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'''Zanak''' was a pleasant planet, with green fields, lush vegetation and friendly, [[ | '''Zanak''' was a pleasant planet, with green fields, lush vegetation and friendly, [[humanoid]] natives. It was quite prosperous until the reign of Queen [[Xanxia]]. The queen launched galactic wars which ultimately ended up ruining Zanak, leaving only a few nomadic tribes alive. | ||
Later, [[the Captain]] crash-landed on Zanak in his ship, the ''[[Vantarialis]]''. He hollowed out the [[planet]], which, using [[transmat|powerful engines]], could materialise around other [[planet]]s and steal their mineral wealth. It would then crush the planets into compressed cores | Later, [[the Captain]] crash-landed on Zanak in his ship, the ''[[Vantarialis]]''. He hollowed out the [[planet]], which, using [[transmat|powerful engines]], could materialise around other [[planet]]s and steal their mineral wealth. It would then crush the planets into small, compressed cores. The Captain ruled from a mountain fortress known as [[the Bridge]]. He, in turn, answered to Xanxia, who had recreated him in his current cyborg form. Xanxia had gutted her entire planet to provide the power needed to control the [[time dam]]s that kept her body frozen in its last few seconds of life. Her consciousness was then projected into a new, virtually-generated body in the form of the Captain's nurse. | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] visited Zanak and helped the [[Mentiad]]s overthrow both the Captain and Xanxia. The Bridge was destroyed, allowing Zanak to settle in the position that had once been occupied by the planet [[Calufrax]] | The [[Fourth Doctor]] visited Zanak and helped the [[Mentiad]]s overthrow both the Captain and Xanxia. The Bridge was destroyed, allowing Zanak to settle in the position that had once been occupied by the planet [[Calufrax]]. Its interior mass was replaced by the remnants of the planets (with the exception of [[Calufrax]]) that Zanak had destroyed, and which the Captain had preserved as part of a plan to destroy Xanxia. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
No explicit narrative connection has ever been made between Zanak and [[Zanak IV]], a planet featured in the audio story ''[[The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)|The Wreck of the Titan]]''. | No explicit narrative connection has ever been made between Zanak and [[Zanak IV]], a planet featured in the audio story ''[[The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)|The Wreck of the Titan]]''. | ||
[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] | ||
[[Category:Planets visited by the Fourth Doctor]] | [[Category:Planets visited by the Fourth Doctor]] | ||
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Zanak was a pleasant planet, with green fields, lush vegetation and friendly, humanoid natives. It was quite prosperous until the reign of Queen Xanxia. The queen launched galactic wars which ultimately ended up ruining Zanak, leaving only a few nomadic tribes alive.
Later, the Captain crash-landed on Zanak in his ship, the Vantarialis. He hollowed out the planet, which, using powerful engines, could materialise around other planets and steal their mineral wealth. It would then crush the planets into small, compressed cores. The Captain ruled from a mountain fortress known as the Bridge. He, in turn, answered to Xanxia, who had recreated him in his current cyborg form. Xanxia had gutted her entire planet to provide the power needed to control the time dams that kept her body frozen in its last few seconds of life. Her consciousness was then projected into a new, virtually-generated body in the form of the Captain's nurse.
The Fourth Doctor visited Zanak and helped the Mentiads overthrow both the Captain and Xanxia. The Bridge was destroyed, allowing Zanak to settle in the position that had once been occupied by the planet Calufrax. Its interior mass was replaced by the remnants of the planets (with the exception of Calufrax) that Zanak had destroyed, and which the Captain had preserved as part of a plan to destroy Xanxia. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
Behind the scenes
No explicit narrative connection has ever been made between Zanak and Zanak IV, a planet featured in the audio story The Wreck of the Titan.
