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|aka = Artron particles | |||
|type = Ambient [[radiation]] | |||
|origin = [[Time vortex]] | |||
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'''Artron energy''' was a form of ambient [[radiation]] that existed in the [[time vortex]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)|Shield of the Jötunn]]'') later described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as a form of mental energy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') "artron particles" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]'') that could be utilised in a variety of ways. Those who travelled through the vortex would absorb artron energy in the form of a "background radiation." Some life forms were even made of artron energy. | '''Artron energy''' was a form of ambient [[radiation]] that existed in the [[time vortex]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)|Shield of the Jötunn]]'') later described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as a form of mental energy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') "artron particles" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]'') that could be utilised in a variety of ways. Those who travelled through the vortex would absorb artron energy in the form of a "background radiation." Some life forms were even made of artron energy. | ||
== Properties == | == Properties == | ||
Visually, artron energy resembled a sort of blue electricity. Artron energy seemed to have an odour detectable by some species, such as the [[Groske]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'') It was measured in [[atto-Omega]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | Visually, artron energy resembled a sort of blue electricity. Artron energy seemed to have an odour detectable by some species, such as the [[Groske]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | ||
It was measured in [[atto-Omega]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | |||
Artron energy altered and enhanced [[human]] [[antibody|antibodies]], making the immune system of the human in question better at fighting diseases. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | Artron energy altered and enhanced [[human]] [[antibody|antibodies]], making the immune system of the human in question better at fighting diseases. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | ||
Nearby artron energy could be drained through use of an [[artron inhibitor]]. This would also prevent [[Time Lord]]s from [[Regeneration|regenerating]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') | Nearby artron energy could be drained through use of an [[artron inhibitor]]. This would also prevent [[Time Lord]]s from [[Regeneration|regenerating]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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=== TARDISes === | === TARDISes === | ||
Artron energy was apparently used as a source of energy to power all [[TARDIS]]es and [[Time Scaphe]]s, with "raw" artron energy flowing from the [[Eye of Harmony]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] once claimed to [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] that artron energy had a relationship to the functioning of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] (or vice versa), although he did not elaborate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') | Artron energy was apparently used as a source of energy to power all [[TARDIS]]es and [[Time Scaphe]]s, with "raw" artron energy flowing from the [[Eye of Harmony]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] once claimed to [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] that artron energy had a relationship to the functioning of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] (or vice versa), although he did not elaborate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | |||
Artron energy was rich and refined in TARDISes, ([[TV]]:'' [[The Doctor's Wife]]'') vital in the running of the ships; it could run low ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Option Lock]]'') and when down to 10% it would mean even backup power was unavailable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy | Artron energy was rich and refined in TARDISes, ([[TV]]:''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') vital in the running of the ships; it could run low ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Option Lock (novel)|ption Lock]]'') and when down to 10% it would mean even backup power was unavailable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
Within the TARDIS' generator room was an [[Artron Energy Capacitor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]'') | Materialisation caused a massive displacement of artron energy ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'') which would help the scanners. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]'') | ||
Within the TARDIS' generator room was an [[Artron Energy Capacitor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice (novel)|The Algebra of Ice]]'') | |||
=== Other uses === | === Other uses === | ||
The [[Panjistri]] used artron energy to power their [[Teleportation|matter transporter]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | The [[Panjistri]] used artron energy to power their [[Teleportation|matter transporter]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] had a habit of using it to make [[toast]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] had a habit of using it to make [[toast]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
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==== Humans ==== | ==== Humans ==== | ||
Artron energy was at low levels in [[human]]s but could be present at elevated levels in others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') | Artron energy was at low levels in [[human]]s but could be present at elevated levels in others. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
{{Quote|Artron energy is to normal energy what movements within the deeps of the sea are to the waves on the surface. Very slight in humans, but in some other –|The [[Eighth Doctor]], before being interrupted|The Banquo Legacy}} | {{Quote|Artron energy is to normal energy what movements within the deeps of the sea are to the waves on the surface. Very slight in humans, but in some other –|The [[Eighth Doctor]], before being interrupted|The Banquo Legacy}} | ||
Coupling the human mind to a source of high-voltage [[electricity]] could result in a massive release of artron energy. The [[Eighth Doctor]] once compared the relationship between Artron and normal energy to the movement in the depths of the sea and the waves on the surface. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') | Coupling the human mind to a source of high-voltage [[electricity]] could result in a massive release of artron energy. The [[Eighth Doctor]] once compared the relationship between Artron and normal energy to the movement in the depths of the sea and the waves on the surface. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
Artron energy would be absorbed by travelling through time, such as by travellers in a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | Artron energy would be absorbed by travelling through time, such as by travellers in a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | ||
Even touching a TARDIS could cause the passage of artron energy. [[Clyde Langer]] absorbed some artron energy from the outside of the TARDIS as he was trying to enter it while it was trapped in a [[time loop]] made by [[the Trickster]]. He then used the energy to attack the Trickster, as he was time-sensitive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later keyed into Clyde's residual artron energy in order to make a biological swap. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'') | Even touching a TARDIS could cause the passage of artron energy. [[Clyde Langer]] absorbed some artron energy from the outside of the TARDIS as he was trying to enter it while it was trapped in a [[time loop]] made by [[the Trickster]]. He then used the energy to attack the Trickster, as he was time-sensitive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
[[File:Clyde + 11.jpg|right|thumb|[[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] "body swap" by tapping into artron energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'')]] | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later keyed into Clyde's residual artron energy in order to make a biological swap. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | |||
A regenerating TARDIS caused a specific signature of harmless artron radiation to seep into its surroundings. This happened when the Doctor's TARDIS, which slowly regenerated in the [[Collins family]]'s back garden, had artron radiation "fizz... around" in the bodies of the Collins family. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') | A regenerating TARDIS caused a specific signature of harmless artron radiation to seep into its surroundings. This happened when the Doctor's TARDIS, which slowly regenerated in the [[Collins family]]'s back garden, had artron radiation "fizz... around" in the bodies of the Collins family. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') | ||
==== Time Lords ==== | ==== Time Lords ==== | ||
Time Lord minds had a supply of artron energy, harmlessly siphoned off and fed into the birthing bays of [[the TARDIS]]es. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') A surge of artron energy could restore the synapses, curing [[amnesia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') Without artron energy, a Time Lord was unable to regenerate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Repeat Offender (audio story)|Repeat Offender]]'') | Time Lord minds had a supply of artron energy, harmlessly siphoned off and fed into the birthing bays of [[the TARDIS]]es. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') | ||
A surge of artron energy could restore the synapses, curing [[amnesia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | |||
Without artron energy, a Time Lord was unable to regenerate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Repeat Offender (audio story)|Repeat Offender]]'') | |||
[[Engin]] noted the [[Fourth Doctor]] must have had great reserves of artron energy to survive near-fatal attacks on his person while in [[the Matrix]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') | [[Engin]] noted the [[Fourth Doctor]] must have had great reserves of artron energy to survive near-fatal attacks on his person while in [[the Matrix]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | ||
The Fifth Doctor stated that Time Lords start off with a certain amount of artron energy saturating their bodies in each incarnation, with the energy accumulating over time; their energy count is 'reset' to a specific level after each regeneration to prevent the accumulative artron energy absorbed during their lives causing excessive damage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death (novel)|Empire of Death]]'') | The Fifth Doctor stated that Time Lords start off with a certain amount of artron energy saturating their bodies in each incarnation, with the energy accumulating over time; their energy count is 'reset' to a specific level after each regeneration to prevent the accumulative artron energy absorbed during their lives causing excessive damage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death (novel)|Empire of Death]]'') | ||
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=== Planets === | === Planets === | ||
According to {{Ainley}}, the [[Cheetah World]] had high levels of artron energy in its magnetosphere, which the [[Seventh Doctor]] concluded was how it transformed those on the planet into [[Cheetah People]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | According to {{Ainley}}, the [[Cheetah World]] had high levels of artron energy in its magnetosphere, which the [[Seventh Doctor]] concluded was how it transformed those on the planet into [[Cheetah People]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') | ||
The planet [[Kirith]], one of the few remaining planets in the [[far future]], had high levels of artron energy in its atmosphere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | The planet [[Kirith]], one of the few remaining planets in the [[far future]], had high levels of artron energy in its atmosphere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | ||
The [[Tarsus system]] was immersed in a shockwave when it's star [[Tarsus Ultra]] collapsed into a spatial anomaly, throwing off a lethal space-time energy effect, "agitated [[chronon|temporal particles]]" containing artron particles. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]'') | The [[Tarsus system]] was immersed in a shockwave when it's star [[Tarsus Ultra]] collapsed into a spatial anomaly, throwing off a lethal space-time energy effect, "agitated [[chronon|temporal particles]]" containing artron particles. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (audio story)|Shockwave]]'') | ||
== Other references == | == Other references == | ||
When the TARDIS' [[Banshee Circuits]] were activated, it used the mental artron energy of the [[Time Scaphe]] crew to reconfigure itself into [[SARDIT|a multi-dimensional city]] reminiscent of those of ancient [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | When the TARDIS' [[Banshee Circuits]] were activated, it used the mental artron energy of the [[Time Scaphe]] crew to reconfigure itself into [[SARDIT|a multi-dimensional city]] reminiscent of those of ancient [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | ||
The entity known as [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] fed on artron energy, the best and most refined source being TARDISes | The entity known as [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] fed on artron energy, the best and most refined source being TARDISes. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] compared it to preferring fish fingers over raw fish. To accomplish this he would lure wayward TARDISes into the "[[bubble universe]]" in which he resided to devour their energy supply. However he couldn't devour raw TARDIS energy as the deaths of the TARDIS [[consciousness]] would create a hole in the universe, so he would transfer the TARDIS mainframe into a [[human]] receptacle and devour the remaining artron energy. ([[TV]]:'' [[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') | ||
The [[Khameirian]] [[Essence Chamber]] could drain artron energy from a TARDIS and use it power itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Option Lock]]'') | The [[Khameirian]] [[Essence Chamber]] could drain artron energy from a TARDIS and use it power itself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Option Lock (novel)|Option Lock]]'') | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] had an artron energy detector. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]'') | The [[Third Doctor]] had an artron energy detector. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]'') | ||
[[K9 Mark III]] was capable of detecting artron energy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | [[K9 Mark III]] was capable of detecting artron energy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') | ||
[[UNIT]] could detect artron energy by the early 21st century; [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' arrival in the home of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] prompted troops to storm the house. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three]])'' | [[UNIT]] could detect artron energy by the early 21st century; [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' arrival in the home of [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] prompted troops to storm the house. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]])'' | ||
Artron emissions from the area around [[Coal Hill School]] attracted a [[Skovox Blitzer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') | Artron emissions from the area around [[Coal Hill School]] attracted a [[Skovox Blitzer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') |