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*[[Messaline]] had a relatively high level of radiation; this was however eradicated via [[terraforming]] methods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') | *[[Messaline]] had a relatively high level of radiation; this was however eradicated via [[terraforming]] methods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') | ||
*[[Oseidon]] had the highest radiation level in the [[galaxy]] of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'') | *[[Oseidon]] had the highest radiation level in the [[galaxy]] of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'') | ||
*The [[Petrified Forest]] of [[Skaro]] had a high radiation level as a result of a past [[nuclear war]] between the [[Thal]]s and the ancestors of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'') | *The [[Petrified Forest]] of [[Skaro]] had a high radiation level as a result of a past [[nuclear war]] between the [[Thal]]s and the ancestors of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'') | ||
Radiation is usesd to kill the Thurd Doctor in Planet of the Spiders, thus forcing the Doctor to regenerate for the third time. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 23:29, 15 March 2009
Radiation is energy sometimes produced by materials and sometimes by physical interactions, such as the contact of matter with anti-matter.
Biological effects
Radiation is often harmful or fatal to most life and can cause mutations. Some organisms can withstand large amounts of radiation, such as the Foamasi (DW: The Leisure Hive), while others can actually absorb and regenerate with it, such as the Kastrians (DW: The Hand of Fear) or beings such as the Daleks on Skaro, whose evolution led (at various points) to them becoming dependent on a constant supply of radiation. (DW: The Daleks) Similarly an Exxilon fuel pod was left in ancient Earth Incan civilisation causing mutations in the populace and leading to Huitzilin gaining massive powers. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
Radioactive locations
- Argolis had a radioactive atmosphere as a result of a nuclear war. (DW: The Leisure Hive)
- On the planet Janus Prime the radiation on the planet made its sand glow blue, it also destroyed a (human) body's lipids, making skin sticky to the touch until it turned into jelly-like in texture. Upon death, the body lost cohesion and collapsed into a porridge-like substance. (EDA: The Janus Conjunction)
- Messaline had a relatively high level of radiation; this was however eradicated via terraforming methods. (DW: The Doctor's Daughter)
- Oseidon had the highest radiation level in the galaxy of Mutter's Spiral. (DW: The Android Invasion)
- The Petrified Forest of Skaro had a high radiation level as a result of a past nuclear war between the Thals and the ancestors of the Daleks. (DW: The Daleks)
Radiation is usesd to kill the Thurd Doctor in Planet of the Spiders, thus forcing the Doctor to regenerate for the third time.
See also
