San Helios

San Helios was a planet which was briefly connected to Earth by a wormhole. Once a thriving world, it was laid to waste by an invading alien predator species that left it a barren wasteland.

Astronomical data
San Helios was in the Scorpion Nebula, on the other side of the universe from Earth. It had three suns, two blue and one red. The Tenth Doctor believed that they had the ability to enhance psychic powers, increasing Carmen's precognition. It appeared to have gravity and atmosphere roughly equivalent to Earth.

San Helios originally had a varied topography, with oceans, forests and deserts, but after the attack by the Swarm, the whole planet was covered in a sand-like substance. (TV: Planet of the Dead)



History
San Helios once had an advanced civilisation with a population of a hundred billion, and cities like San Helios City. San Helios traded in "waste products" with the Tritovore race. Around 2009 it was ravaged by the Swarm, and all life on it was devoured, turning the planet into a desert in less than a year.

After feeding off San Helios, the Swarm attempted to open a wormhole to Earth, accidentally trapping a group of humans on the planet. The humans escaped to Earth through the still-open wormhole. Doctor Malcolm Taylor closed the wormhole. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

Trivia

 * The planet's name is very similar to Sanghelios, a planet from the Halo franchise and homeworld of the Sangheili race. Like San Helios, it is also a desert world and orbits three suns.

San Helios