Traken
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Traken, (TV: The Keeper of Traken) or Traaken, (PROSE: The Cyber Files) was the homeworld of the Trakenites, a race of pacifists, and the capitol of the Traken Union. Its many plants required much care, a duty that was carried out by the Fosters.
The planet was in the system Mettula Orionsis and was watched over by the Keeper of Traken. It was said that there was so much good in the air that evil would just shrivel up and die.
The Doctor's companion, Nyssa, was a native of Traken. (TV: The Keeper of Traken)
Geography[[edit] | edit source]
While Traken had no seas, (AUDIO: The Perils of Nellie Bly) the settlement of Caslandir was coastal, with a beach and clifftops overlooking it. The Grove was found in Caslandir, and 10 miles away from the settlement was the waterfall Drakendir. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
One part of Traken was known as the Dark Hemisphere, which contained several islands. (AUDIO: The Toy [+]Loading...["The Toy (audio story)"])
History[[edit] | edit source]
Traken once had a monarchic system of government. (PROSE: The Immortals)
According to Nyssa, Traken stopped being reliant on robotic help either 11,000, (PROSE: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"]) or 12,000 years, years before her time. (AUDIO: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (audio story)"])
At some point a Trakenite colony on Serenity was founded. (AUDIO: Cold Fusion)
The Fifth Doctor took Nyssa to Traken in its primeval age (circa 1000 BC) to cure her of an illness, as all diseases had been eradicated on the planet by her native time. (AUDIO: Primeval)
The Second Doctor visited Traken with Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield. During this time Victoria met the then Keeper, who, having seen a glimpse of Traken's future, gave her a piece of his mind such that Traken would endure. That piece later became Viola, who had arrived on the planet with her creation Neverglade shortly before the Doctor did. Viola's presence there, along with Neverglade's universal map, played havoc with Traken's delicate biomatrix, and so they were requested to leave by Consul Symia. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
The Fourth Doctor visited Traken with Adric, where they met Nyssa and her father Tremas. They stopped the Master from stealing the power of the Source, before departing. (TV: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (TV story)"])
In 1981, Nyssa was transported from Traken to Logopolis by the Watcher. Soon after, whilst travelling to Earth from Logopolis in the Fourth Doctor's TARDIS, Adric and Nyssa witnessed Traken and Mettula Orionsis being destroyed by a wave of entropy. (TV: Logopolis)
Culture[[edit] | edit source]
Traken law was seen as sacred. (TV: The Keeper of Traken)
A number of festivals and events were celebrated on the planet, including the Feast of Melkur and the Gardenship Festival. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
There were no zoos on Traken. (AUDIO: Smoke and Mirrors)
Television existed on Traken, but it never became a popular form of entertainment. (PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life) Theatre also existed on Traken. (AUDIO: The King of the Dead)
Emails were banned on Traken as they were too distracting. (AUDIO: Ghost Walk)
Biology[[edit] | edit source]
Native flowers included Satona chlorensis (AUDIO: The Toy [+]Loading...["The Toy (audio story)"]) and lachanium. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"]) Night Hawks were a native bird which emigrated to the planet's southern islands at a particular time of year. (AUDIO: The Toy) The crested avar was another native bird. (AUDIO: Primeval) There also existed an animal which appeared sufficiently like an Earth horse to be termed a horse, at least according to Viola. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
References[[edit] | edit source]
Nyssa told the Fifth Doctor that the forests on Vortis reminded her of those on Traken. (AUDIO: Return to the Web Planet)
At Cranleigh Hall, several individuals wondered where Nyssa was from, due to her physical resemblance to Ann Talbot. Upon telling them she was from Traken, Robert Muir assumed it was near Esher. (TV: Black Orchid)
When Nyssa told Andrew Harper that she was from Traken, he assumed that it was in Ireland.
There was a village in England with the same name, which was 40 minutes away from Stockbridge. (AUDIO: Autumn)
Nyssa wondered if Arcadia was on one of the islands in the Dark Hemisphere. (AUDIO: The Toy)
