Earth]] at least as far back as the First Great [[Ice Age]]. | '''The Cold''' was an entity that existed on [[Earth]] at least as far back as the First Great [[Ice Age]]. | ||
The [[First Doctor]] encountered it in [[London]] while he was living at [[76 Totter's Lane]] with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. He was unsure whether it was a formless intelligence that could manipulate frozen water, or existed within ice itself. The Cold had lain dormant for millennia, and revived around [[1963]]. It planned to rid the world of what it considered a mammalian infestation. The Doctor, still bound by the [[Time Lord]] [[non-interference policy]], was going to allow it to do so. However, Susan convinced him to stop it. The Doctor used [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to reach into other dimensions and condense the Cold into a single [[snow]]flake. After several failed attempts, he managed to reach the far future and leave it on [[Pluto]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[First Doctor]] encountered it in [[London]] while he was living at [[76 Totter's Lane]] with [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. He was unsure whether it was a formless intelligence that could manipulate frozen water, or existed within ice itself. The Cold had lain dormant for millennia, and revived around [[1963]]. It planned to rid the world of what it considered a mammalian infestation. The Doctor, still bound by the [[Time Lord]] [[non-interference policy]], was going to allow it to do so. However, Susan convinced him to stop it. The Doctor used [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to reach into other dimensions and condense the Cold into a single [[snow]]flake. After several failed attempts, he managed to reach the far future and leave it on [[Pluto]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
[[Kim Newman]] reused the Cold in his | [[Kim Newman]] reused the Cold in his ''[[Diogenes Club (series)|Diogenes Club]]'' short story ''[[Cold Snap (short story)|Cold Snap]]'', where it reawakened during the {{w|1976 British Isles heat wave|1976 heat wave}}. However, that story implies that the Cold exists across several dimensions. Rather than confirming that the related ''Anno Dracula'' and ''Diogenes Club'' series are set in the [[Doctor Who universe]], the ''Cold Snap'' "crossover" simply establishes that Newman believes ''Doctor Who'' has a place in his greater fictional multiverse. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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