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[[File:Body print.jpg|right|thumb|[[Broton]] effects a change into the likeness of the [[Duke of Forgill]] using the latter's body print. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')]] | [[File:Body print.jpg|right|thumb|[[Broton]] effects a change into the likeness of the [[Duke of Forgill]] using the latter's body print. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')]] | ||
''' | A '''body-print''' was a image of a form used by the [[Zygon]]s to assume the likeness of others. The technology associated with this assisted the natural shapeshifting abilities of the Zygon. | ||
It was essentially a biotechnology which acted as a bridge between a given Zygon and a life-form they wished to emulate, and | It was essentially a biotechnology which acted as a bridge between a given Zygon and a life-form they wished to emulate, and imprinted the original onto the copy. The "originals" would be kept in stasis, attached to a machine. A Zygon could then access the machine remotely and request the shape of any life-forms then hooked up to it. | ||
The individual whose body-print was being used had to kept alive as the likeness periodically wore off, necessitating its re-assumption. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rest and Re-Creation]]'') When killed, a Zygon would lose its link to the body-print machine and thus revert to Zygon form. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Skywatch-7]]'') | |||
More acessible portable-hand-sized machine parts were later created. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough]]'') | More acessible portable-hand-sized machine parts were later created. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough]]'') | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 17 September 2014
A body-print was a image of a form used by the Zygons to assume the likeness of others. The technology associated with this assisted the natural shapeshifting abilities of the Zygon.
It was essentially a biotechnology which acted as a bridge between a given Zygon and a life-form they wished to emulate, and imprinted the original onto the copy. The "originals" would be kept in stasis, attached to a machine. A Zygon could then access the machine remotely and request the shape of any life-forms then hooked up to it.
The individual whose body-print was being used had to kept alive as the likeness periodically wore off, necessitating its re-assumption. (TV: Terror of the Zygons, PROSE: Sting of the Zygons, COMIC: Rest and Re-Creation) When killed, a Zygon would lose its link to the body-print machine and thus revert to Zygon form. (COMIC: Skywatch-7)
More acessible portable-hand-sized machine parts were later created. (HOMEVID: Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough)
If the body-print machine itself were damaged or destroyed, Zygons could shapeshift, but only in a limited fashion. Using solely their natural abilities, they could maintain a given form for up to two decades, but they lost the ability to transform into anything else, or to revert back to Zygon form. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth, HOMEVID: Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough)
