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'''Darkness''' was the absence of [[light]]. According to the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]], " | '''Darkness''' was the absence of [[light]]. According to the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]], "in the dark, we are all [[invisible]], and all [[blind]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Colophon (audio story)|Last of the Colophon]]'') Leela further explained that darkness needed light to define it, meaning that darkness could take form only with the presence of a source of light. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] held a deep respect for the dark, noting that " | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] held a deep respect for the dark, noting that "we'd never see the [[star]]s without it". ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') | ||
[[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]]'') | ||
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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]]'') | 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]]'' | 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]]'') | ||
While darkness generally impaired [[vision]], some people, with an ability for [[night vision]], could see well in the dark. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife (novel)|Halflife]]'', ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') | While darkness generally impaired [[vision]], some people, with an ability for [[night vision]], could see well in the dark. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife (novel)|Halflife]]'', ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Darkness of Glass (audio story)|The Darkness of Glass]]'') | ||
