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'''The Source''' was a [[terraform]]ing device used in the colonisation effort of the [[planet]] [[Messaline]]. Over the time that the [[human]] and [[Hath]] colonists [[human-Hath War|fought each other]], the Source's true purpose was forgotten. The humans, at least, believed that it was the "Breath of [[Life]]", breathed by a female [[The Great One (The Doctor's Daughter)|Creator]] at the beginning of time and captured. The two races also believed that it had the power to destroy the race opposing the one who held it. It turned out to be the device their ancestors had brought to the planet to terraform it. | '''The Source''' was a [[terraform]]ing device used in the colonisation effort of the [[planet]] [[Messaline]]. Over the time that the [[human]] and [[Hath]] colonists [[human-Hath War|fought each other]], the Source's true purpose was forgotten. The humans, at least, believed that it was the "Breath of [[Life]]", breathed by a female [[The Great One (The Doctor's Daughter)|Creator]] at the beginning of time and captured. The two races also believed that it had the power to destroy the race opposing the one who held it. It turned out to be the device their ancestors had brought to the planet to terraform it. | ||
The terraforming process was achieved through the [[methane]], [[hydrogen]], [[ammonia]], and [[ | The terraforming process was achieved through the [[methane]], [[hydrogen]], [[ammonia]], [[amino acid]]s, [[protein]]s and [[nucleic acid]]s encased within the Source, and which the [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed could make a barren planet habitable for life. | ||
It was located by the Tenth Doctor. He broke its casing to activate it, showing the two races the true purpose of the Source and the reason they were actually on the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') | It was located by the Tenth Doctor. He broke its casing to activate it, showing the two races the true purpose of the Source and the reason they were actually on the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') |