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[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] lands on the [[Moon]] in 2010. As he steps out he remarks "Not where I expected, I wonder what drew me off-course?" indicating that he meant to land on [[Earth]]. He is guided downstairs into a research facility beneath the lunar surface. He is greeted by [[Dollund|Professor Dollund]] and [[Roberta Goodman]], using the psychic paper to pass as Inspector Smith from the Bureau of Alien Technology. Goodman explains that they are running Survey 4: a mission, started by the 'big industries', to discover natural resources on the Moon as the Earth has been "depleted". As the Doctor is lead into the mining room, [[Clinton Seymour]] announces news that their drill has found a power source deep underground. | [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] lands on the [[Moon]] in 2010. As he steps out he remarks "Not where I expected, I wonder what drew me off-course?" indicating that he meant to land on [[Earth]]. He is guided downstairs into a research facility beneath the lunar surface. He is greeted by [[Dollund|Professor Dollund]] and [[Roberta Goodman]], using the psychic paper to pass as Inspector Smith from the Bureau of Alien Technology. Goodman explains that they are running Survey 4: a mission, started by the 'big industries', to discover natural resources on the Moon as the Earth has been "depleted". As the Doctor is lead into the mining room, [[Clinton Seymour]] announces news that their drill has found a power source deep underground. | ||
The team of 3 begin the descent into the new tunnels to locate the power source. There is a nod to the Doctor's elevator trip in [[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]] during a scene in which the team are squished into a small mine elevator. Upon entering the chasm, Professor Dollund almost falls into a chasm after miscalculating the load-bearing ability of a rock under Earth gravity. They are greeted in the new cavern by [[Lisa Summerton]] and [[Henderson (The Dust of Ages)|Henderson]], two archaeologists. Tracing the energy signal to the wall, the Doctor begins to scoop away at the packed dust. It's not long before he discovers a stone hand - the source of the power. | The team of 3 begin the descent into the new tunnels to locate the power source. There is a nod to the Doctor's elevator trip in [[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|''The Impossible Planet'']] during a scene in which the team are squished into a small mine elevator. Upon entering the chasm, Professor Dollund almost falls into a chasm after miscalculating the load-bearing ability of a rock under Earth gravity. They are greeted in the new cavern by [[Lisa Summerton]] and [[Henderson (The Dust of Ages)|Henderson]], two archaeologists. Tracing the energy signal to the wall, the Doctor begins to scoop away at the packed dust. It's not long before he discovers a stone hand - the source of the power. | ||
Whilst examining the hand, Bobby accidentally snaps the hand from the wall. Dollund puts the hand in a box in his rucksack in order to take it back from analysis with Seymour. He and the Doctor walk back through the mines to the lab room. Upon arrival, Dollund unpacks his bag and to his amazement, the hand is gone. All that remains is a pile of dust. Bobby and her team call in and report that the hand has rematerialised in the wall. The Doctor and the Professor, dumb founded, make their way back with tools and vacuums. They begin to clean the statue and reveal more and more until they cause the wall to collapse. It’s revealed that the stone statue is an exact replica of the Doctor, with a Crystalline rock in its throat. | Whilst examining the hand, Bobby accidentally snaps the hand from the wall. Dollund puts the hand in a box in his rucksack in order to take it back from analysis with Seymour. He and the Doctor walk back through the mines to the lab room. Upon arrival, Dollund unpacks his bag and to his amazement, the hand is gone. All that remains is a pile of dust. Bobby and her team call in and report that the hand has rematerialised in the wall. The Doctor and the Professor, dumb founded, make their way back with tools and vacuums. They begin to clean the statue and reveal more and more until they cause the wall to collapse. It’s revealed that the stone statue is an exact replica of the Doctor, with a Crystalline rock in its throat. | ||
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* The Doctor is travelling alone, suggesting events in the Darksmith legacy occur after [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' as with the majority of media released in [[2009]]. However, as yet none of the books in this arc indicate this precisely; the storyline could just as easily take place during one of the Tenth Doctor's companionless intervals, such as between [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' and ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'' or between ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'' and ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''. | * The Doctor is travelling alone, suggesting events in the Darksmith legacy occur after [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' as with the majority of media released in [[2009]]. However, as yet none of the books in this arc indicate this precisely; the storyline could just as easily take place during one of the Tenth Doctor's companionless intervals, such as between [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' and ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'' or between ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'' and ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''. | ||
* Polymos (the Nestene homeworld) was first mentioned by name in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]''. | * Polymos (the Nestene homeworld) was first mentioned by name in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]''. | ||
* The TARDIS Databank states that the Moon is the only other world the humans have travelled to by the year [[2010]], however, this contradicts stories; [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' features man landing on [[Mars]] in the [[1970s]], though [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' later implies this was mostly a forgotten chapter in Earth's history of exploration. It is also established that [[Victorian era]] soldiers inhabit Mars in the year 1881 in [[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)| | * The TARDIS Databank states that the Moon is the only other world the humans have travelled to by the year [[2010]], however, this contradicts stories; [[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'' features man landing on [[Mars]] in the [[1970s]], though [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' later implies this was mostly a forgotten chapter in Earth's history of exploration. It is also established that [[Victorian era]] soldiers inhabit Mars in the year 1881 in [[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'', which is a direct contradiction. Also, see [[UNIT dating controversy]]. | ||
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