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A '''tree''' was a [[wood]]en plant which was often [[root]]ed into the ground. An area of multiple trees was often referred to as a [[forest]]. Numerous tree species existed throughout the universe.
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A '''tree''' was a wooden plant which was often rooted into the ground. An area of multiple trees was called a [[forest]].


== Biology ==
== Biology ==
Trees were often made of wood and had [[leaf|leaves]]. You could tell their age by the number of rings across the insides of their trunks. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night]]'') According to [[the Rani]], a tree had four times the life expectancy of a [[human]] being. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') As they grew, trees could mangle fences and topple structures, as they did [[Nelson's Column]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night]]'')
Throughout the universe, trees were commonly made of [[wood]] and had [[leaf|leaves]]. Trees would often be [[root]]ed into the ground. However, more evolved trees could move and some even claimed sentience. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})


While the majority of trees were rooted into the ground, some were able to move and claimed sentience. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
=== Biology of trees on Earth ===
[[Earth]] trees released [[oxygen]] into the [[atmosphere]]. Their age could be determined by the number of rings across the insides of their [[trunk]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}) According to {{O'Mara}}, an Earth tree had four times the [[life expectancy]] of a [[human]] being. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}}) As they grew, these trees could mangle fences and topple structures, as they did [[Nelson's Column]] in the [[2010s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}})
 
Earth trees had also some form of sentience, though this was not perceived by the majority of [[human]]s. [[Maebh Arden]] was able to communicate with a global forest which grew overnight to protect the Earth from a [[solar flare]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}})
 
=== Biology of trees on Gallifrey ===
The [[leaf|leaves]] on [[Gallifrey]]'s trees were bright [[silver (colour)|silver]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sensorites (TV story)|namedep=A Desperate Venture (6)}}, {{cs|Gridlock (TV story)}}) At least two species of tree existed on Gallifrey: [[Cadonwood tree|Cadonwood]] and [[Ulanda]] trees. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Neverland (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blind Fury (short story)}}) These reflected the morning [[sunlight]], making it look like the forests were on [[fire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Gridlock (TV story)}}) There were also forests made up of trees with [[green]] leaves, similar to those on Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}})
 
=== Elsewhere in the universe ===
[[Vislor Turlough]] once described the trees on [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] as being three times the size of [[Earth]] trees, with plate-like thick [[mauve]] and [[purple]] [[leaf|leaves]] growing in spirals up blood-[[red]] [[trunk]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Loups-Garoux (audio story)}})
 
[[Bosifghal]] trees grew in the forests of [[Venus]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Venusian Lullaby (novel)}})
 
[[Calderon Beta]] was home to a four hundred [[Foot (unit)|foot]] tall tree "growing out of a clifftop on the north side of a [[mountain]] in the middle of the [[sea]]". ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|First Night (home video)}})
 
[[Kromon (planet)|Kromon]] had towering trees. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)}})
 
[[Tiro]] was home to trees which had [[metal]] bodies and could move slowly. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror on Tiro (short story)}})


== Uses ==
== Uses ==
=== As a natural resource ===
=== Uses of trees on Earth ===
[[Androzani tree]]s were used as fuel by the populace of [[Androzani Major]]. ([[TV]]:'' [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
On Earth, trees could be used for decoration. Over the [[Christmas|festive period]], [[Christmas tree]]s would be decorated with lights and [[bauble]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}})


=== As decoration and comfort ===
The more sentient trees of Earth could act as a natural defence. Together they could release [[oxygen]] into the [[atmosphere]] to act as an [[airbag]] against [[meteor]]s or [[solar flare]]s, such as during the [[Tunguska Event]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}})
At [[Christmas]], some [[Christmas tree|trees]] were decorated with lights and baubles. ([[TV]]:'' [[The Runaway Bride]]'') Town planners on [[Tivoli]] used trees to provide shade for invading armies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'')


== History of trees on Earth ==
=== Elsewhere in the universe ===
Whilst on [[Earth]] in the [[1820s]], [[the Rani]] mined a section of forest with mines that turned [[human]]s into trees. Following their transformation the former-humans retained some level of consciousness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
Throughout the universe, trees were used for decoration and comfort. On [[Trenzalore]], the town of [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] decorated evergreen trees with lights. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) Town planners on [[Tivoli]] used trees to provide shade for invading armies. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}})


In [[2016]], a global forest grew overnight to protect the [[Earth]] from a [[solar flare]]. The forest was able to communicate with [[Maebh Arden]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night]]'')
Trees could be used as a natural resource. [[Androzani tree]]s growing on a [[Planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|nearby planet]] were used as fuel by the populace of [[Androzani Major]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}) "The company" harvested trees from [[Kromon (planet)|Kromon]] as a natural resource. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)}})


=== Types of trees on Earth ===
The ability of trees to exchange [[gas]]es made them useful in deep space. [[Treeborg]]s were used as [[oxygen]] factories on spaceships such as the ''[[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]'', offering the crew unlimited supplies of oxygen. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}})
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== History of trees on other planets ==
On [[Unnamed BX-4]], trees served as the [[server]]s for the massive organic [[computer]] known as "[[The Jungle]]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Spirits of the Jungle (comic story)}})
The forests of [[Eden]] were dense even in the small section captured by [[Tryst]]'s [[Continuous Event Transmuter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'')


[[Vislor Turlough]] once described the trees on [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] as being three times the size of [[Earth]] trees, with plate-like thick mauve and purple leaves growing in spirals up blood-red trunks. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Loups-Garoux]]'')
== History ==
=== History of trees on Earth ===
Whilst on [[Earth]] in the [[19th century]], {{O'Mara}} mined a section of [[forest]] with [[mine]]s that turned [[human]]s into trees. Following their transformation the former-humans retained some level of [[consciousness]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}})


[[Calderon Beta]] was home to a four hundred foot tall tree "growing out of a clifftop on the north side of a mountain in the middle of the sea". ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[First Night]]'')
Around the [[2010s]], a global forest grew overnight to protect the Earth from a [[solar flare]]. The forest was able to communicate with [[Maebh Arden]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}})


A species of tree existed on [[Gallifrey]] with silver leaves. These reflected the morning sunlight, making it look like the forests were on fire. ([[TV]]: "[[A Desperate Venture]]", ''[[Gridlock]]'') There were also green forests, similar to those on Earth. {{fact}}
[[File:Forest of cheem.jpg|thumb|A group of sentient Trees from the [[Forest of Cheem]]. [[TV]]: ({{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})]]
By [[5000000000|5,000,000,000]] many trees that had originated on Earth had achieved sentience and [[humanoid]] form. The [[Tree of Cheem|Forest of Cheem]] considered themselves direct descendants of the [[Amazon|Amazon Rainforest]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})


In the year [[5345]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] encountered a group of [[Androzani tree]]s who were attempting to flee their doomed [[Unnamed planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|homeworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
=== Elsewhere in the universe ===
The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] encountered a talking tree while in [[Astrolabus]]' realm. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)}})


[[File:Forest of cheem.jpg|thumb|A group of sentient Trees from the [[Forest of Cheem]]. [[TV]]: (''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')]]
In the year [[5345]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] encountered a group of Androzani trees who were attempting to flee their doomed [[Planet (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|homeworld]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}})
By [[5000000000|5,000,000,000]] many trees that had originated on Earth had achieved sentience and [[humanoid]] form. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')


The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] encountered a talking tree while in [[Astrolabus]]' realm. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Once Upon a Time Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time Lord]]'')
After landing on the [[refugee planet]] in [[TARDIS 2 (The Timeless Children)|a stolen TARDIS]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] noticed that the TARDIS' [[chameleon circuit]] had caused it to take on the form of a tree. The Doctor abandoned the TARDIS which remained on the planet disguised as a tree. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}})


== Miscellaneous trees ==
== Other references ==
Various types of tree, both sapient and ordinary, existed, including:  
[[Kal]], of the [[Tribe of Gum]] in 100,000 [[BC]], mistook [[the TARDIS]]' [[police box]] shape for a tree. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)|namedep=The Cave of Skulls (2)}})
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Tree

A tree was a wooden plant which was often rooted into the ground. An area of multiple trees was often referred to as a forest. Numerous tree species existed throughout the universe.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Throughout the universe, trees were commonly made of wood and had leaves. Trees would often be rooted into the ground. However, more evolved trees could move and some even claimed sentience. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])

Biology of trees on Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earth trees released oxygen into the atmosphere. Their age could be determined by the number of rings across the insides of their trunks. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"]) According to the First Rani, an Earth tree had four times the life expectancy of a human being. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"]) As they grew, these trees could mangle fences and topple structures, as they did Nelson's Column in the 2010s. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

Earth trees had also some form of sentience, though this was not perceived by the majority of humans. Maebh Arden was able to communicate with a global forest which grew overnight to protect the Earth from a solar flare. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

Biology of trees on Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

The leaves on Gallifrey's trees were bright silver. (TV: "A Desperate Venture" [+]Part of The Sensorites, Loading...{"namedep":"A Desperate Venture (6)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"}, Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"]) At least two species of tree existed on Gallifrey: Cadonwood and Ulanda trees. (AUDIO: Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"], PROSE: Blind Fury [+]Loading...["Blind Fury (short story)"]) These reflected the morning sunlight, making it look like the forests were on fire. (TV: Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"]) There were also forests made up of trees with green leaves, similar to those on Earth. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"])

Elsewhere in the universe[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vislor Turlough once described the trees on Trion as being three times the size of Earth trees, with plate-like thick mauve and purple leaves growing in spirals up blood-red trunks. (AUDIO: Loups-Garoux [+]Loading...["Loups-Garoux (audio story)"])

Bosifghal trees grew in the forests of Venus. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby [+]Loading...["Venusian Lullaby (novel)"])

Calderon Beta was home to a four hundred foot tall tree "growing out of a clifftop on the north side of a mountain in the middle of the sea". (HOMEVID: First Night [+]Loading...["First Night (home video)"])

Kromon had towering trees. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon [+]Loading...["The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)"])

Tiro was home to trees which had metal bodies and could move slowly. (PROSE: Terror on Tiro [+]Loading...["Terror on Tiro (short story)"])

Uses[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uses of trees on Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Earth, trees could be used for decoration. Over the festive period, Christmas trees would be decorated with lights and baubles. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])

The more sentient trees of Earth could act as a natural defence. Together they could release oxygen into the atmosphere to act as an airbag against meteors or solar flares, such as during the Tunguska Event. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

Elsewhere in the universe[[edit] | [edit source]]

Throughout the universe, trees were used for decoration and comfort. On Trenzalore, the town of Christmas decorated evergreen trees with lights. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"]) Town planners on Tivoli used trees to provide shade for invading armies. (TV: The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

Trees could be used as a natural resource. Androzani trees growing on a nearby planet were used as fuel by the populace of Androzani Major. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"]) "The company" harvested trees from Kromon as a natural resource. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon [+]Loading...["The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)"])

The ability of trees to exchange gases made them useful in deep space. Treeborgs were used as oxygen factories on spaceships such as the Byzantium, offering the crew unlimited supplies of oxygen. (TV: Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"])

On Unnamed BX-4, trees served as the servers for the massive organic computer known as "The Jungle". (COMIC: Spirits of the Jungle [+]Loading...["Spirits of the Jungle (comic story)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

History of trees on Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

Whilst on Earth in the 19th century, the First Rani mined a section of forest with mines that turned humans into trees. Following their transformation the former-humans retained some level of consciousness. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])

Around the 2010s, a global forest grew overnight to protect the Earth from a solar flare. The forest was able to communicate with Maebh Arden. (TV: In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

A group of sentient Trees from the Forest of Cheem. TV: (The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])

By 5,000,000,000 many trees that had originated on Earth had achieved sentience and humanoid form. The Forest of Cheem considered themselves direct descendants of the Amazon Rainforest. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])

Elsewhere in the universe[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher encountered a talking tree while in Astrolabus' realm. (COMIC: Once Upon a Time-Lord [+]Loading...["Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)"])

In the year 5345, the Eleventh Doctor encountered a group of Androzani trees who were attempting to flee their doomed homeworld. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])

After landing on the refugee planet in a stolen TARDIS, the Thirteenth Doctor noticed that the TARDIS' chameleon circuit had caused it to take on the form of a tree. The Doctor abandoned the TARDIS which remained on the planet disguised as a tree. (TV: The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"])

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kal, of the Tribe of Gum in 100,000 BC, mistook the TARDIS' police box shape for a tree. (TV: "The Cave of Skulls" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"The Cave of Skulls (2)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

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Known tree species
Acacia • Amyris elemifera • Androzani • Ash • Aubora • Bartleboigle • Birch • Cadonwood • Cheem • Gum • Joshua • Judas • Laburnum • Maple • Moon-pine • Oak • Poppito • Stage • Time • Toffee apple • Treeborg • Ulanda • Upas • Willow
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