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:Your question still remains, I'm not sure if it's referred to as a planet or a star. It looks and behaves like a planet (like a gas giant) but also glows like a star. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 16:53, April 7, 2013 (UTC)
:Your question still remains, I'm not sure if it's referred to as a planet or a star. It looks and behaves like a planet (like a gas giant) but also glows like a star. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] / '''[[User talk:Tangerineduel|talk]]''' 16:53, April 7, 2013 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he called the [[Sung Sings of Akhet]] "seven worlds all surrounding one sun," therefore they're a [[solar system]], not a [[planet]]. So what was he calling a planet...?<br>--[[user:SmallerOnTheOutside|SOTO]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|☎]] 17:03, April 7, 2013 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he called the [[Sung Sings of Akhet]] "seven worlds all surrounding one sun," therefore they're a [[solar system]], not a [[planet]]. So what was he calling a planet...?<br>--[[user:SmallerOnTheOutside|SOTO]] [[User talk:SmallerOnTheOutside|☎]] 17:03, April 7, 2013 (UTC)
At the start he says the illumination is from an 'alien sun'. He is referring to Akhaten; besides, the surface and atmosphere of the star reflect that of a star, not a planet (e.g. boiling mist, corona).

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Star or planet?

At the beginning of the episode, doesn't the Doctor refer to it as a planet? Ensephylon 16:17, April 7, 2013 (UTC)

Wasn't that him referring to Sung Sings of Akhet not this astronomical body.
Your question still remains, I'm not sure if it's referred to as a planet or a star. It looks and behaves like a planet (like a gas giant) but also glows like a star. --Tangerineduel / talk 16:53, April 7, 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, but he called the Sung Sings of Akhet "seven worlds all surrounding one sun," therefore they're a solar system, not a planet. So what was he calling a planet...?
--SOTO 17:03, April 7, 2013 (UTC)

At the start he says the illumination is from an 'alien sun'. He is referring to Akhaten; besides, the surface and atmosphere of the star reflect that of a star, not a planet (e.g. boiling mist, corona).