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After forty-seven minutes of this random activity, the cubes all simultaneously shut down, then displayed a countdown in glowing numerals. The Doctor watched one as it reached zero. The cube opened to reveal... absolutely nothing. But when exiting and looking at one of the UNIT consoles he discovered people around the world were being affected by some hidden phenomenon, dropping to the ground in pain. He then realised, while he suffered a pain in his chest that it turned off [[heart]]s, and though he was able to survive with one of his two hearts still going, the other victims of the cubes were dying of spontaneous heart attacks. | After forty-seven minutes of this random activity, the cubes all simultaneously shut down, then displayed a countdown in glowing numerals. The Doctor watched one as it reached zero. The cube opened to reveal... absolutely nothing. But when exiting and looking at one of the UNIT consoles he discovered people around the world were being affected by some hidden phenomenon, dropping to the ground in pain. He then realised, while he suffered a pain in his chest that it turned off [[heart]]s, and though he was able to survive with one of his two hearts still going, the other victims of the cubes were dying of spontaneous heart attacks. | ||
A second wave of cubes were | A second wave of cubes were commissioned to the Earth, but were the Doctor changed their function to restart the hearts of the people who had been killed while on the [[Shakri Ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)| The Power of Three]]'') | ||
''It is likely that there would have been a third wave as well, considering each wave would kill a third of the world population.'' | ''It is likely that there would have been a third wave as well, considering each wave would kill a third of the world population.'' | ||
