Solar flare

Solar flares are bursts of energy given off by active stars periodically. Solar flares contain gamma radiation which can be used as a power source and they can devastate entire planets.

Historical significance

 * The greatest solar flare for a thousand years hit the Earth in 1930 and, attracted by dalekanium, striked the Empire State Building.(DW: Evolution of the Daleks)
 * Because of this being the greatest solar flare for a thousand years, it can be assumed that another solar flare hit the Earth in 2030.


 * Sometime after the 31st century, Human scientists predicted solar flare which activity would sterilize their homeworld, Earth and so took measures to prepare. (DW: The Ark in Space)


 * The Controller of the Game Station in 200,100 exploited a cycle of solar flares, which occured every eleven years, to warn the Doctor and his allies about a mysterious enemy. During this time her masters, the Daleks could not monitor her. (DW: Bad Wolf)


 * Circa 2,000,000 CE, the Time Lords transported the entire solar system using a magnetron. (DW: ''The Mysterious Planet).
 * In some unknown way, the move once more devastated Earth, which less informed people attributed to solar flares.