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Moving pre Doctor's Wife DW TV references to behind the scenes. It's heavily implied to be the same energy so I don't think it should go completely.
(Biomass was referenced, but i didn't catch anything to do with artron energy. Checked the transcript, nothing there, so I've added template:Facts to this page. If artron energy can't be cited, it should be removed.) |
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'''Artron energy''' was a form of ambient [[radiation]] that existed in the [[time vortex]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)|Shield of the Jötunn]]'') later described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as a form of mental energy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') "artron particles" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (DotD audio story)|Shockwave]]'') that could be utilised in a variety of ways. Those who travelled through the vortex would absorb artron energy in the form of a "background radiation". Some life forms were even made of artron energy. | '''Artron energy''' was a form of ambient [[radiation]] that existed in the [[time vortex]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)|Shield of the Jötunn]]'') later described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as a form of mental energy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') "artron particles" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shockwave (DotD audio story)|Shockwave]]'') that could be utilised in a variety of ways. Those who travelled through the vortex would absorb artron energy in the form of a "background radiation". <!--Invasion of the Bane is the first BBC Wales era story to directly link the term with the background radiation. Do not add Dalek or Doomsday.--> ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'') | ||
Some life forms were even made of artron energy. | |||
Artron energy was named after the [[Time Lord]] [[Artron]], who was known as one of [[Rassilon]]'s great [[engineer]]s. He discovered artron energy, and experimented with wielding its power to restore and to heal. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'') | Artron energy was named after the [[Time Lord]] [[Artron]], who was known as one of [[Rassilon]]'s great [[engineer]]s. He discovered artron energy, and experimented with wielding its power to restore and to heal. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'') | ||
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The [[Eighth Doctor]] had a habit of using it to make [[toast]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] had a habit of using it to make [[toast]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
Some individuals with artron energy could be be detected and tracked. The Time Lords used this to recognise and track [[Irving Braxiatel]] after he planted a [[data bomb]] in [[the Matrix]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]'') | |||
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As {{Delgado}} explained, at least one specific signature of artron radiation could be used as a key to open portals to [[time lock]]ed dimensions. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') | As {{Delgado}} explained, at least one specific signature of artron radiation could be used as a key to open portals to [[time lock]]ed dimensions. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') | ||
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Coupling the human mind to a source of high-voltage [[electricity]] could result in a massive release of artron energy. The [[Eighth Doctor]] once compared the relationship between Artron and normal energy to the movement in the depths of the sea and the waves on the surface. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | Coupling the human mind to a source of high-voltage [[electricity]] could result in a massive release of artron energy. The [[Eighth Doctor]] once compared the relationship between Artron and normal energy to the movement in the depths of the sea and the waves on the surface. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
Artron energy would be absorbed by travelling through time, such as by travellers in a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: | Artron energy would be absorbed by travelling through time, such as by travellers in a TARDIS. <!--Invasion of the Bane is the first BBC Wales era story to directly link the term with the background radiation. Do not add Dalek or Doomsday.--> ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Playing House (comic story)|Playing House]]'') | ||
Even touching a TARDIS could cause the passage of artron energy. [[Clyde Langer]] absorbed some artron energy from the outside of the TARDIS as he was trying to enter it while it was trapped in a [[time loop]] made by [[the Trickster]]. He then used the energy to attack the Trickster, as he was time-sensitive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | Even touching a TARDIS could cause the passage of artron energy. [[Clyde Langer]] absorbed some artron energy from the outside of the TARDIS as he was trying to enter it while it was trapped in a [[time loop]] made by [[the Trickster]]. He then used the energy to attack the Trickster, as he was time-sensitive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
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The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] surmised that she and [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] weren't killed by the [[Kasaavin]] because they were [[time travel]]lers, fizzing with artron energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] surmised that she and [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] weren't killed by the [[Kasaavin]] because they were [[time travel]]lers, fizzing with artron energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
The first use of the phrase "artron energy" in the [[BBC Wales]] production era of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its spin off TV series was in the 2007 ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' TV story ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', in which Mrs [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Wormwood]] identifies it as background radiation and "The result of travels through the [[space-time vortex]]." Though not directly referred to as artron energy, the 2006 ''Doctor Who'' TV story ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' has [[Rose Tyler]] mention the Daleks evolved during the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] to use an undisclosed background radiation—which is soaked up "when you travel in time in the TARDIS"—as a power supply. She linked it to why the Dalek "[[Metaltron]]" that appeared in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' TV story ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' healed itself when Rose—a time traveller—touched its casing. Within ''Dalek'' itself, the Metaltron simply said that "Extrapolating the biomass of a time traveller [referring to Rose] regenerated me," with little further clarification. | |||
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