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| '''Vulcan''' was a [[planet]] in [[Earth]]'s [[solar system]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') which supported a [[human]] [[colony]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| | | According to one account, '''Vulcan''' was the first [[planet]] out from [[Sol]] on the [[Dalek]]s' chart of the [[solar system]] as they planned to invade in [[2400]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') However, others believed that [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] was the first planet, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Satanic Mill (audio story)|The Satanic Mill]]'') making [[Earth]] "Sol III". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') |
| == Overview ==
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| Vulcan was a young [[volcano|volcanic]] world with fertile [[soil]] and no native [[life]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') The length of its day was only about an [[hour]] shorter than Earth's, and its [[atmosphere]] was breathable by humans, with an oxygen density of 172, no radiation, and a temperature of 86 degrees [[Fahrenheit]] (30 degrees [[Celsius]]). Among the volcanic sand and ash were [[mercury swamp|pools]] of fuming [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') Vulcan's day was several hours shorter than [[Earth]]'s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | |
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| According to one account, Vulcan was the closest [[planet]] to [[the Sun]] in [[Earth]]'s [[solar system]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') By another account, [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] was the first planet, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Satanic Mill (audio story)|The Satanic Mill]]'') making Earth "Sol III", ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') and Vulcan was either many [[parsec]]s from Earth, out on the frontier, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') or in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'')
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| == History ==
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| Vulcan was first discovered in [[1859]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Pursuit of History (audio story)|The Pursuit of History]]'')
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| Vulcan was colonised [[year]]s before the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of Earth]] in the mid-[[22nd century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') By [[2136]], [[Terri Willis]] told [[Ben Jackson]] Vulcan was "practically a legend." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')
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| After humans discovered the [[mineral]] riches of the planet, it became humanity's third ever colony, as Earth was suffering from mineral shortages at the time. It was owned and funded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]], who sought to keep things "economical" by providing the colony with the bare necessities of [[technology]] and equipment, stifling efficiency and increasing danger on the planet and in its [[mine]]s. This built up resentment, and a band of rebels began plotting against [[Governor]] [[Hensell]], whom they viewed as an IMC mouthpiece. At the time, the nearest human settlement was twelve [[parsec]]s away. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[File:Vulcanian colony.jpg|thumb|The human colony on Vulcan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')]]
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| Early in the colony's history, a [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|crashed spacecraft]] was discovered underground. At the same time as [[Bragen]]'s rebellion against Hensell, it was reactivated by [[Lesterton]], releasing [[Dalek]]s who began an indiscriminate [[Murder|slaughter]] of the colonists. However, the [[Second Doctor]] arrived and overloaded their temporary [[Static electricity|static]] circuit from the colony's [[electricity]] supply ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') with a device made by [[Magpie Electricals]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') The Daleks that survived this encounter with the Doctor were classified as [[Insanity|insane]] and were sent to the "intensive care" section of the [[Dalek Asylum]]. These Daleks were later destroyed when the [[Parliament of the Daleks|Dalek Parliament]] blew up the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[Quinn (The Power of the Daleks)|Quinn]] became Governor in the aftermath of the rebellion and the Dalek attack. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') As he left, the Doctor knew that the [[terraforming]] would succeed and Vulcan would be covered with greenery and new cities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| Preparing for an uprising, the [[Yes Man|Yes Men]] [[servant]] [[robot]]s on [[New Houston]] made Ben Jackson relive the Dalek attack on Vulcan repeatedly through a simulation until he found a way to win the fight. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Yes Men (audio story)|The Yes Men]]'')
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| The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Elizabeth Klein]] visited the mercury swamps of Vulcan prior to their arrival on the [[Vrill]] colony. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Survival of the Fittest (audio story)|Survival of the Fittest]]'')
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| When the [[Dalek]]s planned to invade Earth's solar system in [[2400]], Vulcan was on their map between the Sun and Mercury. The [[Golden Emperor]] worried that humans would soon have colonies on every planet of their solar system. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'')
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| Vulcan appeared as an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. One sponsor of the museum believed Vulcan was invented by ''[[Star Trek]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') [[Vulcan (Assimilation²)|Vulcan]] was the home planet of the [[Vulcan (species)|Vulcan]] species from the [[Federation universe]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') and the fictional ''Star Trek'' series. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]'') | | Vulcan appeared as an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. One sponsor of the museum believed Vulcan was invented by ''[[Star Trek]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') [[Vulcan (Assimilation²)|Vulcan]] was the home planet of the [[Vulcan (species)|Vulcan]] species from the [[Federation universe]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') and the fictional ''Star Trek'' series. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]'') |
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| * In the 19th and 20th centuries, Vulcan was a hypothesised planet between [[the Sun]] and the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]. While the theory has since been discredited, such a planet was shown in a chart of the solar system in ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'', a [[1964 (releases)|1964]] comic story by [[Terry Nation]] and [[David Whitaker]], and then featured prominently as the setting of Whitaker's [[1966 (releases)|1966]] [[Second Doctor]] television story ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]''. However, later stories would establish that [[Mercury]] was the closest planet to the Sun, and [[John Peel]]'s [[1993 (releases)|1993]] [[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|novelisation]] of ''The Power of the Daleks'' depicted Vulcan as existing many parsecs from Earth and "quite a way out on the frontier" around a "fledgling sun". ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' referenced the dispute by including Vulcan in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]].
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| * The ''[[Star Trek]]'' character [[Spock]] came from the fictional planet [[Vulcan (Assimilation²)|Vulcan]], which debuted on screen just two months before Vulcan appeared in ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' aired. Both shows seem to have selected the name independently.
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