A Vespiform-human hybrid can live a normal life as a human until a burst of intense emotion awakens its alien biology. The Doctor scolded them. The Racnoss appeared in 2006 Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride". Urak and the enraged Tetraps capture the Rani in her ship and take her back to their home planet, to force her to help solve their natural resource shortages. It was a mutated fish created to monitor tide wave technology. The series resumed in 2005. In "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords" (2007), the Master rescues four Toclafane from the end of the universe prior to an eventual Big Freeze, using them to fake a first contact situation in order to draw the world's leaders into one place for easy capture. They are not technically Doctor Who monsters since they appeared in a failed attempt to restart the series before it was permanently revived. Sensorites. The planet is destroyed during the events described in the novel. They were created by Terry Nation. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Australian experts have named a newly-found species of trilobite — a segmented sea creature from 450 million years ago, pictured left — in honour of Doctor Who actor Tom Baker, right Big old beast below decks, and everyone who protests gets shoved down its throat. The Doctor and Amy travel to the wreckage of the Eldridge and are able to close the wormhole; the Zaralok is seen being dragged back to its own world, while the other anomalies disappear with it. However, the ship became lodged in the wormhole and held it open, allowing the creatures and the radiation to seep through. A Sontaran first appeared as the antagonist in the Third Doctor serial The Time Warrior (1973–74). They are attracted to temporal paradoxes that damage time, like bacteria swarming around a wound. Doctor Who, British science fiction TV series produced by the BBC. Fifi was released into sewer pipes to chase and devour escaping criminals. Mentioned in Wally K. Daly’s Doctor Who The Ultimate Evil story, a salesman named Dwarf Mordant was from a race known as the Salakans. However, each may have been driven by a particular motive – the Doctor wanted the part of the Arch Rec back from Gregor, Clara could have wanted revenge on the Van Baalens for being the cause of all the trouble, and Gregor and Tricky would want revenge for being mutated into a monster. The Elixir has remarkable healing properties, such as aiding Time Lords undergoing difficult regenerations; the Fourth Doctor was given some after brain damage in a mental duel with Morbius. The Doctor believed the race to have been wiped out during the crossfire during the Vardon/Kosnax war. The Slitheen are able to wear a human's skin as a disguise, using a compression field to shrink themselves. A new paper entitled “The Silurian Hypothesis" posits that an ancient technological civilization could have existed on Earth millions of years before humans. The Toclafane feature on the cover of the New Series Adventures novel, The Story of Martha, which chronicles Martha Jones's adventures during The Year That Never Was. 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Losing the last shred of hope they had, they turned on themselves, cannibalising their own bodies to create a new cyborg race. Living metal created by the Time Lords, capable of many tasks due to its origins. David Fisher was a very experienced television writer who wrote many scripts for popular series. In "The Unicorn and the Wasp", a Vespiform appears and goes on a killing spree in the style of Agatha Christie's murder mystery books. As they were originally created as confessional priests, Silents cannot be remembered unless they are being looked at, or if someone is wearing an eyedrive. They returned to their normal ways after the Animus was defeated by the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki. Savage Pig Men hide in the sewers, while on top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work. In issue #1 of the IDW published Doctor Who comic book, a Sycorax is collecting near-extinct species to use with shape-shifters for expensive hunts. Unlike the other time echoes, they could touch the present world, and killed Bram Van Baalen. They are roughly eight feet long, and the Menoptra claim that they are "little more than cattle". They are attracted to music as it causes the crystals in the fog to resonate in a way that produces delta waves. As they claimed to have done to billions of planets before, they intended to implant Shalka larvae into key segments of the population, mind controlling them into emitting a scream that would destroy the ozone layer. After the Slyther attacked a small group of humans, killing Ashton, Ian hit it with a rock, causing it to fall down a pit to its death. The Siren turned red with demonic-looking face when faced with resistance and germs. Remembered for its primitive special effects and compelling story lines, Doctor Who became a landmark of British pop culture. The whale has the features of other animals such as an anglerfish's angler, an octopus's tentacles and a scorpion's tail, as well as having a bright pink hide with bioluminescent patches. Thanks to "protein circuitry", she could appear before a species in a form that would be alluring to them for cooperation. Insectoid creatures that attempted to destroy Earth in 1958, in the Dry Springs of Nevada. When the ship she was doctor to crashed in a spatial rift where the Fancy had been becalmed (and the crew dead from a human disease), she impulsively started to take the injured of the ship, even if it was for a simple cut, showing a great lack of intelligence. Individual characters are listed in separate articles. When the Xeraphin emerged they built a Citadel to mark their new home but the Xeraphin were so plagued with radiation that they abandoned their original humanoid bodies and transformed into a single bioplasmic gestalt intelligence within a sarcophagus at the heart of the Citadel. The Trickster is briefly referenced in the Torchwood: Miracle Day episode "Immortal Sins". However, being nothing more than a program, the Siren had very little reasoning skills. As they are mostly made of calcium, they are vulnerable to acetic acid (vinegar). They are described as the "piranhas of the air", able to strip their victims to the bone in an instant in high enough densities. He then dedicated his life to finding and returning the already dispatched human children, hoping to gain inner peace by doing so. Shakespeare remarks he likes the sound of the word, obviously then going on to use it in The Tempest. The oval shape is a projection to display the whole sky; similar to the way the globe of the earth can be represented as an oval. The Doctor, having run out of regenerations and convinced of his foreseen death on the planet, intended to let the Daleks kill him, but Clara Oswald believed that the future could be changed and implored the Time Lords to help the Doctor. The Doctor finds out about the monster and gets involved in the politics of the planet--[4]. 13. COMPERE: The oldest living creature on earth has been found inside an ancient underground deposit in Texas, and as John Stewart reports, … Knock! Although not named on screen, they were referred to as "Reapers" in the publicity material for the episode. To sedate her patients, the Siren could sing a beautiful vocal song. DC's Doctor Fate is often compared to Marvel's Doctor Strange, though in many ways, the comparison doesn't fit. The Toclafane[8] are the last remnants of humanity from the year 100 trillion. ... With the Doctor imprisoned and the universe ending, Rory is visited by a future Doctor who helps free his present self. to avert a war caused by the Time Lords' return. The Uvodni is a bug-like race, first introduced in Warriors of Kudlak (2007). Sea Devils were turtle-like humanoids that lived in Earth's oceans millions of years before humans evolved. The Claw Shansheeth of the Fifteenth Funeral Fleet announce to Sarah Jane Smith via UNIT the death of the Eleventh Doctor, and take charge of the funeral procession; Mr Smith confirms their status as the undertakers of the universe, finding fallen heroes on battlefields. 1 Unveiling The TARDIS. They end up trapping their past selves in the Eye of Harmony's room by accident, setting up the existence of the Time Zombies. The name Toclafane is given to them by The Master, who takes it from the Gallifreyan equivalent of the bogeyman. The Trickster took the hotel out of time, trapping Sarah Jane and Peter in one second while the Doctor, Luke, Clyde, Rani and K9 were trapped in another. An unnamed gaseous alien parasite that comes to Earth to feed on orgasmic energy in "Day One" (2006), claiming that there's no other energy in the universe like it; it's possible that orgasmic energy is like a drug to the gas, and that it's addicted. The BBC show has also given viewers some of the finest, most heartfelt, and cleverest writing on television. The Doctor encounters one of humanity’s oldest adversaries in the New Year’s Day special. The DWM comic story is the first appearance of female Sycorax, who seem to operate separately from the males. A sentient star featured in the episode "42". This process creates for them an entirely new body and results in major changes in personality, but retains the Time Lord's memories and identity. Accordingly, they called themselves the "Academy of the Question. The Trickster was revealed to be vulnerable to artron energy (the power source of the TARDIS). Following them to Earth, the Shadow Kin, led by Corakinus, emerged through a tear in space-time at the school's prom night but were forced back by the Doctor. In "Tooth and Claw" (2006), a bacterial life form was worshiped by a religious order, and wanted to establish the Empire of the Wolf by infecting Queen Victoria. Sarah Jane and her companions were able to thwart its intentions; as a result, Mr Smith was reprogrammed and became a benefit to the human race once again. Other than their colour, they appear similar to humans. The Uvodni are mentioned in the audio book The White Wolf, when Ben remarks that the Uvodni could have helped them get home. However, the Doctor's intervention meant his nemesis' TARDIS was sent to Xeriphas where events became out of his control. The Cybermen sought to destroy their planet, to hinder the organics' ability to combat them in the Cyber Wars. The Doctor, through his various incarnations, sent the statue off Earth every 25 years, only for it to return, due to the bow and arrow being missing and thus draw the statue back; every great disaster in Earth's history that's 25 years apart was caused by it. Xyloks are a crystalline race that crashed into Earth as a meteorite about 60 million years ago. The production team based their design on the Grim Reaper, with their tails shaped like scythes. The Stenza are a warrior race who possess sub-zero body temperatures. Vervoids had about the size and strength of humans, but were covered in leaves which provided them with energy through photosynthesis. He makes a small appearance in "The Pandorica Opens" (2010). At one point, they attempted to do this by turning Melody Pond into a weapon to kill the Doctor. Clyde became charged with artron energy when he came in contact with the TARDIS while it was attempting to penetrate the Trickster's time rift. The Star Whale is a giant whale-like creature, presumed to be the last of its kind, used to pilot the Starship UK, so as to save its citizens from the dangerous solar flares. They chased it to 13 Bannerman Road, where they caught it in a garbage can. They hatch from eggs and are composed of living calcium. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. A Zarbi and a Menoptra were shown on cover of the first edition of Doctor Who Annual in September 1965 along with two other Doctor Who alien races, a Voord and a Sensorite.[11]. An alien creature is loose on board, having escaped from a block of Arctic ice. Each could be identitified, although not as easily with the Doctor and Clara, because of how they changed; the Doctor is stuck holding his head, and the Van Baalens are stuck to each other. The survivors had lain in suspended animation waiting for the planet to recover, but had overslept by several millennia. Their leader, Signora Rosanna Calvierri used a perception filter to appear as a human woman, who started a school for girls; it was a guise for seeking victims to be transformed into mates for Francesco's brothers. The asteroid was then retrofitted into the first of many spaceships, which the Sycorax then used to raid other planets, becoming feared interstellar scavengers. Its use appeared in the serials Inferno, Day of the Daleks, and others. 9 Thor (4000 Years Old) The age of Thor, a little like Wonder Woman, depends a lot on who is working on him at the time. Kudlak took orders from a battle computer that used the image of a female of his race as an avatar, which he referred to as "Mistress". Paradoxes can also allow them to directly materialise at the spot of the paradox. In the end, trying to get the firestone back, the Vespiform dies chasing after the item when Donna Noble throws it into a lake. The Enuma Elish is considered the oldest written creation story, perhaps from the second millennium B.C. A shot of the Trickster is briefly shown in the 2014 Doctor Who episode "Time Heist", describing him as one of many of the galaxy's most notorious criminals. It, often capitalized as "IT", was the main antagonist in Stephen King's IT. The Shadow Kin were a race of fire-type humanoids from the Underneath. The Time Beetle[7] is a member of the Trickster's Brigade, a group of aliens that serve the Trickster. As King, he ordered his army to retreat, and then he used the Cabinet of Souls to wipe all the Shadow Kin out of existence. In order to gain an audience with the Minds of Magnox themselves he must take a … They dress in Victorian attire and speak in rhyming whispers. He is perhaps best known today for his work on Doctor Who (1963), for which he wrote five stories during the Tom Baker years. Oldest and wisest, he is the one who listens to Clara and convinces the other two to save Gallifrey. During "The Time of the Doctor" (2013), it was confirmed by the Eleventh Doctor that a Time-Lord, naturally, is only allowed 12 regenerations, resulting in 13 different incarnations. The Trickster altered an incident in Sarah Jane's childhood in 1964 that originally led to the death of her best friend, Andrea Yates. The Doctor has said that Tenza puberty is "always a funny time", and said he might be back to deal with George again if something else goes awry. The Rani armed a pack of Tetraps for this purpose and used them as general henchmen to terrorise the native Lakertyans. A race of amphibious humanoids introduced in the First Doctor serial The Keys of Marinus (1964). The Siren is a virtual doctor that was aboard a spaceship of an unknown alien race that crashed in a dimension parallel to the ocean the ship Fancy was sailing on in 1699. They are quickly drawn into the machinations of the Toymaker, an old foe and a very bored creature from another universe who amuses himself by playing games with them - and cheating. A Wirrn larva is a green slug-like creature, varying in size from a few inches to 1 or 2 metres across. The robots are divided into three classes: An alien species in an endless war with the Sontarans, the Rutans appear as jellyfish-like glowing green spheres. Vampires related to the Great Vampires seen in State of Decay are featured prominently in the Virgin New Adventures novel Blood Harvest, the Missing Adventure Goth Opera, the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Vampire Science, and the Big Finish Productions audio dramas Project: Twilight and Project: Lazarus. The Reapers are apparently extradimensional, materialising and dematerialising out of the spacetime vortex. Their bodies are a self-contained system, their lungs being able to recycle waste carbon dioxide and only needing to touch down occasionally on planetary bodies for food and oxygen. However, the Kovarian chapter, an offshoot of the Church, went to more extreme measures in their attempts to prevent the Doctor from speaking his name and releasing the Time Lords, travelling back along his timeline and attempting to kill him retroactively. In an accompanying "Monster Files" episode, Captain Jack raised doubts over whether the whole of the Trickster's Brigade consists of beetles, suggesting all individuals are of different species. They are equipped with numerous retractable blades. The Fourth Doctor revealed to Davros in Genesis of the Daleks that a battle between the Venusians and the Daleks "in the Space Year 17,000" was ended by the intervention of a group of battleships from the planet Hyperon. They have featured in the Fifth Doctor Audio Story Mission of the Viyrans and the Sixth Doctor Audio Stories Patient Zero and Blue Forgotten Planet. One of their attempts on the Doctor's life involved the destruction of his TARDIS, although this attempt backfired on them and ended up creating the very cracks in time through which the Time Lords were calling. According to him, the Question was actually, "Doctor who?" Directed by Toby Haynes. Perhaps the most epic appearance was … In the same episode, the Doctor saves Clara's life by sending her home to her own time, but in protest she clings to the TARDIS through the Time Vortex on its return. The Varga Plants (sometimes Vaarga) appeared in the First Doctor episode "Mission to the Unknown" and the serial The Daleks' Master Plan (1965–66), which were essentially a prologue and main epic respectively. The Shadow Kin arrived on Rhodia in the midst of a civil war and killed all the Rhodians and Quills save the Rhodian prince Charlie Smith and his Quill protector Miss Quill, who were rescued by the Twelfth Doctor and brought to Coal Hill Academy. In an alternate timeline, the Shalka arrived on Earth via meteorite, initially landing near Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, subsequently establishing a beachhead for their planned invasion of Earth beneath the Lancashire town of Lannet. Tenzas have powerful psychic abilities such being able to create monsters with just their imagination, as well as mentally creating massive perception filters that alter their foster parents' memories. He was travelling on Earth, seeking to discover the source of life. The Doctor needs to ask a vital question, but the answer is Grade 1 Classified! Frowners became Scowlers. It'll be the first time Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord has faced the deadly villains The Doctor asked them. Once humanity had depleted Mars's resources as well, the Usurians engineered Pluto so that humans could inhabit it. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler, The Wedding of River Song), Some of the events described in Maldovar's "prophecy" seemingly came to pass when the Eleventh Doctor and several companions were drawn to Trenzalore by the Great Intelligence, but these events were not what the "prophecy" actually referred to. They are known for surrendering as soon as possible, and actually enjoy being conquered. Considering he desires nothing but chaos, the Trickster is likely the most wanted criminal. They planned to flood Venice in an attempt to continue their civilization since their own planet Saturnyne was destroyed by cracks in the universe. However, the Van Baalens couldn't avoid their fate. They do not assert their own opinions often, just wishing to be ordered around or enslaved, as seen in the case of Gibbis and Albar Prentis. However, Noah still retained "more than a vestige of human spirit", probably thanks to the encouragements of the Doctor, and led the Wirrn into Nerva's transport ship even though he knew it was rigged to explode. Charlie decided to use a displacement gun to kill April and Corakinus, thus allowing Charlie to become the new Shadow King. Like bats, they sleep by hanging upside-down in a cavern. Collect and build the universe of Doctor Who with these 3D card diorama playsets that feature different time zones visited by the Doctor in the hit TV series. They are the dominant species of sentient humanoids on planet Spiridon in the Ninth System. The Doctor realised how to avert the future, killing all but Clara's echo by knocking them off the rail. Kamelion was freed from the Master and joined the Doctor's TARDIS crew in The King's Demons (1983). He comments that it "Reminds [him] too much of the Sycorax". The Sycorax first appeared in the debut Tenth Doctor story "The Christmas Invasion" in 2005. Vespiform are an insectoid species resembling giant wasps, born en masse in hives in the Silfrax Galaxy. The Doctor, Martha Jones, Sarah Jane Smith, and Torchwood staff Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper were all killed, the city of London was completely destroyed when the Titanic crashes into Buckingham Palace, Captain Jack Harkness is taken to the Sontaran homeworld, and millions of people die from threats the Doctor would have otherwise prevented. The arrival of the Master coincided with their emergence from the gestalt state when the radiation effects had subsided, and his influence caused the emergence of a split personality of good and evil, each side competing for their tremendous power while yearning to become a proper species once again. It vies for control with its host, causing physiological changes that will eventually cause the host's internal organs to explode. Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer took it inside Rani's house, but it escaped. Holding the record for the world’s longest running sci-fi show, Doctor Who’s popularity has grown worldwide. It covers alien races and other fictional creatures, but not specific characters. As of the 2005 revival series, the Time Lords are essentially extinct, apart from the Doctor, as they have been destroyed by him during the Time War. Here an account is given that the Vampires originally fed on mindless creatures they bred themselves, until the Time Lords attacking them forced them to feed on sentient species. The Trickster's Brigade serve the recurring The Sarah Jane Adventures villain, The Trickster. The older the thing they devour the more it satisfies them. Their language is called Sycoraxic. His face was blank, except for the vague impressions of the shape of a skull; he wore what seemed like dark ceremonial robes. It can interfere in deaths, by making deceptive deals to prolong life at a price. The Wirrn's life cycle involves laying their eggs in living hosts; the larvae emerge to consume the host, absorbing its memories and knowledge. They were also present during the siege of Trenzalore. When the Doctor, Clara, Artie and Angie arrive, the last thing they expect is the re-emergence of one of the Doctor's oldest foes. During Logopolis (1981), the Master caused the destruction of the Traken Union and its people by unleashing entropy back into the universe, leaving Nyssa (as far as she or anyone knew) the sole Trakenite in existence. The Raak was a sea monster experimented on by Crozier in Mindwarp. Their wormholes can transport the whole swarm an infinite distance through space. Doctor Who trailer reveals Daleks will return in New Year's Day episode. It can "infect" another organism through contact with a substance it excretes, mutating them into an adult Wirrn and connecting their consciousness to the hive mind. The basics of Holmes’ original ending are known—the Doctor and the Valeyard wind up locked in a never-ending death struggle in a “time vent,” which I’d guess was inspired by the Star Trek episode “The Alternative Factor.” But because of the behind-the-scenes breakdown catalyzed by Holmes’ death, none of his ideas are developed beyond hints and possibilities. While constantly having to evade the monster, the two slowly unravell the mystery of Poseidon, which has fallen under threat from not only the Zaralok, but also the Vashta Nerada and otherworldly radiation.