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Name:
Mondas
Also Called:
Planet 14
Marinus
Type:
Planet
Location:
The solar system
Natives:
Cybermen
Mondasians
Lizard Kings
Mondasian Sea Devils
Mondasian Horses
First Seen In:
The Tenth Planet
Appearances:
World Enough and Time
Spare Parts
The Reaping
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
The World Shapers
The Dead Heart
The Flesh Unbound
The Black Sky
The Hungry Sea
The Dark Flame
The Ugly Underneath
The Prodigal Returns
GEOGRAPHY
Mondas was identical to
When it approached the
NATIVE LIFE
Originally, the Mondasians resembled the humans of Earth in every respect. (
The Museum of the Last Ones had specimens of extinct species from Mondas. (
HISTORY
CREATION
Mondas was created by the Constructors of Destiny as an experiment of sorts to see how it would differ from Earth. (
ORIGINS OF THE CYBERMEN
One account says that Mondas originated as Marinus, a planet previously visited by the
Originally, Earth and Mondas occupied the same orbit in the Sol System. It was stated that “Mondas” was another name for Earth in one of the ancient languages. (The Tenth Planet)
This implies a high degree of parallel evolution and/or contact between the two worlds.
During a time when parts of Mondas had a tropical climate, Cybermen met and warred with
Some centuries after, human-appearing Mondasians of roughly 20th century technological development had appeared and Mondas had begun to move out of its orbit. Archaeologists had discovered remnants of the Cybermen. (The Cybermen: The Ugly Underneath)
This last account implied that the discovery of the extinct Cybermen would lead to the Mondasians deciding to use Cybertechnology, beginning the cycle of creation anew and creating a new race of Cybermen.
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