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[[Dark planet]]s were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting [[life]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Planet (short story)|The Dark Planet]]'') | [[Dark planet]]s were worlds which received almost no light, but which were nevertheless capable of supporting [[life]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Planet (short story)|The Dark Planet]]'') | ||
According to [[Joseph Holman]], [[human]]ity by its nature avoided darkness, and craved the light. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') Indeed, not just humans but almost every species in the [[universe]], according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], had an irrational [[fear]] of the dark. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') This was a primal fear, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') associated with [[childhood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'') The [[Sensorite]]s, due to a unique feature of their eyes, were blind in the dark and therefore terrified of it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') The inhabitants of the [[Planet of Light]] were unused to darkness, as their world's three suns provided perpetual light. When darkness did occur, which was once every three hundred years when all three suns were [[eclipse]]d, the inhabitants would go [[ | According to [[Joseph Holman]], [[human]]ity by its nature avoided darkness, and craved the light. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') Indeed, not just humans but almost every species in the [[universe]], according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], had an irrational [[fear]] of the dark. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') This was a primal fear, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') associated with [[childhood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'') | ||
The [[Sensorite]]s, due to a unique feature of their eyes, were blind in the dark and therefore terrified of it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') The inhabitants of the [[Planet of Light]] were unused to darkness, as their world's three suns provided perpetual light. When darkness did occur, which was once every three hundred years when all three suns were [[eclipse]]d, the inhabitants would go [[madness|mad]] with fear and destroy their civilisation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[World Without Night (comic story)|World Without Night]]'') | |||
According to [[Owen Harper]], who had experienced [[death]], after life there was only darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'' / ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | According to [[Owen Harper]], who had experienced [[death]], after life there was only darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'' / ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | ||
