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https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Gobi_Desert
- "In the 21st century, UNIT Lieutenant Sam Bishop and Petronella Osgood were deployed to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in search of a Nestene energy unit. (AUDIO: Earthfall) "
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Earthfall_(audio_story)
Lieutenant Sam Bishop is finishing an assignment in Bangkok when he receives a call from Kate Stewart. She has a new job for him — hunt for a stray Nestene energy unit that has come down somewhere in the Gobi desert.
In Mongolia, Sam is joined by Osgood and they set off into the Gobi. But there are Autons in this desert. They are also looking for the energy unit, and they're ready to kill anyone who comes into contact with it.
PLOT
In Bangkok, Sam finds a woman who has been infected and mutated by an alien crystal and uses a stun net to capture her after she becomes hostile. After ordering UNIT to lock the crystal away and transport the woman to Group 6 in Tokyo, he receives a call from Kate telling him to travel to Mongolia to recover a Nestene energy unit which fell to the Gobi Desert after hitting a satellite. Instead of sending Osgood to Africa to assist the tracking teams there, Kate sends her to join Sam.
The Nestene Consciousness is concerned about the lost energy unit and tells Devlin that, if UNIT reach it first, their plans must be accelerated. Devlin, however, has already made arrangements for its recovery.
Osgood and Sam head to Dalanzadgad and are debriefed by Kate using a hologram projector. Josh informs Kate that a discreetly-purchased subsidiary of Devlin Futuretech has increased its purchase of crude oil by over 500% in the last year and it seems likely that Devlin is working with the Nestenes. Kate visits him and asks about his disappearance last year, learning that he suffered from fibrous dysplasia and has had his skull replaced with a plastic one. He reveals that he knows about UNIT and warns her not to interfere with his business given his connections.
Osgood and Sam find the crater, but the energy unit is missing and, after knocking Sam out, Jenna Gold and her Autons kidnap Osgood. Sam is found by Tarkhan and taken to his camp where he hands over the energy unit. Removed from its metal box, it is detected by the Nestenes and Tarkhan prepares to fight them. Devlin sends Jenna to find it and cuts across her before she can ask about Osgood's claims that the Autons are alien, having been told that they were built by Devlin Futuretech.
After leaving Devlin, Kate and Josh are followed by Jacqui and learn from her that people who have tried taking their printers apart have been found dead. Sam contacts her and she appears in the Gobi Desert as a hologram, checking on Osgood and telling her to run from Jenna before Tarkhan's tribe begins their attack on the Autons. Sam is wounded in the fight and, to keep the Autons from falling into the hands of the authorities, Devlin orders them to kill Jenna and then themselves. A new wave of energy units begins to fall and Kate sends Sam to Puerto Rico.
Osgood brings the energy unit back to the United Kingdom and Sam reports from the Arecibo Observatory that more than two-hundred units are on their way. Kate tells him to keep her posted and updates Geneva, needing their permission to move in on Devlin. Josh, however, has already made plans to infiltrate Devlin Futuretech.
With the energy units soon landing in remote areas where they can easily be recovered by Autons, the Nestene Consciousness tells Devlin that Earth will soon be theirs.
" The Nestene Consciousness, also known as the Nestenes, Crown Consciousness, (PROSE: Revenge of the Nestenes) Mother Consciousness to its Autons, (AUDIO: Brave New Town) and the Consciousness to UNIT, (PROSE: Operation Mannequin) was a disembodied life force, a hive mind race and a singular entity existing as energy with the ability to possess plastic.
The Third Doctor described the Nestenes as "ruthlessly aggressive [and] intelligent", (TV: Terror of the Autons) while the Eleventh Doctor thought of them as "vindictive". (PROSE: Strangers in the Outland)
The Nestene Consciousness could manifest itself either as the same solid plastic an Auton was made out of, as it did in its first invasion of Earth, or as a creature of "pure force and energy", as it did during the second invasion.
Its appearance was of a many-tentacled monster which was "something between spider, crab and octopus". (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons)
According to the Third Doctor, the Nestenes manifested themselves as a "disembodied, mutually telepathic intelligence", (TV: Terror of the Autons)vulnerable to radio signals given that the activation trigger was now also a "cross-frequency jamming wave". (PROSE: Operation Mannequin)
Physical manifestation for the Consciousness was conceptual, being more than just a brain in flesh; it could exist in various forms, various places, and even various times. (PROSE: Autonomy)
Because of their molecular affinity, the Nestenes had the ability to possess plastic, animating it and making it quasi-organic, "almost like flesh and blood". (TV: Terror of the Autons)
It existed within everything it controlled, with the more significant of these manifestations including the energy units which transported the Consciousness, the Auton robots used as soldiers, and the Nestene creature that served as the central brain/nervous system of the Autons, created from the collected intelligence of the energy units. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
The Nestenes could speak through their Autons (TV: Terror of the Autons) which they directed via the astral plane, (PROSE: Synthespians™) although to control larger numbers the Nestenes required a relay station or transmitter.
Although they had become pure energy, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion) the Nestenes could still transition into physical forms, either through energy conversion or by constructing plastic bodies for themselves. They were able to absorb the psychic energy of willing humans, (HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel) and could convert complete human bodies into energy. One Nestene that was absorbed into a human mind was capable of teleportation, projecting energy barriers, and materialising Autons, although it may have converted the humans to do so. (HOMEVID: Auton 3: Awakening)
While the Consciousness was a group mind, it could transport sections of its mind through radio waves, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons) separating parts of the Nestene Mind for invasions so as not to risk the entire Consciousness. With this, if an invasion failed the rest of the Consciousness would know about it. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion)
Nestene matter may have been capable of performing Block Transfer Computations, as they required morphologically unstable living organic matter to do so. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
Invasion strategy
The Nestenes invaded planets either for colonisation, using them for sources of plastic and protein, or to destroy them. At first they sent several plastic meteors to a planet. These asteroids could telepathically control specially created plastics, but were more effective when combined. The Consciousness would next control people to create Auton forces to help with further waves of invasions. Some of the planets which the Nestene Consciousness took over included Cramodar and Plovak 6. (PROSE: Synthespians™)
On some worlds, its takeover strategy was as follows: portions of the Consciousness would travel through space in hollow spheres known as energy units, making planetfall in formation but appearing like normal meteorites to indigenous lifeforms. When they became active, the spheres would pulse with light and ring with electronic beeps. The first spheres could place a local being under mental control. The Swarm Leader unit either created a facsimile of a native or an original native-form from scratch, (PROSE: Synthespians™) and would proceed to construct other Autons and collect the other spheres. The Autons could replace key authority figures. Once the Consciousness within them recombined in an environment tank, the Consciousness would take on a form that it believed perfectly adapted for conquest of the planet on which it had landed. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
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Origins
the Nestene Consciousness was born as a singular being. It was the progeny of Shub-Niggurath, one of the Great Old Ones, members of the earlier race of Time Lords who had ruled their own universe until it was destroyed (PROSE: Millennial Rites) by the Gods of Ragnarok, three of their own number. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) To escape their end, these beings "shuttled themselves sideways, into a parallel universe" before "jump[ing] back" into the new universe moments after the Big Bang. In the process, they all gained godlike powers due to still playing by the physical laws of their original universe. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire, Millennial Rites) Shub-Niggurath was already pregnant when she entered the new universe; she directed herself to the planet of Polymos. Her child infused into the entire planet and became the Nestene Consciousness. (PROSE: Synthespians™) In another universe, the Para-Nestene came into existence instead. (COMIC: Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth)
When they first arrived on Earth, Mankind had yet to evolve and so they made "deposits", burying a billion Nestene creatures along the planet's ley lines. Although some were destroyed over time, these sites would become holy, being worshipped, feared, or revered by Man. (HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel, Auton 3: Awakening)
During Greek times the Nestenes returned, realised there was nothing to take control of, and left promising to come back in a few thousand years. They left behind a pan-polymeric protoplasm, which Scaroth had sculpted into a mask for himself. (PROSE: City of Death)
The Nestene's first attempt to invade the Earth in the 20th century, using human-looking Autons to replace key government figures, was thwarted by UNIT with the help of the Third Doctor. The remains from this attempt were stored by UNIT. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
In their next attempt, the Master obtained one of the Nestene meteors and took over a plastics company. Using the company to create fake daffodils, disguised Autons would hand out these flowers for free. Eventually, once millions had been distributed, the Nestene would activate them by remote radio signals, causing them to suffocate and kill millions of people. The Master also created dolls, inflatable chairs and telephone cords to kill difficult individuals. The Third Doctor was able to figure out this plan. He convinced the Master that the Nestenes were too dangerous to be reliable allies, and they reversed the radio beam the invasion force was coming in on, sending it back into space. (TV: Terror of the Autons)
In 1989, the Nestene Consciousness tried to take over Earth using the computer company SenéNet.
In 1996, Doctor Sally Arnold, whilst attempting to discover an energy unit's function, reactivated it using UNIT's deep space satellite, it in turn communicated with the Nestene Consciousness and provided it power to activate several Autons from the Nestene's first invasion attempt. The energy unit was forced to adapt to the new environment allowing the energy unit to move around the facility and locate the remnant of the Nestene body from its first Earth invasion attempt. (HOMEVID: Auton) It eventually escaped the UNIT warehouse (HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel) and attempted to invade Earth again during the Millhampton Event of 1998. The invasion was thwarted by UNIT's cybernetically enhanced agent Lockwood and his team. (HOMEVID: Auton 3: Awakening)
On New Year's Eve, 1999, she planned to replace several key figures in the plastic industry with Auton replicas, in order that the Earth could be dominated and absorbed. The Seventh Doctor and Mel, gate-crashing the party, broke the Nestene link which de-activated her. (COMIC: Plastic Millenium)
In 2008, the Nestene Consciousness contacted the Autons of Thorington, Uzbekistan so they could destroy humanity, but the Eighth Doctor broke the connection so they could live their lives in peace. (AUDIO: Brave New Town)
In the 2010s a set of energy units fell to Earth. (AUDIO: Vanguard) The Nestene used Simon Devlin's company in their plans. (AUDIO: Earthfall) In this invasion, they used the internet to combine their energy (AUDIO: Bridgehead) and used Josh Carter to infiltrate UNIT. They could convert humans into plastic. (AUDIO: Armageddon)
A set of energy units were sent to infiltrate Omnia Forum ahead of its opening. The planet-sized store failed as a business however and the ion cloud around it stopped the units from withdrawing, leaving the Nestene only able to prey on passing tourists that could be lured there. Eventually the Nestene lured River Song there to steal her vortex manipulator to transport the energy units, however they were destroyed when the units tried to use the manipulator to travel through the ion cloud all at once. (AUDIO: Black Friday)
In the 101st century, the Nestene Consciousness was attempting to completely leave Polymos after an invasion by the Time Lords. It chose the New Earth Republic and attempted to transport its entire body to Reef Station One with the help of Walter J. Matheson. It was stopped by the Sixth Doctor, who trapped it in the body of an advanced Auton. (PROSE: Synthespians™)
Escaping to 2005 using warp shunt technology, the Nestenes infiltrated London once more. The Nestenes had lost their food planets in the Last Great Time War, so their intention was to overthrow and destroy the human race, as Earth was ideal for their consumption needs, being filled with smoke, oil and various pollutants. (TV: Rose [+]) They also planned to absorb the Ninth Doctor, so they could gain knowledge on how to pilot the TARDIS and invade other planets. (PROSE: Rose [+])
The Nestene Consciousness sent a hit squad of Autons to Trenzalore without weapons in their arms to sneak past the Papal Mainframe's technology barrier. It initially planned to parachute the Autons directly into the Eleventh Doctor's residence of Christmas to grab the Doctor and take him to his death, but upon the crosswinds blowing the Autons miles off course, the Nestene improvised a plan to lead the Doctor into a trap in Devil's Elbows Canyon in the Outland. This plan ultimately failed when the Autons were sunk beneath the surface of Lake Lagda while they were aboard the Lifeboat after the Doctor set off boronite explosives on board the Lifeboat. The Doctor speculated that the Nestene was still in Trenzalore's orbit, having used the Autons to hijack one of the spaceships, and believed that the Autons were likely the only thing the humans on Trenzalore were likely to see of the Consciousness. (PROSE: Strangers in the Outland)"
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https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Marco_Polo_(TV_story)
"Arriving in Central Asia in 1289, the Doctor and his companions join the caravan of the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo as it makes its way from the snowy heights of the Pamir Plateau, across the treacherous Gobi Desert and through the heart of imperial Cathay.
Having witnessed many incredible sights and survived a variety of dangers, they arrive at the mighty Kublai Khan's Summer Palace in Shang-tu, where the Doctor strikes up an extraordinary friendship with the now-aged ruler.
They move on at last to the even more sumptuous Imperial Palace in Peking, where the travellers save the Khan from an assassination attempt by the Mongol warlord Tegana — supposedly on a peace mission — before departing once more in the TARDIS."
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"At a Gobi Desert camp in 1289, Marco Polo challenged Ian Chesterton to a game of chess. Tegana considered it a "fascinating game of strategy of war". (TV: "The Singing Sands") Tegana would later play a game against Marco Polo. Susan would also play a game against Ping-Cho. (PROSE: Marco Polo)
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