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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[ | The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]] land on what appears to be an idyllic world. So peaceful does it seem that Polly immediately dubs it "Heaven". After some exploration, Ben discovers the world is inhabited. [[The TARDIS]] crew go to meet the locals, [[near-Human]]s dressed in what resemble [[Greek]] clothing. They speak musically and stop the Doctor and his companions from bickering with each other. This world, it turns out, is actually named "Harmony", and they wish to ensure the name is accurate. | ||
At first, the TARDIS crew are amazed at the sumptuous treatment they're accorded. But as the Doctor begins to ask questions about the word, he encounters some nonsensical answers. Their hosts claim not to have either animals or farms. While his [[companion]]s are sleeping, the Doctor determines to figure out how the locals derive their nutirition. What he discovers is a rather gruesome room filled with heads. When his presence is detected by [[Alba]] and [[Sandor]], they tell him that their world once did have animals, but they died out long ago. Now they wait for people to come to their planet, so they can harvest ''them''. | At first, the TARDIS crew are amazed at the sumptuous treatment they're accorded. But as the Doctor begins to ask questions about the word, he encounters some nonsensical answers. Their hosts claim not to have either animals or farms. While his [[companion]]s are sleeping, the Doctor determines to figure out how the locals derive their nutirition. What he discovers is a rather gruesome room filled with heads. When his presence is detected by [[Alba]] and [[Sandor]], they tell him that their world once did have animals, but they died out long ago. Now they wait for people to come to their planet, so they can harvest ''them''. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[second Doctor]] and [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] have an especially contentious relationship here, perhaps because the second Doctor is generally characterised throughout [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|this annual]] as being considerably more like the televised [[first Doctor]]. At one point, the Doctor threatens to abandon Ben "in some world filled with loathsome monters [where] you may begin to feel at home at last." Their extreme discord, however, is a essentially a [[wikipedia:plot device|plot device]]. | * The [[second Doctor]] and [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] have an especially contentious relationship here, perhaps because the second Doctor is generally characterised throughout [[Doctor Who Annual 1968|this annual]] as being considerably more like the televised [[first Doctor]]. At one point, the Doctor threatens to abandon Ben "in some world filled with loathsome monters [where] you may begin to feel at home at last." Their extreme discord, however, is a essentially a [[wikipedia:plot device|plot device]]. | ||
* The Doctor gives the world the name "Arcady". Where he gets this name from is unclear, but it shouldn't be confused with [[Arcadia]], a world oft-mentioned by the [[tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[eleventh Doctor]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | * The Doctor gives the world the name "Arcady". Where he gets this name from is unclear, but it shouldn't be confused with [[Arcadia]], a world oft-mentioned by the [[tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[eleventh Doctor]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'') | ||
* The ''actual'' name of the planet, at least according to its inhabitants, is "[[Harmony (planet)|Harmony]]". | * The ''actual'' name of the planet, at least according to its inhabitants, is "[[Harmony (planet)|Harmony]]". | ||
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