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| :''For the god of the same name, see [[Vulcan (god)]].''
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| {{Infobox Astronomical Object
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| |name = Vulcan
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| |aka =
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| |type = [[Planet]]
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| |location = [[Mutter's Spiral]]
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| |natives =
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| |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''
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| |mentions=
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| '''Vulcan''' was a [[planet]] which supported a [[Human]] colony.
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| ==Overview==
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| ===General information===
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| It was roughly 12 [[parsec]]s away from any other colony. The atmosphere was breathable by Humans. It had very little [[radiation]] and the average temperature was 30 degrees Celsius. It was a young, volcanic world, rich in nutrient-rich soil, but with no native life. It did have pools of fuming [[mercury]]. Vulcan's day was just a few hours shorter than [[Earth]]'s.
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| Vulcan was colonised after Humans discovered the mineral riches found on the planet. It was the third such colony. The Human colony was almost taken over by [[Dalek]]s who had been reactivated by a scientist called [[Lesterson]] after being found in a crashed spacecraft underground. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| ===Other information===
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| Contradicting its existence was also located in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'')
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| Coincidentally, the name Vulcan was also given the home planet of [[Mr. Spock]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' television series, as indicated by [[Donna Noble]]'s comparing of the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]'s attempt to read a possessed Nazi soldier's mind with something a Vulcan (namely Spock) would do ([[BBCR]]: ''[[The Nemonite Invasion]]'').
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| ==Behind the Scenes==
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| *[[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century]] scientists had discussed the possibility of a [[planet]] between the orbit of [[Mercury]] and [[Sol]]. This theory has since been discredited. ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' makes reference to this.
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| *As noted above, the [[Star Trek]] character [[Wikipedia:Spock|Spock]] came from the fictional planet [[Wikipedia:Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan]]. ''[[Star Trek]]'' would have beat ''Doctor Who'' in introducing the concept of an alien world called Vulcan by only a few weeks, as it debuted only a couple of months before ''Power of the Daleks'' aired.
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| {{Wikipediainfo|Vulcan (hypothetical planet)}}
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| [[Category:Mutter's Spiral planets]] | | [[Category:Mutter's Spiral planets]] |
| [[Category:Earth colonies]] | | [[Category:Earth colonies]] |
| [[Category:Planets visited by the Second Doctor]] | | [[Category:Planets visited by the Second Doctor]] |
