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== Landscape == | == Landscape == | ||
Gliese's [[sky]] was blue, and it had two [[Star|sun]]s. The [[City (Smile)|city]] that would serve as the home of the colonists was surrounded by vast fields of [[wheat]]. The architecture of the city was made up of futuristic and smoothly designed buildings with many [[window]]s and an overall white colour. It has numerous plants and bodies of water flowing through the streets. | Gliese's [[sky]] was blue, and it had two [[Star|sun]]s. The [[City (Smile)|city]] that would serve as the home of the colonists was surrounded by vast fields of [[wheat]]. The architecture of the city was made up of futuristic and smoothly designed buildings with many [[window]]s and an overall white colour. It has numerous plants and bodies of water flowing through the streets. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') | ||
([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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As the colonists began to awaken, the Doctor briefed them on what had happened and why. But the humans, believing the Vardies simply wanted to kill them, took up arms and an open conflict erupted between the humans and the Vardy who at this point had begun showing the first signs of sentience. | As the colonists began to awaken, the Doctor briefed them on what had happened and why. But the humans, believing the Vardies simply wanted to kill them, took up arms and an open conflict erupted between the humans and the Vardy who at this point had begun showing the first signs of sentience. | ||
The Doctor ended the battle by erasing the Vardies' memory up until the moment they made the error of perceiving grief as a virus to be eliminated. Though the Vardy thought the city belonged to them, they welcomed the humans onto their new world and the Doctor made sure they would not make the same mistake. (TV: Smile) | The Doctor ended the battle by erasing the Vardies' memory up until the moment they made the error of perceiving grief as a virus to be eliminated. Though the Vardy thought the city belonged to them, they welcomed the humans onto their new world and the Doctor made sure they would not make the same mistake. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') | ||
== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
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Humans communicated over long distances through a wireless network that was implanted directly into their ears and used their nervous systems as circuitry. | Humans communicated over long distances through a wireless network that was implanted directly into their ears and used their nervous systems as circuitry. | ||
[[Mood indicator|Mood badges]] were handed out by Emojibots to the human residents and automatically put themselves on the human's back. They monitored their emotions. | [[Mood indicator|Mood badges]] were handed out by Emojibots to the human residents and automatically put themselves on the human's back. They monitored their emotions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* In real life, Gliese 581 D is a possible extrasolar planet that could potentially be habitable. | * In real life, Gliese 581 D is a possible extrasolar planet that could potentially be habitable. | ||
* The name of the planet is not stated on screen. However, it is named as the Emojibots and colonists' home on the BBC [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]],<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2VVgyZHpBTXg0fGxkQ1Fbjj/steadfast</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/50rJTlTdfS15GYtqs01PDp3/praiseworthy</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1cN3n10PShcGR21V9gwk4JG/the-emojibots</ref> and is named by the interviewer of writer [[Frank Cottrell-Boyce]] in [[DWM 512]] | * The name of the planet is not stated on screen. However, it is named as the Emojibots and colonists' home on the BBC [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]],<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2VVgyZHpBTXg0fGxkQ1Fbjj/steadfast</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/50rJTlTdfS15GYtqs01PDp3/praiseworthy</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1cN3n10PShcGR21V9gwk4JG/the-emojibots</ref> and is named by the interviewer of writer [[Frank Cottrell-Boyce]] in [[DWM 512]] - though not by Cottrell-Boyce himself. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
