Former Doctor Who Colin Baker has returned to the set of the hit show after 20 years.
He met latest Doc David Tennant and co-star Kylie Minogue as they filmed the Christmas special.
Baker, 64, said: “The atmosphere was as special as I remembered it.
Advertisement“I had a moment of envy seeing David surrounded by bizarre aliens.
“We chatted. And I met Kylie Minogue, who was relishing the opportunity to demonstrate her acting prowess on TV again.”
Baker, who was appearing at the theatre in Cardiff near to the BBC1 set, added: “It looks like it will be a superb Christmas special.”
Monday, August 27
Sixth Doctor
Basic Info
Basics
Main Cast:
The Doctor - David Tennant
Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline Kin
Writers:
Russel T. Davies - 4 Episodes
Helen Raynor - 2 Episodes
Steven Moffat - 2 Episodes
Gareth Roberts - 1 Episode
Stephen Greenhorn - 1 Episode
James Moran - 1 Episode
Kieth Temple - 1 Episode
On a podcast, RTD confirms that 10 Downing Street makes an appearance in series 4 and has something planned for series 4 revolving around Egypt.
The Arc
"There's is a slight continuous strand that I've got in mind for Series 4. In Fact, it's mentioned fleetingly in the last couple of episodes of Series 3, tucked away in the way that 'Saxon' was in Series 2. But I'm Not going to tell you what it is. It was something that The Master Said......."
Yeah, there's always a story arc going on... weather its Bad Wolf, Torchwood or Mister Saxon.
SO, the ideas that have been passed around are:
Unconfirmed Rumors
Main Cast:
The Doctor - David Tennant
Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline Kin
Writers:
Russel T. Davies - 4 Episodes
Helen Raynor - 2 Episodes
Steven Moffat - 2 Episodes
Gareth Roberts - 1 Episode
Stephen Greenhorn - 1 Episode
James Moran - 1 Episode
Kieth Temple - 1 Episode
What's going on:
- Donna Noble is the new companion
- Martha will be reappearing
- Rose is back for episodes 11, 12 & 13
- Jack is returning for the finale
- As are Gwen and Ianto
- Jackie & Mickey are back
- Sarah-Jane & Luke are back
- Davros & Daleks are the main foe
- Midnight (Midnight)
- The Ood Sphere (Planet of the Ood)
- Messaline (The Doctor's Daughter)
- Pyrovillia (The Fires of Pompeii)
- Shan Shen (Turn Left)
- Unknown
On a podcast, RTD confirms that 10 Downing Street makes an appearance in series 4 and has something planned for series 4 revolving around Egypt.
The Arc
"There's is a slight continuous strand that I've got in mind for Series 4. In Fact, it's mentioned fleetingly in the last couple of episodes of Series 3, tucked away in the way that 'Saxon' was in Series 2. But I'm Not going to tell you what it is. It was something that The Master Said......."
Yeah, there's always a story arc going on... weather its Bad Wolf, Torchwood or Mister Saxon.
SO, the ideas that have been passed around are:
- The Darkness - "Its coming from across the stars and no one can stop it"
- Rose - She just keeps popping up!
- Bees disappearing - Probably not an arc, but since its been mentioned several times, its likely to have some connection to whatever the arc is. Global warming due to the rift being activated maybe?
- The Doctor as a god - Referenced by the Master, "you must have felt like a god", and has been hinted at in Fires of Pompeii (he and Donna became household gods) Planet of the Ood (his name shall live in forever), and the Doctor's Daughter (where he practically created a civilization)
- The Medusa Cascade - Its been mentioned quite a few times already. Its clearly a place since the Doctor wanted to take Donna there, but what else could it be?
- The Shadow Proclamation - Just like the Medusa Cascade, its been mentioned quite a lot recently, and is appearing in the finale
- Lost Planets - Several references so far to lost homewords. In the words of the Doctor (said more that once) "How do you lost a planet?"
- The Time War/Gallifrey - "a new Time Lord empire" was uttered by the Master and both the Master and the Doctor mentioned Gallifrey and the war quite a few times. In VotD the constellation of Kasterborus was mentioned for the first time
- Creating new life - So far we've had Adipose, Ood, Sontaran and Vespiform hints of new life being created, not to mention Jenny as well.
- Cloning/DNA - Or something along those lines. From set reports of series 4, there are quite a few cloning ideas floating about.
- Living or Dying - Mr Copper makes reference to how if the Doctor could choose who would live and die, then he would be a monster... The Master sings "I can't decide whether you should live or die"... and there has been speculation that at the end of series 4, the Doctor will have to make s decision like this.
Unconfirmed Rumors
- DNA is the key to the series
- The Fob Watch will make a reappearance
- David Tennant is leaving
- David Tennant is not leaving
- David Tennant is leaving
- David Tennant is not leaving
- David Tennant is doing the 2009 specials
- Apparently the Doctor will have to choose which companion he takes with him, and which one he leaves to die - This is speculated to be Donna.
- Apparently Rose will have a new boyfriend
- James Nesbitt is rumoured to be lined up for a part in series four?
- RTD eats with Nigel Harmann causing immediate speculation about him appearing in a guest role on Doctor Who...
- Simm to body-swap with DT at end of 2009 special, resulting in series 5 featuring Simm as the Tenth Doctor and DT as the Master, with the body-swap undone at the end of the series?
- Harriet Jones is coming back and will play the new Dalek emperor.
Cybermen
Home Planet: Mondas or Parallel Earth
Life Form: Cybernetic Organism
Physical Characteristics:
The Cybermen were seen to change with almost every encounter. The Cybermen are humanoid, but have been cybernetically augmented to the point where they have few remaining organic parts. Their appearance constantly changes almost as though they continue to 'upgrade' themselves.
Usual Cyber features include:
It has been suggested thatCybermen deliberately remove their emotions as part of the conversion process to stifle the physical and emotional trauma of becoming a Cyberman. The conversion process in the parallel Earth is termed "upgrading".
During this 'upgrading' process, some of the parallel Earth Cybermen did retain some memories of their pre-conversion lives, although their emotional response was varied.
Cybermen have a number of major weaknesses:
Weapons
Over the years Cybermen have been shown with various forms of weaponry:
History
Origins
During prehistoric times, the planet Mondas was knocked out of solar orbit and drifted into deep space. Because the Mondasians were dying out, they replaced most of their bodies with Cybernetic parts in order to survive and continue the race - much like the Toclafane. They eventually removed all emotion from their brains to prevent themselves going mad because of what they had done to themselves.
As the original race was limited in numbers and were continually being depleted, the Mondasians — now Cybermen — became a race of conquerors who reproduced by taking other organic beings and forcibly changing them into Cybermen.
The Cybermen faced complete defeat now that humanity was united against them in the Cyber-Wars. The glittergun had been developed as a weapon against them, and the native Cryons of the planet Telos had also risen up and sabotaged their hibernation tombs. Using a captured time travel machine, a group of Cybermen travelled back to Earth in 1985 to try to prevent the destruction of Mondas, but were stopped by the Sixth Doctor.
Parallel Earth
More recently, the Tenth Doctor crashed into a parallel universe where the Cybermen are being created on modern-day Earth. These alternate Cybermen were created as an 'upgrade' to humanity, allowing the brain to survive in an ageless steel body. These Cybermen also referred to themselves as 'Human.2' and deleted all those deemed incompatible with the upgrade. They were eventually stopped by The Doctor and Mickey.
They Cybers offered a truce and the idea that the two great races should join together. However, the Daleks refused as they still believe that every other race should be exterminated. This resulted in an all out war in the middle of London with Cybers trying to 'upgrade' all of humanity and the Daleks trying to destroy everything.
They were both stopped in the end by The Doctor who re-opened the breach, causing the Cybermen and Daleks (who had been saturated with background radiation from the Void) to be sucked back into it. The breach then sealed itself, leaving the Cybermen and Daleks seemingly trapped in the Void forever.
Return
The Cybermen returned in the Xmas special 'The Next Doctor' where they were joined by Cybershades and a CyberKing. The Doctor used stolen Dalek technology to send the huge CyberKing into the time vortex.
Episodes appeared: The Tenth Planet, The Moonbase, the Invasion, Revenge of the Cybermen, Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Carnival of Monsters (briefly), Silver Nemesis, Dalek (briefly), Rise of the Cybermen, the Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, The Next Doctor, The Pandorica Opens.
Life Form: Cybernetic Organism
Physical Characteristics:
The Cybermen were seen to change with almost every encounter. The Cybermen are humanoid, but have been cybernetically augmented to the point where they have few remaining organic parts. Their appearance constantly changes almost as though they continue to 'upgrade' themselves.
Usual Cyber features include:
- A metalic body
- Mask like, unmovable face
- A human brain
- Varieties of weapons
- A neural inhibitor - removing emotion
It has been suggested thatCybermen deliberately remove their emotions as part of the conversion process to stifle the physical and emotional trauma of becoming a Cyberman. The conversion process in the parallel Earth is termed "upgrading".
During this 'upgrading' process, some of the parallel Earth Cybermen did retain some memories of their pre-conversion lives, although their emotional response was varied.
Cybermen have a number of major weaknesses:
- Gold
- Solvents
- Their own guns
- Gravity based technology
- Excessive levels of radiation
- Breaking of their neural inhibitors
Weapons
Over the years Cybermen have been shown with various forms of weaponry:
- Large energy weapons attached to their chests
- An electrical discharge from their hands, which stunned the target
- A hand-held cyber-weapon shaped like a pistol - 'X-ray laser'
- A large laser cannon
- 'Death rays' built into the chest unit
- Large rifles for medium distance combat
- Weapons built into the helmet
- Hand-held cyberguns
- The ability to electrocute victims through touch
- A retractable energy weapon housed within the forearm
History
Origins
During prehistoric times, the planet Mondas was knocked out of solar orbit and drifted into deep space. Because the Mondasians were dying out, they replaced most of their bodies with Cybernetic parts in order to survive and continue the race - much like the Toclafane. They eventually removed all emotion from their brains to prevent themselves going mad because of what they had done to themselves.
As the original race was limited in numbers and were continually being depleted, the Mondasians — now Cybermen — became a race of conquerors who reproduced by taking other organic beings and forcibly changing them into Cybermen.
The Cyber-Wars
Five centuries after the destruction of Mondas, the Cybermen had all but passed into legend. On the planet Telos, a Cyberman resting place was discovered where the Mondasians, before they had become entirely Cyber, had created large pods where they could be suspended in time. However, those hybenating within the pods were not Mondasians but full Cybermen. They were briefly revived before the Second Doctor returned them to their eternal sleep.
By the beginning of the 26th century, the Cybermen were back in force, and the galactic situation was grave enough that Earth hosted a conference in 2526 that would unite the forces of several planets in a war.The Cybermen faced complete defeat now that humanity was united against them in the Cyber-Wars. The glittergun had been developed as a weapon against them, and the native Cryons of the planet Telos had also risen up and sabotaged their hibernation tombs. Using a captured time travel machine, a group of Cybermen travelled back to Earth in 1985 to try to prevent the destruction of Mondas, but were stopped by the Sixth Doctor.
Parallel Earth
More recently, the Tenth Doctor crashed into a parallel universe where the Cybermen are being created on modern-day Earth. These alternate Cybermen were created as an 'upgrade' to humanity, allowing the brain to survive in an ageless steel body. These Cybermen also referred to themselves as 'Human.2' and deleted all those deemed incompatible with the upgrade. They were eventually stopped by The Doctor and Mickey.
The Battle of Canary Wharf
These parallel Cybermen reappeared 'Army of Ghosts' and 'Doomsday'. They did this by discovering a breach between universes caused by the passage of an interdimensional void ship. It was revelaed however, that the void ship did not belong to the Cybermen but was in the possession of the Daleks. For the first time ever, Dalek and Cybermen met face to face.
They were both stopped in the end by The Doctor who re-opened the breach, causing the Cybermen and Daleks (who had been saturated with background radiation from the Void) to be sucked back into it. The breach then sealed itself, leaving the Cybermen and Daleks seemingly trapped in the Void forever.
Return
The Cybermen returned in the Xmas special 'The Next Doctor' where they were joined by Cybershades and a CyberKing. The Doctor used stolen Dalek technology to send the huge CyberKing into the time vortex.
In 'The Pandorica Opens', the Cybermen were one of many aliens who formed an alliance against the Doctor.
Episodes appeared: The Tenth Planet, The Moonbase, the Invasion, Revenge of the Cybermen, Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Carnival of Monsters (briefly), Silver Nemesis, Dalek (briefly), Rise of the Cybermen, the Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, The Next Doctor, The Pandorica Opens.
Daleks
Home Planet: Skaro
Life Form: Cybernetic Organism
A Dalek is equipped with:
Dalek casings are made of a bonded polycarbide dubbed 'dalekanium'. The lower half of a Dalek's shell is covered with protrusions — 'Dalek bumps'. These are described as 'sense globes' or sensors and are also part of a self-destruct system. The armor has a forcefield that evaporates most bullets and absorbs most types of energy weapons.
The creature inside the mechanical casing is repulsive in appearance and vicious even without
its mechanical armor. The first-ever glimpse of a Dalek mutant was a claw peeking out of the shell. The actual appearance of mutants has varied, but in most cases they are octopoid, multi-tentacled creatures, having one eye and an exposed brain.
In 'Dalek', The Doctor described the Dalek as a genius: it could run through an electronic lock's billion combinations in seconds and download all of the information on the internet into its memory, showing the union of the biological and mechanical components.
For many years, it was thought that due to their gliding motion Daleks were
unable to tackle stairts. The Doctor once escaped the Daleks by climbing up a tower and characters escaping up a flight of stairs in the episode 'Dalek' made this same joke. However, the Daleks showed a new ability of being able to hover up the stairs. The various appearances of the Daleks in the new series have featured Daleks hovering and flying using an energy thruster.
History within the show
When the Daleks first appeared, they were presented as the descendants of the Dals, mutated after a brief nuclear war between the Dal and Thal races. However, in a later episode, the Dals were now called Kaleds, and the Dalek design was attributed to one man, the crippled Kaled chief scientist and evil genius, Davros.
Instead of a short nuclear exchange, the Kaled-Thal war was portrayed as a thousand-year-long war fought with nuclear, Biological and chemical weapons causing widespread mutations among the Kaled race. Davros experimented on living Kaled cells to find the ultimate mutated form of the Kaled species and placed the subjects in tank-like 'travel machines'.
The Daleks were thought to have been destroyed by The Doctor in the Time War, along with the race of the Time Lords. However, a single Dalek made an reappearance appearing to be the sole survivor. And later on, The Dalek Emperor returned, having rebuilt the Dalek race with human subjects. These Daleks and their fleet were reduced to subatomic particles in 'The Parting of the Ways'.
their DNA with humans. Dalek Sec volunteered and became the first human/dalek hybrid, however the three remaining Daleks rebelled and destroyed him. The Cult also attempted to create humans with Dalek personalities but this attempt failed after the Doctor interfered, Jast ahd Thay were destroyed and Caan escaped via another temporal shift. It is believe that Cann is the last remaining Dalek.
Episodes appeared: The Daleks, the Chase, the Daleks Master Plan, The Five Doctors (briefly), Genesis of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, Ressurection of the Daleks, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, Destiny of the Doctors the Dalek Invasion of Earth, Death to the Daleks, Day of the Daleks, Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End, The End of Time (briefly) Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang
Life Form: Cybernetic Organism
A Dalek is equipped with:
- A single mechanical eye-stalk mounted on a rotating dome
- A gunstalk containing a 'death ray'
- They can also be fitted with a projectile weapon
- A telescoping robot manipulator arm.
- Adaptation of trays, mechanical claws, or other specialized equipment like flamethrowers and blowtorches.
Dalek casings are made of a bonded polycarbide dubbed 'dalekanium'. The lower half of a Dalek's shell is covered with protrusions — 'Dalek bumps'. These are described as 'sense globes' or sensors and are also part of a self-destruct system. The armor has a forcefield that evaporates most bullets and absorbs most types of energy weapons.
The creature inside the mechanical casing is repulsive in appearance and vicious even without
its mechanical armor. The first-ever glimpse of a Dalek mutant was a claw peeking out of the shell. The actual appearance of mutants has varied, but in most cases they are octopoid, multi-tentacled creatures, having one eye and an exposed brain.In 'Dalek', The Doctor described the Dalek as a genius: it could run through an electronic lock's billion combinations in seconds and download all of the information on the internet into its memory, showing the union of the biological and mechanical components.
For many years, it was thought that due to their gliding motion Daleks were
unable to tackle stairts. The Doctor once escaped the Daleks by climbing up a tower and characters escaping up a flight of stairs in the episode 'Dalek' made this same joke. However, the Daleks showed a new ability of being able to hover up the stairs. The various appearances of the Daleks in the new series have featured Daleks hovering and flying using an energy thruster.History within the show
When the Daleks first appeared, they were presented as the descendants of the Dals, mutated after a brief nuclear war between the Dal and Thal races. However, in a later episode, the Dals were now called Kaleds, and the Dalek design was attributed to one man, the crippled Kaled chief scientist and evil genius, Davros.
Instead of a short nuclear exchange, the Kaled-Thal war was portrayed as a thousand-year-long war fought with nuclear, Biological and chemical weapons causing widespread mutations among the Kaled race. Davros experimented on living Kaled cells to find the ultimate mutated form of the Kaled species and placed the subjects in tank-like 'travel machines'.
The Daleks were thought to have been destroyed by The Doctor in the Time War, along with the race of the Time Lords. However, a single Dalek made an reappearance appearing to be the sole survivor. And later on, The Dalek Emperor returned, having rebuilt the Dalek race with human subjects. These Daleks and their fleet were reduced to subatomic particles in 'The Parting of the Ways'.
Later, the Cult of Skaro were introduced. These was a group of four Daleks: Dalek Sec, Dalek Caan, Dalek Jast, Dalek Thay, who were the only Daleks is existence to be given an imagination so that they could create battle strategies and plans. They had survived the Time War by escaping into the Void between dimensions.
their DNA with humans. Dalek Sec volunteered and became the first human/dalek hybrid, however the three remaining Daleks rebelled and destroyed him. The Cult also attempted to create humans with Dalek personalities but this attempt failed after the Doctor interfered, Jast ahd Thay were destroyed and Caan escaped via another temporal shift. It is believe that Cann is the last remaining Dalek.The Daleks returned again with Davros, in a bid to conquer the universe. They were defeated in their plan when Donna, as the DoctorDonna destroyed the Daleks and Davros presumably died in the flames.
Broken Dalek saucers were seen outside the smashed Citadel in The End of Time, where it was revealed that the Time Lords planned to have an armistice with the Daleks.
The Daleks returned once again with a new design in 'Victory of the Daleks'.
Episodes appeared: The Daleks, the Chase, the Daleks Master Plan, The Five Doctors (briefly), Genesis of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, Ressurection of the Daleks, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, Destiny of the Doctors the Dalek Invasion of Earth, Death to the Daleks, Day of the Daleks, Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth, Journey's End, The End of Time (briefly) Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang
Sunday, August 26
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Vashta Nerada
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Carnivorous swarm
Info: Vashta Nerada (literally: the shadows that melt the flesh) are microscopic swarm creatures which, when present in a high enough concentration, are totally indistinguishable from shadows.
Despite being microscopic as individuals, Vashta Nerada swarms are sentient, developing the ability to communicate if there is some sort of communications devise nearby. The last heard of the Vashta Nerada, they are inhabiting The Library, where the remains of their home forest now exists as books.
Episode appeared: Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead
Vespiform
Home Planet: Unknown, Silfrax Galaxy
Life Form: Morphing insectoids
Info: The Vespiform are a species resembling giant wasps, born in hives in the Silfrax Galaxy. Each possesses the ability to morph into other species and can breed with other species - including humans - to produce offspring.
Vespiform have a telepathic connection to objects called firestones, which contain part of their mind and, like Earth's wasps, they are vulnerable to water.
Episode appeared: The Unicorn and the Wasp
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Weeping Angels
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Stone humanoid
Info: The Weeping Angels evolved near the beginning of the universe and are described as "creatures of the abstract" and "the lonely assassins". One touch from an Angel sends their victims into the past to live out their lives before they were even born; the Angels then feed on the "potential energy" of the lives their victims would have lived in the present.
They also had a unique and nearly-perfect defence mechanism, quantum-locking, which caused them to turn into stone when being observed. When not being observed, they move incredibly fast to catch their victims. While in their locked state they appear as stone statues, often covering their eyes so that they will not see themselves, and lock themselves forever.
Episodes appeared: Blink
Werewolf
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Lupine wavelength haemovarioform
Info: Werewolfs have appeared several times throughout the Doctor's adventures. However, the most recent encounter explained how the werewolf was an alien entity that fell to Earth in 1540. Upon impact, only a single cell survived.
The wolf cell was cultivated in young boys kidnapped by the monks of the monastery, the Brethren, who turned away from worshipping God and began to worship the wolf instead. The werewolf showed an aversion to mistletoe, although whether this was a physical allergy or a conditioned reflex was not established. The werewolf was eventually dispelled through a dose of pure moonlight, although a single cell may have survived by infecting Queen Victoria.
Episode appeared: Tooth and Claw
The Wire
Home Planet: Unknown (possible Hermethica)
Life Form: Plasmic energy (possibly Hermethican)
Info: The Wire was originally the leader of a gang of criminals who could convert themselves into plasmic energy, and use this ability to take over cities on their homeworld. Eventually their reign of terror came to an end, and the Wire was executed, however it managed to preserve itself as an energy being that eventually escaped to Earth in 1953.
On Earth, it concealed itself in television signals, hiding under the disguise of a television presenter. Here is would transfer itself from set to set and feed on the electrical activity of the brains of those watching it. Its victims would be drained of neural energy, and their faces completely erased, making them mindless.
However, the Doctor was able to trap the Wire on a Betamax tape using a makeshift video recorder. The Wire's victims were restored to normality.
Episodes appeared: Idiots Lantern
Vashta Nerada
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Carnivorous swarm
Info: Vashta Nerada (literally: the shadows that melt the flesh) are microscopic swarm creatures which, when present in a high enough concentration, are totally indistinguishable from shadows.
Despite being microscopic as individuals, Vashta Nerada swarms are sentient, developing the ability to communicate if there is some sort of communications devise nearby. The last heard of the Vashta Nerada, they are inhabiting The Library, where the remains of their home forest now exists as books.
Episode appeared: Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead
Vespiform
Home Planet: Unknown, Silfrax Galaxy
Life Form: Morphing insectoids
Info: The Vespiform are a species resembling giant wasps, born in hives in the Silfrax Galaxy. Each possesses the ability to morph into other species and can breed with other species - including humans - to produce offspring.
Vespiform have a telepathic connection to objects called firestones, which contain part of their mind and, like Earth's wasps, they are vulnerable to water.
Episode appeared: The Unicorn and the Wasp
W
Weeping Angels
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Stone humanoid
Info: The Weeping Angels evolved near the beginning of the universe and are described as "creatures of the abstract" and "the lonely assassins". One touch from an Angel sends their victims into the past to live out their lives before they were even born; the Angels then feed on the "potential energy" of the lives their victims would have lived in the present.
They also had a unique and nearly-perfect defence mechanism, quantum-locking, which caused them to turn into stone when being observed. When not being observed, they move incredibly fast to catch their victims. While in their locked state they appear as stone statues, often covering their eyes so that they will not see themselves, and lock themselves forever.
Episodes appeared: Blink
Werewolf
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Lupine wavelength haemovarioform
Info: Werewolfs have appeared several times throughout the Doctor's adventures. However, the most recent encounter explained how the werewolf was an alien entity that fell to Earth in 1540. Upon impact, only a single cell survived.
The wolf cell was cultivated in young boys kidnapped by the monks of the monastery, the Brethren, who turned away from worshipping God and began to worship the wolf instead. The werewolf showed an aversion to mistletoe, although whether this was a physical allergy or a conditioned reflex was not established. The werewolf was eventually dispelled through a dose of pure moonlight, although a single cell may have survived by infecting Queen Victoria.
Episode appeared: Tooth and Claw
The Wire
Home Planet: Unknown (possible Hermethica)
Life Form: Plasmic energy (possibly Hermethican)
Info: The Wire was originally the leader of a gang of criminals who could convert themselves into plasmic energy, and use this ability to take over cities on their homeworld. Eventually their reign of terror came to an end, and the Wire was executed, however it managed to preserve itself as an energy being that eventually escaped to Earth in 1953.
On Earth, it concealed itself in television signals, hiding under the disguise of a television presenter. Here is would transfer itself from set to set and feed on the electrical activity of the brains of those watching it. Its victims would be drained of neural energy, and their faces completely erased, making them mindless.
However, the Doctor was able to trap the Wire on a Betamax tape using a makeshift video recorder. The Wire's victims were restored to normality.
Episodes appeared: Idiots Lantern
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