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| | [[File:Ravalox.jpg|thumb|right|Ravolox. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')]] |
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| | '''Ravolox''' was the name of [[Earth]] circa [[2000000|2,000,000]] [[AD]]. The [[Time Lord]]s had moved the solar system, including Earth, two light years through space - coinciding with the occurrence of a fireball hitting the planet, five hundred years before the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s visit. A tribe of humans lived in what had been the [[London Underground]], ruled by [[Drathro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'') |
| |name = Earth | |
| |aka = {{il|Sol III|Terra|Mondas|Tellus|Ravolox|Antýkhon|Big Ball}}
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| |type = [[Planet]]
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| |location = [[Sol]] system, [[Mutter's Spiral]]
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| |first= An Unearthly Child (TV story)
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| |appearances = [[:Category:Stories set on Earth|See category]]
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| |moons = [[The Moon|Luna]]
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| |natives = [[:Category:Earth sentients|See list]]
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| '''Earth''' (sometimes called '''Sol 3''' by [[alien|extraterrestrial civilisations]]) was a [[planet]] in which [[the Doctor]] had a "particular interest" ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'').
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| Most of the Doctor's [[companion]]s were natives of this planet, as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Rescue]]'', ''[[The Chase]]'', ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'', et al.)
| | The prophecy of the [[Yarven|Vampire Messiah]] also used the name Ravolox for Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]''). |
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| It was the twin planet of [[Mondas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''). It was located in the [[Sol]] system in [[Mutter's Spiral]]. It was the native planet of [[human]]s, [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s — as well as other Earth sentients. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Sea Devils]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'') However, it attracted many alien invasion attempts throughout its multi-billion year history. Indeed its birth had little to do with its native species; its core was formed around a [[Racnoss]] [[webstar]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
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| == Astronomical data ==
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| === Location ===
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| Earth was located in [[Sector 8023]] of the [[Third Quadrant]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') It was the third planet in the [[Sol system]], approximately twenty-seven thousand seven hundred light-years from the centre of Mutter's Spiral. At one point the planet was transported to the [[Medusa Cascade]] by the [[Dalek]]s, and was subsequently towed back to its normal orbit in the Solar system by the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]/[[Journey's End]]'') It was later shifted two light years from this position by the [[Time Lord]]s and renamed Ravolox circa [[2,000,000 AD]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')
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| === Moon(s) ===
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| For most of its history, Earth had one moon, usually referred to simply as [[the Moon]], a rogue planet which entered the Solar system and was captured in Earth's gravitational field millions of years before the [[20th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') By the time of the [[Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], four other moons had been added to the Terran system. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
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| :''Whether these additional moons were artificially constructed or natural ones moved into Earth orbit is not known.''
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| === Geology ===
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| Earth was rich in many valuable metals and elements. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'') It was one of the few sources of [[quartz]] in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') and was also rich in [[silicon]] and [[carbon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'')
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| === Geography ===
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| Earth's surface changed considerably over the course of its long history, owing to its high seismic activity. When native life first appeared on the planet, for example, what later became the middle of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] was a vast, rocky wasteland. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'') What follows is a general description of what came to be known as "Classic Earth". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]])''
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| Through most of its history, two-thirds of the Earth's surface was covered by water. Several large land-masses existed. Changes to the topography were relatively frequent, owing to erosion and seismic and volcanic activity. Two particularly cataclysmic events occurred when [[Atlantis]], already ravaged first by the [[Dæmon]]s and then [[Kronos]], sank beneath the waves circa [[BC|2000 BC]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster]]'') and when [[Krakatoa]] erupted in [[1883]]. The latter event was witnessed by both the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Ninth Doctor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
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| The actions of humans, specifically their [[pollution]], also had a major effect on the geography of the world. By the [[26th century]], the seas of Earth had been polluted, [[radiation|irradiated]], set on fire and boiled off into a thick sludge. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'') By the [[52nd century]], winters never occurred due to [[global warming]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen]]'') However, in the days of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], the Earth was far less polluted than in the twentieth century. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
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| Over millions of years, continental drift caused the surface of Earth to change radically, creating such features as the [[Arctic Desert]] and the [[Los Angeles Crevasse]]. After the 57th [[Segment of Time]] and the events of the [[Ark]], the [[National Trust]] installed [[gravity satellite]]s to hold back the expanding [[Sol|Sun]], from a now uninhabited Earth. They also shifted the continents back to their earlier positions, a planetary style known as "Classic Earth", which took billions of years. It stayed like this until the planet's final destruction in the year [[5000000000|5.5/Apple/26]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
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| == Sapient native species ==
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| :''See [[:Category:Earth sentients|Earth sentients]]''.
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| Several sapient and semi-sapient species evolved on Earth, though the most important and influential ones were the [[human]]s and [[Earth Reptile]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood]]'')
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| == Flora and fauna ==
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| :''See [[:Category:Earth plants|plants]] and [[:category:Earth creatures|animals]].''
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| In its long history, many species had evolved on Earth. By the [[21st century]], over three hundred billion species of animals had already evolved and gone extinct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'')
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| == Historical ==
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| :''Dozens of alien species and influences have affected life on Earth. Therefore, we have noted only the most significant and influential, or, in many cases, the earliest.''
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| === Historical significance ===
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| === Early history ===
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| ==== Before life ====
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| Earth formed [[Distant past|circa 4.6 billion years]] [[BC]] around a [[Racnoss]] [[spacecraft]] which carried the last of their ancient race. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') At much the same time, the [[Sentience]] was also trapped in the forming Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
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| Around 3 billion BC, the consciousness of the [[Sou(ou)shi]] settled on Earth and went into dormancy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'')
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| ==== Creation of life ====
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| Native life eventually developed due to the explosion of a [[Jagaroth]] spaceship circa 400 million BC. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
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| ==== [[Dinosaur]]s and ''[[Homo Reptilia]]'' ====
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| Various species of saurian creatures dominated the planet until circa 65 million BC, when a freighter from [[2526]] time-warped to this period and exploded in the upper atmosphere. The resulting clouds of dirt and smoke obscured [[Sol|the Sun]], lowering the temperature and causing mass extinctions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
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| An intelligent species of reptiles (whose name is unknown) flourished and then went extinct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'')
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| 100,000 years later, [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s (later known collectively as [[Earth Reptile]]s), intelligent reptiles with [[biotechnology]], were also active. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') They domesticated dinosaurs and regarded the small, furry, [[humanoid]], semi-intelligent primates around them as pests. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Fall of the Silurians]]'')
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| The reign of the reptiles came to a final end when the rogue planet (later known as Earth's primary satellite, [[the Moon]]) entered Earth's orbit. The Earth Reptiles feared it, and entered into [[suspended animation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
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| Apes, regarded by the reptiles as pests, eventually evolved into the species known as [[human]], given a substantial jolt forward when the [[Fendahl]] Core arrived in [[Africa]] circa 12 million BC. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'')
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| ''The Doctor believed that the inaccurately named Silurians had lived not in the Silurian Age, but during the Eocene, a far more recent period, despite their use of [[dinosaur]]s.''
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| === Human age ===
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| ==== Rise of human civilisation ====
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| Human civilisation evolved quickly, assisted (either accidentally or directly) by the [[Dæmon]]s, the various temporal fragments of [[Scaroth]], the predatory nature imparted to humans by the [[Fendahl]], the occupation by [[the Silence]], and some visits by the Doctor. Scaroth claimed responsibility for the inventions of fire and the wheel; the [[Silent]]s claimed they were on Earth since that point. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'', ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'', ''[[City of Death]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
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| This predatory and aggressive nature was evident in the many conflicts which humans fought amongst themselves throughout much of their early history, such as during the siege of [[Troy]], the [[Dark Ages]] and the [[American War of Independence]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') The conflicts led to mighty empires and nations such as the [[Roman Empire]], the [[British Empire]],and the [[United States of America]], which had great influence on humanity. It was also exploited by the [[War Lord]]s, who kidnapped human soldiers from various conflicts in Earth history for use in their war games. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
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| ==== 20th and 21st centuries ====
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| The conflicts known as the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World Wars]] and the [[Cold War]] would be particularly significant in the [[20th century]].
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| In [[1969]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] made the humans subconsciously turn against the [[Silence]] and drove them off the planet, leaving behind their network of underground tunnels and several of their crafts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'') Scaroth would be killed in [[1979]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
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| The space race, partially inspired by the Silence ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]''), was of great significance: while Earth had been visited by aliens many times throughout its history, the launching of space probes made such visits more frequent, as ''Homo sapiens'' began drawing attention to themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') These visits also tended to be more openly hostile. Earth was saved from conquest or outright annihilation often only through the intercession of [[the Doctor]] or the secret (prior to the 21st century) organisation [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. An attack by the [[Great Intelligence]] would finally force the Earth's governments to agree on a unified response to aliens: the [[United Nations]] body known as [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion]]'') Despite this increase in invasions, a number of aliens arrived that were benevolent.
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| The governments of Earth, as well as the Doctor, UNIT, Torchwood, and (by the [[21st century]]) [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and her [[Ealing]] group, tried to keep these invasion a secret. UNIT was officially a counter-terrorist group and several incidents explained as terrorism and accidents, though this caused political scandals throughout the 1970s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') Torchwood used mind-wiping drugs to cover up some incidents ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]''), while Sarah Jane used her computer [[Mr Smith]] to deliberately falsify evidence and news reports. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] would remark that these coverups were helped by the fact humans didn't ''want'' to notice, and were performing self-deception on themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| In the early 21st century, starting with the [[Slitheen]] infiltration of [[10 Downing Street]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''), alien incidents became far more blatant. The governments and UNIT would have a random policy of alternately admitting that some aliens existed ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', [[WEB]]: ''[[UNIT website]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup]]'') and trying to desperately cover things up, such as claiming the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') was because of terrorists planting drugs in water. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') Many humans acknowledged the aliens, while others tried to claim they were fake ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]''). However, several further events, most notably the forced relocation of Earth and a global Dalek assault ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'') and the [[456]] crisis ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'') served to finally convince the populace at large that humanity was not alone in the universe. Subsequent events, however, in particular the manifestation of the [[Time Field]], removed some of these events from the memories of many, if not all humans ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]''); the Doctor ultimately rebooted the universe and Earth's history, but it remains unclear as to whether humankind once again remembers these events ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'') even though at least one fixed point in history - the exploration of Mars by [[Adelaide Brooke]] in the mid-21st century - is tied to memories of the [[Dalek invasion of Earth (2009)|Dalek Invasion of 2009]].
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| In [[2011]], Earth's political and social climate changed heavily following [[Miracle Day]], where the human race stopped dying as a result of a [[morphic field]] and yet continued to age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World]]'', ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'') This ended when [[Jack Harkness|Jack Harkness']] blood was fed into [[The Blessing|the Blessing's]] antipodes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'')
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| From [[2019]] to at least [[2059]], Earth went through a period of chaos: climate change, ozone degradation, the "oil apocalypse", the [[Great Cataclysm]] and a [[Korven]] invasion ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Eclipse of the Korven]]''). Humanity faced extinction, but not only survived, they achieved major advances in space travel ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'') and developed [[Gravitron|weather control technology]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''). In [[2058]], Earth's [[Bowie Base One|first colony]] on [[Mars]] was established by [[Adelaide Brooke]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]''); humanity would go on to create an [[T-Mat|early form]] of [[transmat]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') and lightspeed travel ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]''). From [[2086]] to [[2088]], Earth would win the genocidal [[Thousand Day War]] against [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'')
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| In [[2089]], Earth made its first interstellar flight which was flown by [[Susie Fontana Brooke]] and it lead her to [[Proxima Centauri]]. In [[2095]] a full-scale [[human]] colonisation of [[Mars]] began to be colonised for the wealthy minority humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'') [[2099|Four years later]], the governments of Earth, in answer to [[global warming]], had taken vast sections of the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] and placed them inside huge domes called [[Snowglobe]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Snowglobe 7 (novel)|Snowglobe 7]]'') By the year [[2100]], Earth had colonised a few nearby star systems for the common and poor human majorities to reduce the overpopulation of earth. This had truly began humanity's great diaspora across the [[Universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'')
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| In the [[22nd century]], Earth suffered the rise of large corporations which would occasionally wage active war against each other, energy crises and the collapse of the tourist trade. In [[2156]], [[Earth Central]] declared bankruptcy and the corporations (under the [[Earth Alliance of Corporations]]) took control of the planet. Despite this, Earth's colonisation of the galaxy continued to advance. The [[Guild of Adjudicators|Adjudicators]] were established to enforce Earth law on the colonies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
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| ==== Dalek invasions ====
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| The [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] proved devastating to Earth. First, the Daleks wiped out fifteen colonies ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]''); next, they released a plague across the Earth. Over a six month period, [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[South America]] were almost wiped out; humanity was barely able to resist when the Daleks arrived. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') [[New York City]] and many other cities were destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') For ten years, the remaining inhabitants of earth were terrorised by the Dalek forces, who enslaved many and turned others into [[Robomen]], while the Daleks attempted to turn Earth into a mobile dreadnought. Only a handful of resistance groups existed.
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| Following the defeat of their grand scheme ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') and the shattering of their solar system blockade in the [[Battle of Cassius]], the Daleks left Earth. The planet remained divided into feudal kingdoms for a time, as Earth refused assistance from the colonies ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]''); large conglomerates, however, stepped in to rebuild the [[Terran Security Forces]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'') Thirty years after the invasion, the [[Earth Council]] existed as a fledgling government, but anti-alien organisations like [[Earth United]] began to attract many youths to their cause. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child]]'') Earth was finally rebuilt when other ships from other human colonies arrived to offer their aid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'')
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| ==== Humanity travels to the stars ====
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| By the 23rd century, Earth had recovered and a major "break-out" of colonisation took place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Romance of Crime]]'') In time the planet formed a unified government and an [[Earth Empire]] emerged. This dominated most of Mutter's Spiral for over 500 years. This empire at times came into military conflict with other space powers, particularly the [[Draconian]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''), [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') and the [[Korven]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Korven]]''). It often employed oppressive and disenfranchising policies on the indigenous inhabitants of its colonies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'', ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') Alongside Draconia, Earth would fight and win the [[Second Dalek War]]. Before the war, Earth and the Empire was overseen by a [[President of Earth|President]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''), but from the late 26th century it was ruled by a [[Divine Empress]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'')
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| Unrest among the subjugated alien races, instabilities in the Empire's political and economic structure, and ecological damage to Earth eventually led to the dissolution of the Empire ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''), which in time gave way to the [[Galactic Federation]], headquartered on [[Io]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
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| In the [[29th century]], Earth's environment was largely destroyed by solar flares. Humanity fled the planet on giant spaceships, returning when the solar flares stabilised. Autonomous nations returned during the crisis, as countries like the [[United Kingdom]] constructed their own, specific [[Starship UK|refuge ships]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')
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| By [[4000]], Earth and its dominions were ruled by a [[Guardian of the Solar System]], with the [[Space Security Service]] handling military intelligence. Following the death of the incumbent Guardian, [[Mavic Chen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') however, his descendants would bring down the Galactic Federation's democracy ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') and the Earth-ruled [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] took its place ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]''). The Empire would be succeeded by the [[Earth Alliance]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') However, the brutal Dalek invasion of [[4162]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'') would see Earth conquered and occupied by Daleks once again and would result in the [[Great Catastrophe]] that devastated Earth and its colonies. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire II]]'')
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| Earth would recover yet again, forming advanced [[Icelandic Alliance|national]] [[Supreme Alliance|alliances]] before a new [[Ice Age]] and [[World War VI]] struck it in the [[51st century]]. However, it still triggered the [[Great Breakout]] of space colonisation and created the [[Time Agency]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
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| === Later events ===
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| Earth, in its later history, was abandoned numerous times by its human inhabitants, first when solar flares bombarded the planet, leaving Earth uninhabited for 10,000 years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'') The population of Earth was evacuated in vast starships, while a small number of people were left behind aboard [[Nerva Beacon]] to begin the repopulation of the planet once conditions on the surface were suitable for life. Humans elsewhere carried on with [[Expansion|another period of colonial expansion]] under [[GalSec]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') While Earth was uninhabited and damaged, it was occupied by the [[Charrl]], who renamed the world Antýkhon. Humans who had survived the flares, referred to as "Hairies", had mutated to adapt to the depleted atmosphere and soil caused by the Charrls' industrial activities. The Charrl occupation lasted some 3,497 years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') Nerva Beacon's evacuees returned to Earth after ten thousand years had passed. They recolonised the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'') {{facts}}
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| Some time after, Earth was visited by the [[Usurian]]s, who relocated the dying human population first to [[Mars]] and then [[Pluto]]. Generations later, humans had thrown off the yoke of Usurian exploitation and returned to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'')
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| By the year [[200,000]], Earth was at its height, covered with megacities and a population of 96 billion. It was the centre of the galactic domain of the [[Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] that stretched across a million planets and species. The Empire had been secretly manipulated and its progress hindered ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'') by Dalek survivors of the [[Last Great Time War]]. Earth underwent a century of social collapse and pollution before a full-scale invasion commenced in [[200,100]], including a bombing campaign which disfigured the continents. The Dalek fleet was destroyed by [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
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| [[File:Ravalox.jpg|thumb|left|Earth as Ravolox. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')]]
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| About the year [[2,000,000]], Earth was relocated two light-years from its proper position by the [[Time Lord]]s to prevent the escape of aliens from [[Andromeda (constellation)|the constellation of Andromeda]] who had stolen information from [[the Matrix]] on [[Gallifrey]]. Most of the humans remaining on Earth were wiped out. Those that survived degenerated to a primitive, tribal culture. The planet came to be known as [[Ravolox]], with Earth being completely forgotten. The inhabitants of Ravolox eventually came to know of the true nature and history of their planet and to rebuild their civilisation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')
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| At some unknown point in the future, the planet was known by the name ''Tellus'' and owned entirely by the mining company, [[Tellac Inc.]] During this period, the president of the company was the political leader of the planet as well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[K9 and the Missing Planet]]'')
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| === Earth's destruction ===
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| [[File:Earth_Destroyed1.jpg|thumb|left|Earth is 'destroyed' for the first time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark]]'')]]
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| [[File:Earthdeath.jpg|thumb|Earth is destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')]]
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| In the 57th [[segment of Time]] the last humans left Earth because of the increasing danger that it would fall into the [[Sol|Sun]], fleeing to [[planet]]s such as [[Refusis II]] and [[Frontios]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark]]'', ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'') The now uninhabited Earth was preserved by the [[National Trust]]. Over the following billions of years it was restored to a 'classic' Earth until it was finally destroyed by the expanding Sun in the year [[5,000,000,000|5.5/Apple/26]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') However, humanity had long since relocated to a planet which they called "[[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur]]'') Humanity outlived their original homeworld for many trillions of years, up until the [[end of the Universe]] itself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
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| == Characteristics ==
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| === Political ===
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| Until well into the [[31st century]], Earth was divided into myriad nation-states of varying size, population, tactical strength, and sociopolitical, economic, and religious ideologies, all at any given time allied to or warring with each other. The first moves towards planetary union actually came in the form of military conquest and annexation of nations by leaders such as [[Alexander the Great]], with the Old [[Rome|Roman Empire]], the Han Empire of [[China]], and the Great Khanates of the [[Mongol]]s among the earliest superpowers. From the 17th to the 22nd centuries, much of the military and economic strength of Earth was controlled by the [[British Empire]], and [[France]], and later, the [[United States]] of America, a former British colonial possession, as well as the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] (Later the Russian Federation) and [[China]].
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| The earliest peaceful attempt at unifying the planet under one governing body was the formation of the [[wikipedia:League of Nations|League of Nations]] at the close of the [[World War I|First World War]]. The [[1930s]] saw the formation of [[LONGBOW]], an organisation set up under the League to handle matters of international security, occasionally running into threats of an [[alien|extraterrestrial]] nature. While never made public, this was the first acknowledgement by the world's leaders that humans were not alone in the universe and their neighbours were not always friendly. LONGBOW ceased operations after it and the League failed to prevent the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], when [[Adolf Hitler]] sent German troops to invade [[Poland]].
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| The [[United Nations]] was formed at the end of the Second World War, in hopes of succeeding where its predecessor had failed in preventing global conflict. {{Template:Fact}} After numerous alien attacks, especially those by the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''), the UN, at the suggestion of Colonel (later Brigadier) [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], drew up the charter for the [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]], whose duty was essentially the same as LONGBOW's had been. {{Template:Fact}}
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| The development of [[nuclear weapon]]s and the [[Cold War]] increased international tensions in the late [[20th century]]. At many times, nuclear war seemed imminent. This threat was somewhat alleviated when the great powers entrusted their nuclear launch codes to the United Kingdom for safe-keeping (naturally - everywhere else was just foreign) ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''), and again when the planet came under the rule of the [[World Zone Authority]] in the early [[21st century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'')
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| As a result of [[Miracle Day]], some countries like [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] reduced tensions with one another, while others like [[North Korea]] started mobilising troops and the legal definition and practical use of attempted [[murder]] and [[suicide]] werethrown into chaos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World]]'', ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'', ''[[The Categories of Life]]'', ''[[The Middle Men]]'') Various governments established the [[categories of life]], throwing category 1s and 2s into [[overflow camp]]s and incinerating category 1s inside [[Module]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life]]'') This quickly became public knowledge. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men]]'')
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| Some time before [[2050]], a [[Korven]] known as [[Lomax (K9)|Lomax]] hijacked the [[British government]] and ruled over Great Britain. He also used the British government to gain control of many other parts of the world. Those under the British Government's control lived under a corrupt, totalitarian regime. Lomax and his subordinates were killed during their invasion attempt. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eclipse of the Korven]]'')
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| The [[United States of America]] and [[Eurozone]] began showing hostilities to each other ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures]]'') and by [[2084]], there were two vast power blocs in conflict and the threat of nuclear war. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'')
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| These tensions ended with the [[Martian]] assault of [[2086]], when [[Paris]] was destroyed. A common, alien enemy united humans and planted the seeds for a united Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'') A brief relapse into warring feudal states followed the [[Dalek]] occupation before the Earth was again united.([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]''). It was also around this time that Earth formed the [[Alliance (Original Sin)|Alliance]] with [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]] and other nearby systems, its first formal alliance with alien species. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lords of the Storm]]'')
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| The united Earth government quickly became corrupt and on the payroll of powerful financial concerns like [[INITEC]], the [[Galatron Mining Corporation]], the [[AMORB Project]] and especially [[IMC]], looking the other way as these organisations victimised indigenous species and human colonists alike on the outer worlds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'', ''[[Colony in Space]]'') In time the business policies of these corporations and the political and diplomatic policies of the Earth government became parallel and laid the foundations for the [[Earth Empire]]. Law and order was enforced by the [[Adjudicator]]s. Although Earth was governed by a democratically elected leader, civil liberties in the mid-third millennium were marginalized and critics of the government were frequently sent to [[the Moon]], which was converted from a civilian colony to a prison. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') In the last centuries of the third millennium, the Republic became an Imperial monarchy, with the Holy King (or Queen) ruling Earth and its empire. The last Holy Monarch left control of the Earth to a ruling council upon her death, shortly before the [[Solos]] Incident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'')
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| With the advent of the [[Second Ice Age]] and continuing unrest among the colonies, Earth's government collapsed at the turn of the fourth millennium. Feudalism returned on the planet and on many of its colonies. An aristocratic government remained in control of Earth when the [[Galactic Federation]] was formed in the later years of the millennium. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'') This aristocracy gradually gave way to more democratic forms, but this new era of freedom was short-lived as the [[Solar System]] came under the sway of the [[Chen Dynasty]] after [[4000]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
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| By [[4126]], Earth was the centre of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], a vast and powerful tri-galactic power. It is known that [[Ood]] slavery was common and accepted during this period. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'') By [[4162]], however, it had been replaced by the [[Earth Alliance]], a powerful Earth-centred bloc. This was the main power fighting another Dalek invasion of the galaxy ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''), though Earth ''itself'' was conquered for much of the war ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter One]]''). When it was liberated, it became a victim of the Great Catastrophe.
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| After this, the nations of the earth became completely independent once more. A [[World War VI|Sixth World War]] loomed by the year [[5000]] between the superpowers of the [[Icelandic Alliance]] and [[Supreme Alliance]]. This ended with the Supreme Alliance victorious and [[Iceland]] occupied. Other important nations at the time included the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]], which itself was occupied and the [[Philippines]], which liberated Iceland and defeated the Supreme Alliance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') At the same time, possibly ''due'' to this, Earth was responsible for [[Great Breakout|a new period]] of space exploration and colonisation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
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| By the [[100th century]], the Earth was facing civil wars and by the [[102nd century]] it was reformed into the [[Junta]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]'')
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| Information on what forms of government existed on Earth during its later periods was scant, owing to the frequent evacuations and resettlements by humanity which occurred. During Earth's period as the planet [[Ravolox]], the few surviving humans there appeared to live in a tribal matriarchy somewhat similar to that of the ancient [[Celt]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')
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| === Economy ===
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| Variations and hybrids of [[capitalism]], [[communism]] and [[fascism]] were practised by Earth [[human]]s throughout their history. No information is currently available on what economic forms were utilised by the reptilian species which preceded humans. Towards the end of Earth's history, [[Forest of Cheem|Trees]] which traced their ancestry to the tropical rain forests had acquired sizeable fortunes, mostly in real estate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
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| From the [[20th century|20th]] to at least the [[40th century]] much of Earth's economy was dependent on [[oil]], a non-renewable resource, much to the annoyance of the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'')
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| In [[2008]], the Earth entered recession. [[2011|Three years later]], the Earth's economy spiralled further following [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], leaving [[Ireland]] and [[Greece]] bankrupt. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road]], ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')''
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| === Place in the Universe ===
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| Earth was the target for many [[alien invasion]]s. The conquest of the planet was often for one of three reasons:
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| * The need for resources
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| * The expansion of empires
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| * The replacement of a homeworld
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| The [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]], as well as a previous claim to the planet, were motivated by the actions of the [[Rutan-Sontaran War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior]]''). The [[Nimon]] sought control of Earth due to its position in space allowing for multiple expansions in their [[Great Journey of Life]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Seasons of Fear]]'').
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| Species that planned on turning Earth into their "New..." planets included the [[Zygon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons]]''), the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]''), the [[Nestene Consciousness]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''), the [[Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]''), the [[Pyrovile]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''), and the [[Saturnyn]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Behind the scenes == |
| * The first shot of the first scene of ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' (the first story following ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s extended hiatus) featured a dramatic zoom from Earth orbit into [[Rose Tyler]]'s apartment. A number of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories have since opened with this same dramatic zoom, including ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. | | * In ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', which takes place in the year 5,000,000,000, Earth is once again orbiting its original sun and once again known as Earth, suggesting that at some point the planet was restored to its original position and given back its original name. This may have been done in the wake of the events of ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''; or, possibly, the events surrounding its movement were undone in the [[Time War]]. ''[[Journey's End]]'' reveals that a single [[TARDIS]], operating at full power and in conjunction with the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]], is capable of moving the planet. |
| * ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' depicts Earth orbiting its original Sun, so presumably at some point between the year [[2000000|2,000,000]] and [[5,000,000,000]] the [[planet]] was relocated back to its original location and its name reverted from [[Ravolox]] back to Earth.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Sol system]]
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| * [[Human]]
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| * [[The Moon]]
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| * [[List of Earth historical figures]]
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