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The '''Silver Devastation''' was an area of space in the [[Isop Galaxy]] where two [[Galaxy|galaxies]] collided some hundred billion years ago. This vast sector of space contained nothing but dead [[star]]s and [[dark matter]]. From a great distance it looked like a huge silver sea hanging in space, the edge area being commonly referred to as its "coast". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Game of Death (novel)|The Game of Death]]'') Another source stated the region of space was all but obliterated in the [[20th century]] by an [[entropy]] field event. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'')
The '''Silver Devastation''' was an area of space known to exist in the [[far future]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
 
== History ==
By one account, the Devastation was an area in the [[Isop Galaxy]] where two [[Galaxy|galaxies]] collided some hundred billion years ago. This vast sector of space contained nothing but dead [[star]]s and [[dark matter]]. From a great distance it looked like a huge silver sea hanging in space, the edge area being commonly referred to as its "coast". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Game of Death (novel)|The Game of Death]]'')  
 
By another account, the Silver Devastation was ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') the region of space which was all but obliterated in [[1984]] by the [[entropy wave]] initiated by {{Ainley}} killing the [[Logopolitan]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Serenity (Cold Fusion)|Serenity]] was a planet in the Silver Devastation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') The Sixth Doctor visited Serenity, in the company of [[Peri Brown]], several centuries after the destruction of the [[Traken Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'')


The [[Face of Boe]] was said to be from the Silver Devastation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
The [[Face of Boe]] was said to be from the Silver Devastation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')


[[Professor]] [[Yana]] was found as a baby on the coast of the Silver Devastation, a naked orphan in the storm with nothing except for a [[Biodata module|strange fob watch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'')
[[Professor]] [[Yana]] was found as a baby on the coast of the Silver Devastation, a naked orphan in the storm with nothing except for a [[Biodata module|strange fob watch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'')
[[Serenity (Cold Fusion)|Serenity]] was a planet in the Silver Devastation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') The Sixth Doctor visited Serenity, in the company of [[Peri Brown]], several centuries after the destruction of the [[Traken Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'')


The [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered an [[asteroid]] that shouldn't have been in the middle of the Silver Devastation. It contained blood-sucking monsters from another universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Game of Death (novel)|The Game of Death]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered an [[asteroid]] that shouldn't have been in the middle of the Silver Devastation. It contained blood-sucking monsters from another universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Game of Death (novel)|The Game of Death]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[Russell T Davies]] stated on the ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' DVD box set commentary that Yana's memories were true. Davies said of this backstory: "He ''was'' a baby. A human baby. Because that's what [[the Master]] did — he was so frightened and terrified that he wiped himself as a baby and found on the Silver Devastation." Years later, [[Scott Handcock]] convinced Davies to reconsider this statement, as detailed in [[DWM 519]]. The audio story ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'' later depicted the Master using the [[Chameleon Arch]] and becoming a baby, definitively.
* [[Russell T Davies]] stated on the ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' DVD box set commentary that Yana's memories were true. Davies said of this backstory: "He ''was'' a baby. A human baby. Because that's what [[the Master]] did — he was so frightened and terrified that he wiped himself as a baby and found on the Silver Devastation." Years later, [[Scott Handcock]] convinced Davies to reconsider this statement, as detailed in [[DWM 519]]. The audio story ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'' later depicted the Master using the [[Chameleon Arch]] and becoming a baby, definitively.
* Although he would provide a different explanation for the Devastation in ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'', [[Lance Parkin]] suggested in ''Whoniverse: An Unofficial Planet-by-Planet Guide to the World of the Doctor from Gallifrey to Skaro'' that the Silver Devastation was named after the character [[Silver (Hope)|Silver]] from ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]''.
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Revision as of 00:45, 19 January 2022

The Silver Devastation was an area of space known to exist in the far future. (TV: The Long Game, Utopia)

History

By one account, the Devastation was an area in the Isop Galaxy where two galaxies collided some hundred billion years ago. This vast sector of space contained nothing but dead stars and dark matter. From a great distance it looked like a huge silver sea hanging in space, the edge area being commonly referred to as its "coast". (PROSE: The Game of Death)

By another account, the Silver Devastation was (AUDIO: Cold Fusion) the region of space which was all but obliterated in 1984 by the entropy wave initiated by the Tremas Master killing the Logopolitans. (TV: Logopolis) Serenity was a planet in the Silver Devastation. (AUDIO: Cold Fusion) The Sixth Doctor visited Serenity, in the company of Peri Brown, several centuries after the destruction of the Traken Union. (AUDIO: The Guardians of Prophecy)

The Face of Boe was said to be from the Silver Devastation. (TV: The End of the World)

Professor Yana was found as a baby on the coast of the Silver Devastation, a naked orphan in the storm with nothing except for a strange fob watch. (TV: Utopia, AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm)

The Tenth Doctor encountered an asteroid that shouldn't have been in the middle of the Silver Devastation. It contained blood-sucking monsters from another universe. (PROSE: The Game of Death)

Behind the scenes

  • Russell T Davies stated on the Utopia DVD box set commentary that Yana's memories were true. Davies said of this backstory: "He was a baby. A human baby. Because that's what the Master did — he was so frightened and terrified that he wiped himself as a baby and found on the Silver Devastation." Years later, Scott Handcock convinced Davies to reconsider this statement, as detailed in DWM 519. The audio story The Heavenly Paradigm later depicted the Master using the Chameleon Arch and becoming a baby, definitively.
  • Although he would provide a different explanation for the Devastation in Cold Fusion, Lance Parkin suggested in Whoniverse: An Unofficial Planet-by-Planet Guide to the World of the Doctor from Gallifrey to Skaro that the Silver Devastation was named after the character Silver from Hope.