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| {{Infobox Location | | {{wikipediainfo|Vulcan (hypothetical planet)}} |
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| | '''Vulcan''' was a [[planet]] that was an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') |
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| |location = [[Mutter's Spiral]]
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| '''Vulcan''' was a [[planet]] which supported a [[human]] [[colony]]. | |
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| == Overview ==
| | One account had a planet Vulcan as the first planet out from [[Sol]] as seen on the [[Dalek]]s' chart of the [[solar system]] when they planned to invade in [[2400]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') |
| Vulcan was roughly twelve [[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 (86 degrees F). It was a young, [[Volcano|volcanic]] world, with nutrient-rich soil, but with no native life. It had [[mercury swamp|pools]] of fuming [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. Vulcan's day was several hours shorter than [[Earth]]'s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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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]], after humans discovered the [[mineral]] riches of the planet. It was Earth's third ever colony. The planet was owned and the [[mining]] operations were funded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. They sought to keep things "economical" by providing the colony with the bare necessities of [[technology]] and equipment, stifling efficiency and increasing danger. This built up resentment, and a band of rebels began plotting against [[Governor]] [[Hensell]], whom they viewed as an IMC mouthpiece. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| The colony was almost taken over by [[Dalek]]s, who had been found in a crashed [[:Category:Dalek spacecraft|spacecraft]] underground and then reactivated by a [[scientist]] called [[Lesterson]]. This overlapped with the rebellion against Hensell led by [[Bragen]]. The rebellion failed after the Daleks began an indiscriminate [[Murder|slaughter]] of the colonists but the [[Second Doctor]] overloaded their temporary [[Static electricity|static]] circuit from the colony's [[electricity]] supply. This left the colony without power for [[month]]s. [[Quinn (The Power of the Daleks)|Quinn]] became Governor in the aftermath. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| 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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| 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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| As [[Terri Willis]] told [[Ben Jackson]], Vulcan was "practically a legend" by [[2136]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')
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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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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Behind the scenes == |
| * Scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries hypothesised the existence of a [[planet]] between the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Sol]], and sometimes referred to that planet as Vulcan. This {{w|Vulcan (hypothetical planet)|theory}} has since been discredited. ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' makes reference to this. | | * Scientists of the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th centuries]] hypothesised the existence of a [[planet]] between the orbit of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Sol]], and sometimes referred to that planet as Vulcan. This theory has since been discredited. The Vulcan in ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' is a reference to this. |
| * The ''[[Star Trek]]'' character [[Spock]] came from the fictional planet {{w|Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan}}. ''Star Trek'' only just beat ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in introducing the concept of an alien world called Vulcan by a few weeks, as it debuted not quite two months before ''The Power of the Daleks'' aired. Both shows seem to have selected the name independently.
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| [[Category:Mutter's Spiral planets]]
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| [[Category:Human colonies]]
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| [[Category:Planets visited by the Second Doctor]]
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| [[Category:Planets visited by the Seventh Doctor]]
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