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|image = Dune TAIK.jpg
|image = Dune TAIK.jpg
|species = Human
|species = Human
|job = Technician
|origin = [[Earth]]
|origin = [[Earth]]
|only = The Ark in Space (TV story)
|first = The Ark in Space (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Black Hours (audio story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Book of the Dead (audio story)}}}}
|actor = Brian Jacobs
|actor = Brian Jacobs
|job = Technician
|voice actor = Glen McCready
}}
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'''Dune''' was First [[Technician]] of [[Space Station Nerva]]. He was eaten by and absorbed into the [[Wirrn]], becoming its first casualty out of the Nerva crew.
'''Dune''' was First [[Technician]] of [[Space Station Nerva]]. He was eaten by and absorbed into the [[Wirrn]], becoming its first casualty out of the Nerva crew.
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Apart from Brian Jacobs as Dune and two voice-over artistes, [[Gladys Spencer]] and [[Peter Tuddenham]], no-one but the regular cast appears in ''The Ark in Space'' part one. This had not occurred since [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 1]]'s two-parter ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'' (1964) and has not happened since [through Feb 2022].
* Apart from Brian Jacobs as Dune and two voice-over artists, [[Gladys Spencer]] and [[Peter Tuddenham]], no-one but the regular cast appears in ''The Ark in Space'' part one. This had not occurred since [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 1]]'s two-parter ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'' (1964) and has not happened since [through Feb 2022].
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Revision as of 06:27, 25 August 2024

Dune was First Technician of Space Station Nerva. He was eaten by and absorbed into the Wirrn, becoming its first casualty out of the Nerva crew.

Biography

Dune knew high energy physics and quantum mechanics. He was to have been one of the first humans revived, but the Wirrn Queen laid her eggs inside his body while he was still in cryogenic suspension. The Queen's larvae consumed his body and his intellect, absorbing all of his knowledge, enabling them to operate and sabotage systems aboard the Ark.

When his body was found missing by Vira, commander Noah blamed the Fourth Doctor and his party. As the alien presence inside Noah's mind grew stronger, the commander claimed that he was Dune. He later revealed that he had been given all Dune's knowledge. (TV: The Ark in Space)

Behind the scenes