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'''Plastic''' was an artificial substance created on [[Earth]] by [[human]]s. The [[Nestene Consciousness]] had the power to control it.


'''Plastic''' was an artificial substance created on [[Earth]] by [[Human]]s to make such items as maniquinns, phones, cables, dolls, inflatable chairs, artificial flowers, and breast implants. Plastic had no real value to beings unlike [[gold]] or [[silver]] does.
== Overview ==
Plastic could be moulded and shaped into objects when warm. It was used to make such items as [[mannequin]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}, {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}) certain [[shoe]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)}}) [[telephone]]s, [[doll]]s, inflatable chairs and [[Auto-jet|artificial flowers]]. It was unusual for plastic to have a cold, clammy feeling. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}})


Plastic could be molded and shaped into objects when warm. It was unusual for plastic to have a cold, clammy feeling.
Only at close range could regular bullets penetrate and blow plastic apart. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}, {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}) A cork fired at high speed from a [[champagne]] bottle could also penetrate plastic. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})


The [[Nestene]]s were a race of cephalopods able to animate anything made of plastic, making then appear to be living plastic creatures. The [[Autons]], living plastic automatons, were their best known creations. Usually, the items they brought to life were solid plastic.
[[Anti-plastic]] was a substance specially designed to eradicate plastic. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autonomy (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})


Only at close range can regular bullets penetrate and blow plastic apart. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons]], ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')''
Plastic was made in factories, some of them being [[Auto Plastics]], which specialised in automotive plastics, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) and [[Farrel Plastics]], which created everyday plastic. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}})


Plastic was made in factories, some of them being:
According to an [[online]] article in [[2005]], Dr [[Rhenborg]] was known for his "living plastic creations". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})


*[[Auto Plastics]], which specified with automotive plastics
Fallout from the [[Last Great Time War]] rewrote the biology of the Nestene Consciousness, causing it to be made of plastic. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
*[[Farrel Plastics]], which created everyday plastic
 
[[Category: Artificial substances]]
In the clean-up of [[Operation Mannequin]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation Mannequin (short story)}}) the attempted invasion of Earth in 2005 by the Nestene Consciousness, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) [[Sergeant|Sgt]] [[Catherine Petts]] and her [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] personnel cleaned melted plastic, the remnants of the "mannequins", off the street. She quipped to her fellow UNIT officers on a secure [[operations board]] that the smell of melted plastic was a "shocker". Another UNIT officer, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[A. Frederick]], attempted to seed a false [[theory]] with the [[press]] that the "mannequins" were made from faulty plastic that reacted to a [[gas]] [[explosion]] that only gave the appearance of movement. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation Mannequin (short story)}})
 
In the [[Unbound Universe]], plastic was purged from [[Earth (Unbound Universe)|Earth]] following an attack by plastic flowers. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}})
 
== Other instances ==
[[Polyethersulfone]] was a plastic produced at least on the planet [[Lakertya]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}})
 
[[Category:Artificial substances]]
[[Category:Substances from the real world]]

Latest revision as of 19:55, 26 November 2024

Plastic
Plastic doll heads. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])

Plastic was an artificial substance created on Earth by humans. The Nestene Consciousness had the power to control it.

Overview[[edit]]

Plastic could be moulded and shaped into objects when warm. It was used to make such items as mannequins, (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"], Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]) certain shoes, (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 [+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"]) telephones, dolls, inflatable chairs and artificial flowers. It was unusual for plastic to have a cold, clammy feeling. (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"])

Only at close range could regular bullets penetrate and blow plastic apart. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"], Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"]) A cork fired at high speed from a champagne bottle could also penetrate plastic. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Anti-plastic was a substance specially designed to eradicate plastic. (PROSE: Autonomy [+]Loading...["Autonomy (novel)"], TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Plastic was made in factories, some of them being Auto Plastics, which specialised in automotive plastics, (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"]) and Farrel Plastics, which created everyday plastic. (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"])

According to an online article in 2005, Dr Rhenborg was known for his "living plastic creations". (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Fallout from the Last Great Time War rewrote the biology of the Nestene Consciousness, causing it to be made of plastic. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

In the clean-up of Operation Mannequin, (PROSE: Operation Mannequin [+]Loading...["Operation Mannequin (short story)"]) the attempted invasion of Earth in 2005 by the Nestene Consciousness, (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) Sgt Catherine Petts and her UNIT personnel cleaned melted plastic, the remnants of the "mannequins", off the street. She quipped to her fellow UNIT officers on a secure operations board that the smell of melted plastic was a "shocker". Another UNIT officer, Staff Sergeant A. Frederick, attempted to seed a false theory with the press that the "mannequins" were made from faulty plastic that reacted to a gas explosion that only gave the appearance of movement. (PROSE: Operation Mannequin [+]Loading...["Operation Mannequin (short story)"])

In the Unbound Universe, plastic was purged from Earth following an attack by plastic flowers. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])

Other instances[[edit]]

Polyethersulfone was a plastic produced at least on the planet Lakertya. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])

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