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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Several settings in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who universe|universe]] come from Hebrew words. They include, but are not limited to: | Several settings in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Doctor Who universe|universe]] come from Hebrew words. They include, but are not limited to: | ||
* The [[planet]] [[Sheol]]. In Hebrew, this means " | * The [[planet]] [[Sheol]]. In Hebrew, this means "underworld." Located within Sheol, ironically, is the [[city]] of [[Heaven (The Ruins of Heaven)|Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ruins of Heaven (short story)|The Ruins of Heaven]]'' | ||
* The planet [[Gehanna]]. In Hebrew, this means "hell." It was inhabited by [[Demoniac|Devil-like creatures]]. | |||
* The city [[Gehanna]]. This has the same root. It would be safe to assume that the [[Judaism|Jewish]] colonists who inhabited it named it after [[wikipedia:Gehanna|the Jewish hell]]. | |||
* The colony planet [[Ha'olam]]. In Hebrew, this means simply "the world" and is the word used in real-world Hebrew to describe [[Earth]]. Judging by this and obviously [[Jewish]] characters in the novel (like [[Shoshana Rubernstein]]), it is safe to assume that the planet has Jewish/Hebrew origins. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'') | * The colony planet [[Ha'olam]]. In Hebrew, this means simply "the world" and is the word used in real-world Hebrew to describe [[Earth]]. Judging by this and obviously [[Jewish]] characters in the novel (like [[Shoshana Rubernstein]]), it is safe to assume that the planet has Jewish/Hebrew origins. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'') | ||
