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Jungle

A jungle was a very dense forest, usually located in hot climates. The Doctor encountered jungles on many planets in his travels, including an artificial jungle on the Ark. (TV: The Ark [+]Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1966).) He also had a jungle in his TARDIS. (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Dave Stone, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).) Planets that were dominated by their jungles were referred to as jungle planets.

Jungles on Earth[]

The Amazon was a jungle in South America. (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973). et al.)

Another South American jungle was home to a mushroom known as the Great Power. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks [+]1964.)

The First Doctor, John and Gillian visited a jungle on Earth in 2035 where they encountered the Caterpillar Men. (COMIC: The Caterpillar Men [+]TV Comic Annual stories (1965).)

Jungles on named planets[]

Planets which had jungles included Aneas, (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Dave Stone, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).) Basingstoke, (COMIC: Supernature [+]Jonathan Morris, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2010).) Betrushia, (PROSE: St Anthony's Fire [+]Mark Gatiss, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994).) Catastrophea, (PROSE: Catastrophea [+]Terrance Dicks, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998).) Chloris, (TV: The Creature from the Pit [+]David Fisher, Doctor Who season 17 (BBC1, 1979).) Deva Loka, (TV: Kinda [+]Christopher Bailey, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982).) Eden, (TV: Nightmare of Eden [+]Bob Baker, Doctor Who season 17 (BBC1, 1979).) Hondran, (COMIC: The Hunters [+]Trevor Baxendale, DWA comic stories (BBC Magazines, 2007).) Jenggel, (PROSE: Combat Rock [+]Mick Lewis, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2002).) Kar-Charrat, (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine [+]Mike Tucker, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2000).) Kembel, (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1965-1966).) Lumana, (COMIC: House Pests [+]Jason Loborik, DWBIT comic stories (GE Fabbri Ltd, 2007).) Magella, (PROSE: Birth of a Legend [+]Justin Richards, Doctor Who Files (2007).) Marinus, which had one called the Screaming Jungle, (TV: The Keys of Marinus [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv and BBC1, 1964).) Mechanus, (TV: The Chase [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).) Oroobia, (PROSE: The Doctor Trap [+]Simon Messingham, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2008).) Planet One, one of which included large mushroom-like structures, (TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).) Quorus, (PROSE: Doctor Who Fights Masterplan "Q" [+]1971.) Skaro, which had a petrified jungle, (TV: The Daleks [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1963-1964).) Spiridon, (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who television stories season 10 (BBC1, 1973).) Tigella, (TV: Meglos [+]John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch, Doctor Who season 18 (BBC1, 1980).) YT45 (AUDIO: The Mind's Eye [+]Colin Brake, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2007).) and Zeta Minor. (TV: Planet of Evil [+]Louis Marks, Doctor Who season 13 (BBC1, 1975).)

Jungles on unnamed planets[]

The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet defeated Questor in the Jungle of Tropicalus. (COMIC: [[[Death to the Doctor! (comic story)|[Death to the Doctor!]] [+]Jonathan Morris, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2007).)

The First Doctor, John and Gillian searched for an escaped didus in a jungle on a planet which was also inhabited by a hostile native tribe. (COMIC: The Didus Expedition [+]TVC comic stories (1966).)

The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield made their way through a jungle on a planet inhabited by Kraals. (COMIC: Freedom by Fire [+]The Dr Who Annual 1969 (Doctor Who annual, 1968).)

The Second Doctor, John and Gillian tested an exploration truck he had invented in a jungle on a planet where they also encountered and destroyed a group of Daleks. (COMIC: Jungle Adventure [+]Roger Noel Cook, TV Comic Holiday Special stories (1967).)

The Second Doctor and Jamie encountered Quarks in a jungle on an Earth-like world. (COMIC: Jungle of Doom [+]John Canning, TVC comic stories (1968).)

The Second Doctor rescued Jason Wurlitzer from dwarfs in a jungle on an Earth-like world. (COMIC: Operation Wurlitzer [+]TVC comic stories (1969).)

A planet used as a laboratory by the Daleks was mostly jungle. (PROSE: The Dalek Factor [+]Simon Clark, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2004).)

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