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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". <!--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]]'') | '''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]]'') | ||
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. Some life forms were even made of artron energy. ([[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]]'') | |||
== Properties == | == Properties == | ||
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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. | Artron energy would be absorbed by travelling through time, such as by travellers in a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Playing House (comic story)|Playing House]]'') Exposure to background radiation in time travel altered and enhanced [[Martha Jones]]' [[antibody|antibodies]], making them better at fighting diseases. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') A Dalek on the verge of death could be restored to operational status by the slightest touch from a time traveller, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') and the touch of a time traveller could be used to activate the [[Time Lord]]-constructed [[Genesis Ark]], which served as a dimensionally transcendental [[prison ship]] containing millions of Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | ||
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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== Behind the scenes == | == 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 [[Time vortex|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 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 [[Time vortex|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 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 regenerated me," with little further clarification. Also in ''Doomsday'', the [[Genesis Ark]] prison ship is described as Time Lord science that needs the touch of a time traveller to wake up. | ||
In the 2008 ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' TV story ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', [[Plummer]] says the [[lymphocyte]]s and "God knows what other cells" in [[Martha Jones]]' body have mutated. According to Professor [[Aaron Copley]], this is the result of a kind of radiation (not named in the story) which is not found on temporally stable environments on Earth, which gives Martha a "uniquely effective" [[immune system]]. | In the 2008 ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' TV story ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', [[Plummer]] says the [[lymphocyte]]s and "God knows what other cells" in [[Martha Jones]]' body have mutated. According to Professor [[Aaron Copley]], this is the result of a kind of radiation (not named in the story) which is not found on temporally stable environments on Earth, which gives Martha a "uniquely effective" [[immune system]]. | ||
