San Helios
San Helios was a planet which was briefly connected to Earth by a wormhole.
Astronomical data
San Helios was in the Scorpion Nebula, on the other side of the universe from Earth. It had three suns, two blue and one red. The Tenth Doctor believed that they had the ability to enhance psychic powers, increasing Carmen's precognition. It appeared to have gravity and atmosphere roughly equivalent to Earth.
San Helios originally had a varied topography, with oceans, forests, and deserts, but after the attack by the Swarm, the whole planet was covered in lifeless sand. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
History
San Helios once had an advanced civilisation with a population of a hundred billion, and cities like San Helios City. San Helios traded in "waste products" with the Tritovore race. Around 2009 it was ravaged by the Swarm, and all life on it devoured, turning the planet into a desert in less then a year.
After feeding off San Helios, the Swarm attempted to open a wormhole to Earth, accidentally trapping a group of humans on the planet in the process. The humans escaped to Earth through the still-open wormhole, and Doctor Malcolm Taylor closed the wormhole. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
Behind the Scenes
- Sanghelios is a similarly named fictional planet in the Halo series of games, from which the Sangheili (Elite) race originates. Both planets allude to the Sun, which is the meaning of Helios. In the case of Sanghelios, it refers to "Blood Sun", the several suns surrounding the planet and the warrior nature of the species that inhabits it, where as San Helios likely refers to the desert state the planet is now in.
