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:''You may be looking for [[Atlantis (space shuttle)|the space shuttle Atlantis]].'' | :''You may be looking for [[Atlantis (space shuttle)|the space shuttle Atlantis]].'' | ||
'''Atlantis''' was an ancient civilisation located on the island of [[Thera]]. | '''Atlantis''' was an ancient civilisation located on the island of [[Thera]]. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
It had flourished in part due to the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which had been given to them by the [[alien]] [[Dæmon]]s. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | It had flourished in part due to the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which had been given to them by the [[alien]] [[Dæmon]]s. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | ||
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Atlantis was an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | Atlantis was an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | ||
==Minor references== | == Minor references == | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] once said that there were three "Atlantises" and that he had visited all of them. ([[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'') | The [[Seventh Doctor]] once said that there were three "Atlantises" and that he had visited all of them. ([[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'') | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] compared the "lost" [[human]] [[space station]] [[Nerva Beacon]] to Atlantis; they were both the subject of legend. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') | The [[Fourth Doctor]] compared the "lost" [[human]] [[space station]] [[Nerva Beacon]] to Atlantis; they were both the subject of legend. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') | ||
==Behind the Scenes== | == Behind the Scenes == | ||
The various televised [[Whoniverse]] visions of Atlantis, or at least the ones presented in ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster]]'', do not mesh particularly well together. | The various televised [[Whoniverse]] visions of Atlantis, or at least the ones presented in ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster]]'', do not mesh particularly well together. | ||
Noting this, former [[Producer]] [[Barry Letts]]' noted in his introduction to the first edition of ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' that Atlantis had three different and incompatible explanations for its destruction. The line in ''[[Transit]]'' references this. | Noting this, former [[Producer]] [[Barry Letts]]' noted in his introduction to the first edition of ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' that Atlantis had three different and incompatible explanations for its destruction. The line in ''[[Transit]]'' references this. | ||
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Revision as of 23:02, 28 January 2012
- You may be looking for the space shuttle Atlantis.
Atlantis was an ancient civilisation located on the island of Thera.
History
It had flourished in part due to the Crystal of Kronos, which had been given to them by the alien Dæmons. (PDA: The Quantum Archangel)
Before Atlantis' destruction, the civilisation had advanced spaceflight and had reached worlds as far away as the planet Vortis, located in the Isop Galaxy. (DWAN: The Lost Ones)
Circa 1500 BC, Atlantis was destroyed when the Third Doctor failed to stop the evil renegade Time Lord known as the Master from releasing the chronovore Kronos. (DW: The Time Monster)
An underwater Atlantean outpost survived beneath the ocean, off the Azores. In 1970, Professor Zaroff discovered the survivors and proposed to raise their settlement from the ocean floor. This would have destroyed the Earth. Zaroff died in the attempt due to the Second Doctor's intervention. (DW: The Underwater Menace)
Later, the Dæmon Azal pointed to the destruction of Atlantis as a warning as to what might happen if he considered Earth, a planet that the Dæmon had helped along, a failed experiment. (DW: The Dæmons)
Atlantis was an exhibit in the Museum of Things That Don't Exist. (EDA: The Taking of Planet 5)
Minor references
The Seventh Doctor once said that there were three "Atlantises" and that he had visited all of them. (NA: Transit)
The Fourth Doctor compared the "lost" human space station Nerva Beacon to Atlantis; they were both the subject of legend. (DW: The Sontaran Experiment)
Behind the Scenes
The various televised Whoniverse visions of Atlantis, or at least the ones presented in The Underwater Menace, The Dæmons, The Time Monster, do not mesh particularly well together.
Noting this, former Producer Barry Letts' noted in his introduction to the first edition of The Doctor Who Programme Guide that Atlantis had three different and incompatible explanations for its destruction. The line in Transit references this.
