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|image = Clarence (Where Angels Fear).jpg | |image = Clarence (Where Angels Fear).jpg | ||
|aka = | |aka = The people | ||
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|origin = The [[Worldsphere]] | |origin = The [[Worldsphere]] | ||
|individuals = {{ | |individuals = {{csl|[[God (The Also People)|God]]|[[Clarence]]|[[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]]|[[feLixi]]|[[!Ci!ci-tel]]|[[WiRgo!xu]]||[[!qu-!qu-tala]]|[[iKrissi]]}} | ||
|first = The Also People (novel) | |first = The Also People (novel) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The People''' came together from various space-faring species which encountered each other and then built the [[Worldsphere]]. | '''The People''', sometimes stylised as '''the people''' [singular: either exclusively Person ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') or People ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]'')], came together from various space-faring species which encountered each other and then built the [[Worldsphere]]. They were watched over by [[God (The Also People)|God]]. | ||
== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
The People, culturally, could be divided into organic and inorganic. Even within these classifications there was great variation in the People. Many of the organic People were [[humanoid]], though with greater variation than [[human]]s, ranging in skin colour, number of digits and other traits. Other People had vastly different forms, including the assimilated [[All of Us]]. The inorganic people were spherical drones and ships. They were typically much smarter than organic People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') There was overlap between the two categories, such as [[Clarence]], who [[cyborg|had a mechanical brain and an organic body]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'') | The People, culturally, could be divided into organic and inorganic. Even within these classifications there was great variation in the People. Many of the organic People were [[humanoid]], though with greater variation than [[human]]s, ranging in skin colour, number of digits and other traits. Other People had vastly different forms, including the assimilated [[All of Us]]. The inorganic people were spherical drones and ships. They were typically much smarter than organic People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') There was overlap between the two categories, such as [[Clarence]], who [[cyborg|had a mechanical brain and an organic body]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') | ||
The People were not known for their [[telepathy|telepathic]] abilities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'') | The People were not known for their [[telepathy|telepathic]] abilities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
The People's culture consisted of [[:category:The People Interest Groups|interest groups]]. These interests ranged from learning primitive [[cooking]] styles and studying other species to the study of [[time travel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'', ''[[Ghost Devices]]'') | The People's culture consisted of [[:category:The People Interest Groups|interest groups]]. These interests ranged from learning primitive [[cooking]] styles and studying other species to the study of [[time travel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'', ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') | ||
Their worst punishment was ostracism. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'') | Their worst punishment was ostracism. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
At the end of the [[Millennium War]] of [[BC|150 million BC]], the People feared the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]] becoming a [[god]] more powerful than their own [[God (The Also People)|God]] and revealed their existence to the outside universe to choreograph the final assault on the Mad Mind. The People's God worked with [[Time Lord]]s led by [[Rassilon]] to generate the [[time loop]] that ended the Wars. It was God who communicated the victors' wish to the [[Six-Fold-God]] that the War be completely forgotten by the universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
Subsequently, the People signed a [[Time Lord-People Treaty|Treaty]] with the | Before [[2564]], the People fought a war with an insectoid species generally known as [[All of Us|the Insects]]. About twenty-six billion sentient individuals were killed, and fifteen [[planet]]s, three rings and fifteen [[asteroid habitat]]s were completely destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') | ||
Subsequently, the People signed a [[Time Lord-People Treaty|Treaty]] with the Time Lords. The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[aM!xitsa]] and the AI known as [[God (The Also People)|God]] formed half of the original negotiating team. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') | |||
In [[2594]], [[God (The Also People)|God]] planned to investigate [[the Spire]] of [[Canopus IV]] and to cause/stop the [[paradox]] that surrounded it. Despite all his simulations showing that [[Bernice Summerfield]] would kill herself if she was involved, God sent [[Clarence]] to recruit her. Though Bernice did try to kill herself after the events, [[Time Lord|meddling by temporal forces]] allowed Clarence to save her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') | In [[2594]], [[God (The Also People)|God]] planned to investigate [[the Spire]] of [[Canopus IV]] and to cause/stop the [[paradox]] that surrounded it. Despite all his simulations showing that [[Bernice Summerfield]] would kill herself if she was involved, God sent [[Clarence]] to recruit her. Though Bernice did try to kill herself after the events, [[Time Lord|meddling by temporal forces]] allowed Clarence to save her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') | ||
In [[2594]], [[WiRgo!xu]], [[!Ci!ci-tel]] and [[!qu-!qu-tala]] believed that the People had become complacent since the war with All of Us was too easy and used the [[time travel]] technology of [[the Path]] to travel to the ancient [[Earth]] city of [[Babylon]], [[BC|570 BCE]]. Ostensibly there to rough it out and develop a sense of humility, they also were trying to break the treaty with the Time Lords and lead to a [[time war]]. This would give the People a sense of risk. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') [[Romana III]] sought future Time Lord technology to help with their "dispute" with the People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') [[ | In [[2594]], [[WiRgo!xu]], [[!Ci!ci-tel]] and [[!qu-!qu-tala]] believed that the People had become complacent since the war with All of Us was too easy and used the [[time travel]] technology of [[the Path]] to travel to the ancient [[Earth]] city of [[Babylon]], [[BC|570 BCE]]. Ostensibly there to rough it out and develop a sense of humility, they also were trying to break the treaty with the Time Lords and lead to a [[time war]]. This would give the People a sense of risk. [[Bernice Summerfield]] convinced them to give up this plan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') Despite the incident in Babylon, God knew that a conflict was inevitable. Since he believed that the People's lack of telepathy was the reason they hadn't mastered time travel, God planned to utilise the [[Oracle of the Lost]] to avoid the issue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') [[Romana III]] sought future Time Lord technology to help with their "dispute" with the People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | ||
After the invasion of the [[Ferutu]] in [[2595]], the People recalled all their agents and sealed themselves in their [[Worldsphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]'', ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') | |||
By the early [[posthuman]] era, the People were thought by some to be myth. Very shortly after [[Resurrection Day (The Book of the War)|her resurrection]] in the [[City of the Saved]], [[Marinthe]] said that [[Dyson sphere]]s were theoretical if one didn't believe in the People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Farewell to a World (short story)|Farewell to a World]]'') | |||
In the [[post-War universe]], [[Ferran]]'s teams recovered a crashed ship in the [[Librarinth]]; the ship's builders were "long since gone" and lived in "a time that may not even have happened." Ferran christened it ''[[Supremacy]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'') At the [[end of the universe]], [[Helios (The Infinity Doctors)|Helios]] speculated that the [[Needle People]] of the Librarinth were from the [[Accidentally Left Behind When Everyone Else Transcended This Reality Interest Group]], reasoning it would explain their obsession with finding God. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The People have much in common with {{w|the Culture}}, featured in many of the novels of [[Iain M. Banks]]. The earlier books featuring the Culture predate the first appearance of the People. | * The People have much in common with {{w|the Culture}}, featured in many of the novels of [[Iain M. Banks]]. The earlier books featuring the Culture predate the first appearance of the People. | ||
* In [[Lance Parkin]]'s early drafts for an epilogue to ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', he specified that the People were destroyed by the [[Dalek]]s in the [[Final Dalek War]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.drwho/J7Uxt4H81o8/dCbbfwhIoHAJ Valeyard of the Daleks on rec.arts.drwho]</ref><ref>[https://lanceparkin.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/eulogy-of-the-daleks/ Eulogy of the Daleks]</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:09, 23 June 2024
The People, sometimes stylised as the people [singular: either exclusively Person (PROSE: Ghost Devices) or People (AUDIO: Walking to Babylon)], came together from various space-faring species which encountered each other and then built the Worldsphere. They were watched over by God.
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
The People, culturally, could be divided into organic and inorganic. Even within these classifications there was great variation in the People. Many of the organic People were humanoid, though with greater variation than humans, ranging in skin colour, number of digits and other traits. Other People had vastly different forms, including the assimilated All of Us. The inorganic people were spherical drones and ships. They were typically much smarter than organic People. (PROSE: The Also People, PROSE: Walking to Babylon) There was overlap between the two categories, such as Clarence, who had a mechanical brain and an organic body. (PROSE: Ghost Devices)
The People were not known for their telepathic abilities. (PROSE: Tears of the Oracle)
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
The People's culture consisted of interest groups. These interests ranged from learning primitive cooking styles and studying other species to the study of time travel. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon, Ghost Devices)
Their worst punishment was ostracism. (PROSE: The Also People)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the end of the Millennium War of 150 million BC, the People feared the Mad Mind of Bophemeral becoming a god more powerful than their own God and revealed their existence to the outside universe to choreograph the final assault on the Mad Mind. The People's God worked with Time Lords led by Rassilon to generate the time loop that ended the Wars. It was God who communicated the victors' wish to the Six-Fold-God that the War be completely forgotten by the universe. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Before 2564, the People fought a war with an insectoid species generally known as the Insects. About twenty-six billion sentient individuals were killed, and fifteen planets, three rings and fifteen asteroid habitats were completely destroyed. (PROSE: The Also People, PROSE: Walking to Babylon)
Subsequently, the People signed a Treaty with the Time Lords. The Seventh Doctor, aM!xitsa and the AI known as God formed half of the original negotiating team. (PROSE: The Also People)
In 2594, God planned to investigate the Spire of Canopus IV and to cause/stop the paradox that surrounded it. Despite all his simulations showing that Bernice Summerfield would kill herself if she was involved, God sent Clarence to recruit her. Though Bernice did try to kill herself after the events, meddling by temporal forces allowed Clarence to save her. (PROSE: Ghost Devices)
In 2594, WiRgo!xu, !Ci!ci-tel and !qu-!qu-tala believed that the People had become complacent since the war with All of Us was too easy and used the time travel technology of the Path to travel to the ancient Earth city of Babylon, 570 BCE. Ostensibly there to rough it out and develop a sense of humility, they also were trying to break the treaty with the Time Lords and lead to a time war. This would give the People a sense of risk. Bernice Summerfield convinced them to give up this plan. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon) Despite the incident in Babylon, God knew that a conflict was inevitable. Since he believed that the People's lack of telepathy was the reason they hadn't mastered time travel, God planned to utilise the Oracle of the Lost to avoid the issue. (PROSE: Tears of the Oracle) Romana III sought future Time Lord technology to help with their "dispute" with the People. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon)
After the invasion of the Ferutu in 2595, the People recalled all their agents and sealed themselves in their Worldsphere. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear, Twilight of the Gods)
By the early posthuman era, the People were thought by some to be myth. Very shortly after her resurrection in the City of the Saved, Marinthe said that Dyson spheres were theoretical if one didn't believe in the People. (PROSE: Farewell to a World)
In the post-War universe, Ferran's teams recovered a crashed ship in the Librarinth; the ship's builders were "long since gone" and lived in "a time that may not even have happened." Ferran christened it Supremacy. (PROSE: Father Time) At the end of the universe, Helios speculated that the Needle People of the Librarinth were from the Accidentally Left Behind When Everyone Else Transcended This Reality Interest Group, reasoning it would explain their obsession with finding God. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The People have much in common with the Culture, featured in many of the novels of Iain M. Banks. The earlier books featuring the Culture predate the first appearance of the People.
- In Lance Parkin's early drafts for an epilogue to The Dying Days, he specified that the People were destroyed by the Daleks in the Final Dalek War.[1][2]
