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|name = Metebelis III
 
|aka = Metebelis
 
 
|type = [[Planet]]
 
|type = [[Planet]]
 
|location = [[Acteon Galaxy]]
 
|location = [[Acteon Galaxy]]
|natives= [[Eight Legs]]<br />[[Human]]s
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|natives= [[Eight Legs]], [[Human]]s, [[Sheep]]
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|first= The Green Death (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Spiders]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''}}
 
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|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Spiders (short story)|Return of the Spiders]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Gentlemen, Please! (comic story)|Time Gentlemen, Please!]]''}}
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'''Metebelis III''' was a famous [[blue]] [[planet]] in the [[Acteon Galaxy]]. The [[Third Doctor]] had attempted to reach Metebelis III several times during his tenure as [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]'s [[scientific advisor]] on [[20th century]] [[Earth]], finally succeeding and meeting some of the dangerous native wildlife.
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}}'''Metebelis III''' was a famous [[blue]] [[planet]] in the [[Acteon Galaxy]]. The [[Third Doctor]] had attempted to reach Metebelis III several times during his tenure as [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]'s [[scientific advisor]] on [[20th century]] [[Earth]] after hearing about how beautiful it was, finally succeeding and meeting some of the dangerous native wildlife. His interaction with radioactive material there triggered his [[regeneration]].
   
 
== Astronomical data ==
 
== Astronomical data ==
The Doctor said Metebelis III was located in the Acteon Group. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
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The Doctor said Metebelis III was located in the Acteon Group. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')
   
The blue [[moon]] of Metebelis III gave the whole [[planet]] a blue tint at night. It had many different habitats, including desert plains, green forests and mountain ranges. Native species included a giant [[snake]], a species of giant [[bird]] and an intelligent, if primitive, species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') It was later colonised by [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
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The blue [[moon]] of Metebelis III gave the whole [[planet]] a blue tint at night. It had many different habitats, including desert plains, green forests and mountain ranges. Native species included a giant [[snake]], a species of giant [[bird]] and an intelligent, if primitive, species. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') It was later colonised by [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
   
The [[Metebelis crystal|blue crystals]] of Metebelis III could break [[hypnosis|hypnotic spells]] and [[mind control]]. The Doctor used the crystal to break the hypnosis of the [[computer]] called [[BOSS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') They could also enhance intelligence and [[psychic power]]s. Another type of stone on the planet could counteract the energy produced by the blue crystals. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
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The [[Metebelis crystal|blue crystals]] of Metebelis III could break [[hypnosis|hypnotic spells]] and [[mind control]]. The Doctor used the crystal to break the hypnosis of the [[computer]] called [[BOSS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') They could also enhance intelligence and [[psychic power]]s. Another type of stone on the planet could counteract the energy produced by the blue crystals. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
   
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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The [[Second Doctor]] considered abandoning the [[Time Lord|Time Lady]] [[Serena]] on Metebelis III when the Time Lords detected the [[Players]] interference on [[Earth]], but the thought was only temporary since the Time Lords supplied [[TARDIS (World Game)|a TARDIS]] only Serena could operate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'')
The Doctor attempted to visit Metebelis III a number of times, including once with [[Jo Grant]], on his first trip with the TARDIS after his exile was lifted.
 
   
 
The Doctor attempted to visit Metebelis III a number of times, including once with [[Jo Grant]], on his first trip with the TARDIS after his exile was lifted.
He later visited the world at an unknown time period, when he stole a crystal and was attacked by wildlife. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
 
   
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[[File:Messesd Up Doctor Metebilis III.jpg|thumb|left|A banged up [[Third Doctor]] braves Metebelis III. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')]]
At some time in the planet's far future, a [[human]] [[starship]] crash landed there. Humans and [[sheep]] survived the trip, as did some [[spider]]s. In four hundred and thirty three years, the crystals mutated the spiders into larger, sentient creatures that called themselves the [[Eight Legs]]. They enslaved the humans, harvesting and devouring them like livestock.
 
 
He later visited the world at an unknown time period, when he deliberately wired the TARDIS coordinate programmer to go to the planet, stole a crystal and was attacked by wildlife. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
   
 
At some time in the planet's far future, a [[human]] [[starship]] crash landed there. Humans and [[sheep]] survived the trip, as did some [[spider]]s. In four hundred and thirty three years, the crystals mutated the spiders into larger, sentient creatures that called themselves the [[Eight Legs]]. They enslaved the humans, harvesting and devouring them like livestock, and disliking their Earth origins, decreed the word "spider" as forbidden.
The Eight Legs planned to take over the rest of the universe, but required all of the blue crystals. The Doctor's theft of one of the crystals caused the ruler of the Eight Legs, [[the Great One]], to send her minions to Earth to retrieve it. The series of events which followed led to the replacement of the crystal, which flooded the body of the Doctor and the Great One with radiation. This caused the death of the Great One and the [[regeneration]] of the Doctor into his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
 
   
 
The Eight Legs planned to take over the rest of the universe, but required all of the blue crystals. The Doctor's theft of one of the crystals caused the ruler of the Eight Legs, [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|the Great One]], to send her minions to Earth to retrieve it. The series of events which followed led to the replacement of the crystal, which flooded the body of the Doctor and the Great One with radiation. This caused the death of the Great One and the [[regeneration]] of the Doctor into his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
[[Iris Wildthyme]] encountered the Eight Legs on the planet with her companion [[Timmy (The Scarlet Empress)|Timmy]]. However, Wildthyme had a habit of claiming the Doctor's adventures happened to her so the truth of this is unclear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'')
 
   
 
[[Iris Wildthyme]] encountered the Eight Legs on the planet with her companion [[Timmy (The Scarlet Empress)|Timmy]]. However, Wildthyme had a habit of claiming the Doctor's adventures happened to her so the truth of this is unclear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'')
Feeling slightly depressed, the [[Seventh Doctor]] revisited Metebelis III to try and revive his spirits, hoping the beauty of the planet would give him something to appreciate and the danger would revive his interest in life. This goal was almost too successful when he was captured and nearly eaten by one of the surviving Eight Legs, but he was saved by his [[Eighth Doctor|next incarnation]] as he paid a brief visit to his previous self. The [[Eighth Doctor]] used the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] he had recently stolen from the Master to kill the Eight Legs before it could eat them both. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
 
   
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The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason]] once visited Metebelis III, which was nowhere near as peaceful as the Doctor had been led Jason to believe. Jason later warned [[Crystal (The Ultimate Adventure)|Crystal]] that she was never to allow the Doctor to take her to the planet. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beyond the Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|Beyond the Ultimate Adventure]]'')
The Eighth Doctor travelled to Metebelis III with [[Bazima]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transmission Ends]]'')
 
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Feeling slightly depressed, the [[Seventh Doctor]] revisited Metebelis III to try to revive his spirits, hoping the beauty of the planet would give him something to appreciate and the danger would revive his interest in life. This goal was almost too successful when he was captured and nearly eaten by one of the surviving Eight Legs, but he was saved by his [[Eighth Doctor|next incarnation]] as he paid a brief visit to his previous self. The [[Eighth Doctor]] used the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] he had recently stolen from the Master to kill the Eight Legs before it could eat them both. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'')
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The Eighth Doctor travelled to Metebelis III with [[Bazima]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transmission Ends (short story)|Transmission Ends]]'')
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[[File:Blue_Moon_Tavern.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Strax]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] drink [[Lotus Gloom]]s at the [[Blue Moon Tavern]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Gentlemen, Please! (comic story)|Time Gentlemen, Please!]]'') ]]
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During their intergalactic pub crawl, the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Strax]], and [[Rory Williams]] visited the [[Blue Moon Tavern]] on Metebelis III and drank [[Lotus Gloom]]. Rory was shocked to discover that the drink was not consumed through the mouth, but by standing in a bowl of the drink. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Gentlemen, Please! (comic story)|Time Gentlemen, Please!]]'')
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By the [[30th century]], Metebelis was a desert wasteland. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')
   
 
== Other references ==
 
== Other references ==
[[Bernice Summerfield]] once visited a [[bar]] on Metebelis III. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'')
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[[Bernice Summerfield]] once visited a [[bar]] on Metebelis III. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'')
   
During an encounter with [[Faction Paradox]], the Doctor's history was changed so the Third Doctor regenerated on the planet [[Dust]] instead. The Eighth Doctor eventually learned the truth about the Faction's interference thanks to the interference of the TARDIS, allowing him to restore his original history and ensure the circumstances of his third incarnation's death occurred on Metebelis III. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'', ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'', ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
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During an encounter with [[Faction Paradox]], the Doctor's history was changed so the Third Doctor regenerated on the planet [[Dust (planet)|Dust]] instead, which also saw him being infected with a Paradox [[biodata]] virus. The Eighth Doctor eventually learned the truth about the Faction's interference thanks to the interference of the TARDIS, allowing him to restore his original history and ensure the circumstances of his third incarnation's death occurred on Metebelis III. Before history was restored, the Doctor's TARDIS, corrupted into the [[Edifice (TARDIS)|Edifice]] as it attempted to contain the infection in itself to protect the Doctor, also manifested bone spiders as remnants of the timeline it was trying to restore, as well as the temporal 'ghost' of the Third Doctor who should have existed before history was changed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'', ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'', ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'')
   
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a [[Metebelis crystal]] to boost the natural psychic abilities of [[Emma Grayling]], in order to create and sustain a wormhole to a pocket universe and to rescue [[Hila Tacorien]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
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The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used a [[Metebelis crystal]] to boost the natural psychic abilities of [[Emma Grayling]], in order to create and sustain a [[wormhole]] to a [[pocket universe]] and to rescue [[Hila Tacorien]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
   
Metebelis III was mentioned by [[Sarah Jane Smith]] just before her wedding, when she jokingly wondered where she would have sent [[the Doctor]]'s invite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
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Metebelis III was mentioned by [[Sarah Jane Smith]] just before her wedding, when she jokingly wondered where she would have sent [[the Doctor]]'s invite. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
   
Jo said to Sarah Jane that even if the Doctor died on somewhere as far as Metebelis III, she would feel it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'')
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Jo said to Sarah Jane that even if the Doctor died on somewhere as far as Metebelis III, she would feel it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'')
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Metebelis crystals were sold at [[Primo Temp]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Buying Time (comic story)|Buying Time]]'')
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The [[egg]]s on Metebelis III were blue. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]'')
   
 
== Behind the scenes ==
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* In [[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'', Matt Smith mispronounced the planet's name, saying 'Meh-teb-alis' instead of 'Met-a-bee-lis.'
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In ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'', Matt Smith mispronounced the planet's name, saying "Meh-teb-alis" instead of "Met-a-bee-lis".
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Revision as of 01:08, 4 September 2019

Metebelis III was a famous blue planet in the Acteon Galaxy. The Third Doctor had attempted to reach Metebelis III several times during his tenure as UNIT's scientific advisor on 20th century Earth after hearing about how beautiful it was, finally succeeding and meeting some of the dangerous native wildlife. His interaction with radioactive material there triggered his regeneration.

Astronomical data

The Doctor said Metebelis III was located in the Acteon Group. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

The blue moon of Metebelis III gave the whole planet a blue tint at night. It had many different habitats, including desert plains, green forests and mountain ranges. Native species included a giant snake, a species of giant bird and an intelligent, if primitive, species. (TV: The Green Death) It was later colonised by humans. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

The blue crystals of Metebelis III could break hypnotic spells and mind control. The Doctor used the crystal to break the hypnosis of the computer called BOSS. (TV: The Green Death) They could also enhance intelligence and psychic powers. Another type of stone on the planet could counteract the energy produced by the blue crystals. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

History

The Second Doctor considered abandoning the Time Lady Serena on Metebelis III when the Time Lords detected the Players interference on Earth, but the thought was only temporary since the Time Lords supplied a TARDIS only Serena could operate. (PROSE: World Game)

The Doctor attempted to visit Metebelis III a number of times, including once with Jo Grant, on his first trip with the TARDIS after his exile was lifted.

Messesd Up Doctor Metebilis III

A banged up Third Doctor braves Metebelis III. (TV: The Green Death)

He later visited the world at an unknown time period, when he deliberately wired the TARDIS coordinate programmer to go to the planet, stole a crystal and was attacked by wildlife. (TV: The Green Death)

At some time in the planet's far future, a human starship crash landed there. Humans and sheep survived the trip, as did some spiders. In four hundred and thirty three years, the crystals mutated the spiders into larger, sentient creatures that called themselves the Eight Legs. They enslaved the humans, harvesting and devouring them like livestock, and disliking their Earth origins, decreed the word "spider" as forbidden.

The Eight Legs planned to take over the rest of the universe, but required all of the blue crystals. The Doctor's theft of one of the crystals caused the ruler of the Eight Legs, the Great One, to send her minions to Earth to retrieve it. The series of events which followed led to the replacement of the crystal, which flooded the body of the Doctor and the Great One with radiation. This caused the death of the Great One and the regeneration of the Doctor into his fourth incarnation. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

Iris Wildthyme encountered the Eight Legs on the planet with her companion Timmy. However, Wildthyme had a habit of claiming the Doctor's adventures happened to her so the truth of this is unclear. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)

The Sixth Doctor and Jason once visited Metebelis III, which was nowhere near as peaceful as the Doctor had been led Jason to believe. Jason later warned Crystal that she was never to allow the Doctor to take her to the planet. (AUDIO: Beyond the Ultimate Adventure)

Feeling slightly depressed, the Seventh Doctor revisited Metebelis III to try to revive his spirits, hoping the beauty of the planet would give him something to appreciate and the danger would revive his interest in life. This goal was almost too successful when he was captured and nearly eaten by one of the surviving Eight Legs, but he was saved by his next incarnation as he paid a brief visit to his previous self. The Eighth Doctor used the Tissue Compression Eliminator he had recently stolen from the Master to kill the Eight Legs before it could eat them both. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)

The Eighth Doctor travelled to Metebelis III with Bazima. (PROSE: Transmission Ends)

Blue Moon Tavern

The Eleventh Doctor, Strax and Rory drink Lotus Glooms at the Blue Moon Tavern. (COMIC: Time Gentlemen, Please!)

During their intergalactic pub crawl, the Eleventh Doctor, Strax, and Rory Williams visited the Blue Moon Tavern on Metebelis III and drank Lotus Gloom. Rory was shocked to discover that the drink was not consumed through the mouth, but by standing in a bowl of the drink. (COMIC: Time Gentlemen, Please!)

By the 30th century, Metebelis was a desert wasteland. (PROSE: Original Sin)

Other references

Bernice Summerfield once visited a bar on Metebelis III. (PROSE: Blood Harvest)

During an encounter with Faction Paradox, the Doctor's history was changed so the Third Doctor regenerated on the planet Dust instead, which also saw him being infected with a Paradox biodata virus. The Eighth Doctor eventually learned the truth about the Faction's interference thanks to the interference of the TARDIS, allowing him to restore his original history and ensure the circumstances of his third incarnation's death occurred on Metebelis III. Before history was restored, the Doctor's TARDIS, corrupted into the Edifice as it attempted to contain the infection in itself to protect the Doctor, also manifested bone spiders as remnants of the timeline it was trying to restore, as well as the temporal 'ghost' of the Third Doctor who should have existed before history was changed. (PROSE: Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two, The Ancestor Cell)

The Eleventh Doctor used a Metebelis crystal to boost the natural psychic abilities of Emma Grayling, in order to create and sustain a wormhole to a pocket universe and to rescue Hila Tacorien. (TV: Hide)

Metebelis III was mentioned by Sarah Jane Smith just before her wedding, when she jokingly wondered where she would have sent the Doctor's invite. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)

Jo said to Sarah Jane that even if the Doctor died on somewhere as far as Metebelis III, she would feel it. (TV: Death of the Doctor)

Metebelis crystals were sold at Primo Temp. (COMIC: Buying Time)

The eggs on Metebelis III were blue. (AUDIO: The Man Who Wasn't There)

Behind the scenes

In Hide, Matt Smith mispronounced the planet's name, saying "Meh-teb-alis" instead of "Met-a-bee-lis".