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==History== | ==History== | ||
As [[Steven Taylor]] explained, [[human]]s sent Mechanoids to prepare Mechanus for colonisation, but [[Earth]] got caught up in [[interplanetary war]]s such as the [[Human-Draconian War]], and the [[Second Dalek War|Second]]<ref>Steven does not directly mention the [[Second Dalek War]] in the novelisation of ''The Chase'', only the Draconian War and the Third Dalek War. However, the [[Virgin New Adventures]] later established the Second Dalek War as directly following the Draconian War, and so logically it would therefore be one of the conflicts which contributed to the abandonment of Mechanus. In the [[The Chase (TV story)|original television serial]], he makes a more generic reference to "interplanetary wars".</ref> and [[Third Dalek War]]s. No one was bothered with the abandoned Mechanoids, figuring they would run down or wear out, but the Mechanoids constructed [[Mechanoid City|their city]] and repaired themselves, continuing to function ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') even though the colonists never arrived. [[Steven Taylor]] crashlanded on the planet and was taken prisoner by the Mechanoids for several years, before being saved by the [[First Doctor]] and his companions as the Mechanoids and their city were [[Mechonoid Incident|destroyed]] by the [[Dalek]]s, while the travellers escaped in a [[Dalek time machine]] and [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | As [[Steven Taylor]] explained, [[human]]s sent Mechanoids to prepare Mechanus for colonisation, but [[Earth]] got caught up in [[interplanetary war]]s such as the [[Human-Draconian War]], and the [[Second Dalek War|Second]]<ref>Steven does not directly mention the [[Second Dalek War]] in the novelisation of ''The Chase'', only the Draconian War and the Third Dalek War. However, the [[Virgin New Adventures]] later established the Second Dalek War as directly following the Draconian War, and so logically it would therefore be one of the conflicts which contributed to the abandonment of Mechanus. In the [[The Chase (TV story)|original television serial]], he makes a more generic reference to "interplanetary wars".</ref> and [[Third Dalek War]]s. No one was bothered with the abandoned Mechanoids, figuring they would run down or wear out, but the Mechanoids constructed [[Mechanoid City|their city]] and repaired themselves, continuing to function ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') even though the colonists never arrived. [[Steven Taylor]] crashlanded on the planet and was taken prisoner by the Mechanoids for several years, before being saved by the [[First Doctor]] and his companions as the Mechanoids and their city were [[Mechonoid Incident|destroyed]] by the [[Dalek]]s, while the travellers escaped in a [[Dalek time machine]] and [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') An account was taken of the Daleks' battle with the Mechanoids during the former's mission to capture [[the Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mechanoid Mayhem (short story)|Mechanoid Mayhem]]'') | ||
{{Quote|The Government decided to open up this arm of the Galaxy, and sent out a fleet of ships to terraform any marginal planets. This place was one of them, and the shipful of colonizing robots came down to clear the landing sites, start building and generally make things as perfect as they could for the colonists. […] Earth got into the Draconian conflict, then the Third Dalek War. That ended the population expansions problem pretty drastically, and this arm of the Galaxy was promptly forgotten.|[[Steven Taylor]]|The Chase (novelisation)}} | {{Quote|The Government decided to open up this arm of the Galaxy, and sent out a fleet of ships to terraform any marginal planets. This place was one of them, and the shipful of colonizing robots came down to clear the landing sites, start building and generally make things as perfect as they could for the colonists. […] Earth got into the Draconian conflict, then the Third Dalek War. That ended the population expansions problem pretty drastically, and this arm of the Galaxy was promptly forgotten.|[[Steven Taylor]]|The Chase (novelisation)}} | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* In a [[Christmas Day|Christmas]] ident when a [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Dalek]] is booking a flight from an [[Earth]] [[airport]] Mechanus is noted to be near [[Skaro]]. | |||
*In a [[Christmas Day|Christmas]] ident when a [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Dalek]] is booking a flight from an [[Earth]] [[airport]] Mechanus is noted to be near [[Skaro]]. | * Initial drafts had the planet named Mechon.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/r.html?id=omahony Production Notes for The Chase]</ref> | ||
*Initial drafts had the planet named Mechon.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/r.html?id=omahony Production Notes for The Chase]</ref> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
