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|image | |image = Mount Plutarch.png | ||
|aka | |aka = {{il|Mount Cadon|Mount Plutarch|Mount Rycadia}} | ||
|type | |type = [[Mountain]] | ||
|location | |location = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|first | |first mention cs = The Time Monster (TV story) | ||
|appearances = [[ | |first cs = Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow | ||
}} | |appearances = {{il|[[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}}} | ||
}}During [[the Doctor's early life]], they lived in "[[House of Lungbarrow|a house]] halfway up '''a mountain'''", at the summit of which dwelled [[the Hermit|a Hermit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Monster (TV story)}}) The [[Fourth Doctor]] identified the Hermit as a resident of the "mountains of [[South Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|State of Decay (TV story)}}) | |||
It | It had many names, most notably '''Mount Lung''', from which the Doctor's family [[House Lungbarrow]] took its name. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}, {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) An individual of great power known as [[the Kingmaker]], who said she guarded the Time Lords as the Time Lords guarded [[time]], and had the authority to grant them the ability to fly a [[TARDIS]], dwelled in a cave at the base of the mountain, referred to in this context as '''Mount Plutarch'''. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) | ||
== Characteristics == | |||
=== Names === | |||
This mountain had many names; the Hermit claimed that the name one called it would change the way it was climbed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) Some called it '''Mount Lung''', including [[House Lungbarrow|the Doctor's cousins]], hence the name of the house being [[House of Lungbarrow|Lungbarrow]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}, {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}}, {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}, {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) Teachers at [[the Academy]] called it '''Mount Cadon''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}, {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}}, {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) as did [[Matthias]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Panacea (audio story)}}) The [[Fifth Doctor]] once noted it was also known as '''Mount Rycadia'''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Devil in the Mist (audio story)}}) The legends of the "[[unhappened days]]", such as those recounted by Lady [[Nine Teeth]], called it '''Mount Plutarch''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Paths (short story)}}) also the name used by [[Castellan]] [[Casmus]] when he took [[Ace]] to meet [[the Kingmaker]] in her cave at the base of the mountain. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) | |||
[[The Hermit]] lived on the mountain and told stories to young [[Gallifreyan]]s, including the young First Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') He continually sat under a bare, twisted tree near the mountain's summit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') The First Doctor returned to the mountain to speak with the Hermit before his first [[regeneration]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') Later, [[Ace]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] separately met | === Geography === | ||
The mountain was Gallifrey's highest peak, ([[PROSE]]: '' [[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') reaching up into the atmosphere past the violet clouds and hovering flocks of air diamonds into the [[transduction barrier]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') Fields of tall, still grass grew on the mountain before haytime. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') Its slopes were carpeted with tiny blue flowers that waved back and forth, searching the air for unwary [[lizard]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') | |||
Sometimes, it was covered with [[grey]] [[snow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') The snow on the mountain had natural [[hallucination|hallucinogenic]] properties, capable of making climbers see all manner of visions, including their past and future. The hallucinations made climbing the peak more difficult the further along you proceeded, and because of this, the Doctor never succeeded in reaching its peak despite numerous attempts. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Devil in the Mist (audio story)|Devil in the Mist]]'') | |||
Mount Lung smelled of [[weanskrike]] and [[tristort]], and its native fauna included [[owl]]s, [[beatitude]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') [[tafelshrew]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') and [[cobblemouse|cobblemice]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') | |||
== History == | |||
It was the location of [[the Doctor]]'s [[House of Lungbarrow|childhood home]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') which was named [[House of Lungbarrow|"Lungbarrow"]] after Mount Lung. It stood near the [[Cadonflood River]] until it was reported vanished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') At the mountain's base stood the [[Prydonian Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: '' [[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'', ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') [[Student]]s were not supposed to climb the mountain, however, the [[Fifth Doctor]] recalled climbing Mount Cadon with friends on numerous occasions in [[the Doctor's early life|his youth]], and reasoned that they should not have built the Academy at its foot if they didn't want students to try. On one of his attempts to climb Mount Cadon, the Doctor was joined by [[Vansell]], who broke his [[leg]] during the ascent. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Devil in the Mist (audio story)|Devil in the Mist]]'') | |||
[[The Hermit]] lived on the mountain and told stories to young [[Gallifreyan]]s, including the young First Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') He continually sat under a bare, twisted tree near the mountain's summit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') The First Doctor returned to the mountain to speak with the Hermit before his first [[regeneration]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') Later, [[Ace]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] separately met [[the Kingmaker]] in a cave on Mount Plutarch. ([[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'') | |||
While considered to be in the south of the planet, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') the mountain was in view of the Time Lord [[Capitol]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') On their way to the mountain, [[Ace]] and [[Casmus]] travelled across the [[Lune Forest]] and around the inland sea. ([[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'') It was distinct from [[South Gallifrey]]'s mountainous and fiercely [[winter|wintry]] landscape ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') of hermits and "[[Killer Cat of Gin-Seng|stray cats]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]'') | While considered to be in the south of the planet, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') the mountain was in view of the Time Lord [[Capitol]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') On their way to the mountain, [[Ace]] and [[Casmus]] travelled across the [[Lune Forest]] and around the inland sea. ([[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'') It was distinct from [[South Gallifrey]]'s mountainous and fiercely [[winter|wintry]] landscape ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') of hermits and "[[Killer Cat of Gin-Seng|stray cats]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]'') | ||
[[Category:Gallifreyan mountains]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan mountains]] | ||
[[Category:Locations visited by the First Doctor]] | [[Category:Locations visited by the First Doctor]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:22, 20 August 2024
During the Doctor's early life, they lived in "a house halfway up a mountain", at the summit of which dwelled a Hermit. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"]) The Fourth Doctor identified the Hermit as a resident of the "mountains of South Gallifrey. (TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"])
It had many names, most notably Mount Lung, from which the Doctor's family House Lungbarrow took its name. (PROSE: Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"], The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"]) An individual of great power known as the Kingmaker, who said she guarded the Time Lords as the Time Lords guarded time, and had the authority to grant them the ability to fly a TARDIS, dwelled in a cave at the base of the mountain, referred to in this context as Mount Plutarch. (WC: Death Comes to Time [+]Loading...["Death Comes to Time (webcast)"], PROSE: The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"])
Characteristics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Names[[edit] | [edit source]]
This mountain had many names; the Hermit claimed that the name one called it would change the way it was climbed. (PROSE: The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"]) Some called it Mount Lung, including the Doctor's cousins, hence the name of the house being Lungbarrow. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"], Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"], Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"], The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"]) Teachers at the Academy called it Mount Cadon, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"], Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"], The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"]) as did Matthias. (AUDIO: Panacea [+]Loading...["Panacea (audio story)"]) The Fifth Doctor once noted it was also known as Mount Rycadia. (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist [+]Loading...["Devil in the Mist (audio story)"]) The legends of the "unhappened days", such as those recounted by Lady Nine Teeth, called it Mount Plutarch, (PROSE: The Three Paths [+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"]) also the name used by Castellan Casmus when he took Ace to meet the Kingmaker in her cave at the base of the mountain. (WC: Death Comes to Time [+]Loading...["Death Comes to Time (webcast)"])
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
The mountain was Gallifrey's highest peak, (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) reaching up into the atmosphere past the violet clouds and hovering flocks of air diamonds into the transduction barrier. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising) Fields of tall, still grass grew on the mountain before haytime. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible) Its slopes were carpeted with tiny blue flowers that waved back and forth, searching the air for unwary lizards. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising)
Sometimes, it was covered with grey snow. (TV: The Time Monster, PROSE: The Three Paths) The snow on the mountain had natural hallucinogenic properties, capable of making climbers see all manner of visions, including their past and future. The hallucinations made climbing the peak more difficult the further along you proceeded, and because of this, the Doctor never succeeded in reaching its peak despite numerous attempts. (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist)
Mount Lung smelled of weanskrike and tristort, and its native fauna included owls, beatitudes, (PROSE: The Three Paths) tafelshrews, (PROSE: Lungbarrow, The Three Paths) and cobblemice. (PROSE: Unnatural History, The Three Paths)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
It was the location of the Doctor's childhood home, (TV: The Time Monster, PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, Lungbarrow, Unnatural History, The Three Paths) which was named "Lungbarrow" after Mount Lung. It stood near the Cadonflood River until it was reported vanished. (PROSE: Lungbarrow) At the mountain's base stood the Prydonian Academy. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation, Lucifer Rising, The Three Paths) Students were not supposed to climb the mountain, however, the Fifth Doctor recalled climbing Mount Cadon with friends on numerous occasions in his youth, and reasoned that they should not have built the Academy at its foot if they didn't want students to try. On one of his attempts to climb Mount Cadon, the Doctor was joined by Vansell, who broke his leg during the ascent. (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist)
The Hermit lived on the mountain and told stories to young Gallifreyans, including the young First Doctor. (TV: The Time Monster, Planet of the Spiders, State of Decay, PROSE: Lucifer Rising, The Three Paths) He continually sat under a bare, twisted tree near the mountain's summit. (TV: The Time Monster, PROSE: Lucifer Rising, The Three Paths) The First Doctor returned to the mountain to speak with the Hermit before his first regeneration. (PROSE: The Three Paths) Later, Ace and the Seventh Doctor separately met the Kingmaker in a cave on Mount Plutarch. (WC: Death Comes to Time)
While considered to be in the south of the planet, (PROSE: Lungbarrow, The Three Paths) the mountain was in view of the Time Lord Capitol. (PROSE: The Three Paths) On their way to the mountain, Ace and Casmus travelled across the Lune Forest and around the inland sea. (WC: Death Comes to Time) It was distinct from South Gallifrey's mountainous and fiercely wintry landscape (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress) of hermits and "stray cats" (PROSE: The Return of the King)
