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{{rename|Either '''Veritas (species)''' or '''Veritas (Judgement Day)''', because of [[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]''.}}
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[[File:Veritas.jpg|thumb|The Veritas ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]'')]]
|image      = [[File:Veritas.jpg|thumb|The Veritas ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]'')]]
|name        = Veritas
|type        = [[humanoid]]
|aka        = The Monks
|affiliation =
|origin      = [[Veritas homeworld]]
|first      = Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|AUDIO: Judgement Day
|appearances = [[Extremis (TV story)| TV: Extremis]]
|individuals =
|clip        =
}}


The '''Veritas''' were an ancient alien race. The survivors have taken an extremist view on the truth, killing anyone who lies.
The '''Veritas''' were an ancient alien race with dwindling numbers. The survivors of the race took extremist views on the truth, killing anyone who had lied, due to the fact that the three surviving Veritas had been tricked into buying alien technology which they believed was a power source that could ultimately make their [[Veritas homeworld|homeworld]] more powerful. The tech actually contained a virus which destroyed all life on the planet, leaving only three Veritas - the three which had brought the technology back to the world - alive since they were inside a temple which protected them from the virus.


Three Veritas bought a power source from another alien race. They were told that this power source could make their home planet more powerful. However, it turned out to be a virus which destroyed all life on the planet. Only the three Veritas who bought the virus survived, since they were inside a temple which protected them from the virus. The Veritas realised that their whole race has been destroyed by a single lie, so they started to hunt down people and aliens who lied.
The Veritas realized that their whole race had been destroyed by a single lie, so they began hunting down people and aliens across the universe who had been known to have lied. They carried this on for centuries and eventually found out about [[Sarah Jane Smith]], a woman who had kept the secret of extraterrestrial life in the universe a secret to the rest of the world, and became hell-bent on punishing her.  


They did this for centuries until they found out about [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. Sarah Jane Smith had lied a lot to keep the existence of aliens hidden from humans and the Veritas wanted to punish her for that. However, when they saw the chaos that was caused when some humans found out about aliens they realised that Sarah Jane was right about hiding the truth. They let Sarah Jane go. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]'')
However, when the Veritas attempted to punish Sarah they discovered the pure chaos that their presence on [[Earth]] caused and decided that Sarah Jane was in fact doing the right thing by keeping what she knew a secret as some humans couldn't handle the truth of knowing about alien life. After their realization the Veritas let Sarah go. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]'')
 
Some time after this event, the Veritas became interested in Earth again. They created simulations or, [[Practice Earth|practice Earths]], in which they could practice world domination. [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]] and [[Nardole]] were all unknowingly part of the simulation and, after a call from [[the Pope]], the Doctor began working on a mystery in the hidden Library in the [[Vatican]].
 
A book, which shared the same name as the Veritas, had been discovered. Nobody could read the book's few pages without succumbing to taking their own life and one of the translators had finally decoded the book and uploaded it to the internet. Soon, the Doctor discovered that the book revealed the truth - that the world they all inhabited was not real and was just part of the Veritas' plan - and that the people killing themselves were actually "switching themselves off" to ensure that they couldn't be used at the Veritas' will. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]''
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Revision as of 10:31, 21 May 2017


The Veritas were an ancient alien race with dwindling numbers. The survivors of the race took extremist views on the truth, killing anyone who had lied, due to the fact that the three surviving Veritas had been tricked into buying alien technology which they believed was a power source that could ultimately make their homeworld more powerful. The tech actually contained a virus which destroyed all life on the planet, leaving only three Veritas - the three which had brought the technology back to the world - alive since they were inside a temple which protected them from the virus.

The Veritas realized that their whole race had been destroyed by a single lie, so they began hunting down people and aliens across the universe who had been known to have lied. They carried this on for centuries and eventually found out about Sarah Jane Smith, a woman who had kept the secret of extraterrestrial life in the universe a secret to the rest of the world, and became hell-bent on punishing her.

However, when the Veritas attempted to punish Sarah they discovered the pure chaos that their presence on Earth caused and decided that Sarah Jane was in fact doing the right thing by keeping what she knew a secret as some humans couldn't handle the truth of knowing about alien life. After their realization the Veritas let Sarah go. (AUDIO: Judgement Day)

Some time after this event, the Veritas became interested in Earth again. They created simulations or, practice Earths, in which they could practice world domination. The Doctor, Bill and Nardole were all unknowingly part of the simulation and, after a call from the Pope, the Doctor began working on a mystery in the hidden Library in the Vatican.

A book, which shared the same name as the Veritas, had been discovered. Nobody could read the book's few pages without succumbing to taking their own life and one of the translators had finally decoded the book and uploaded it to the internet. Soon, the Doctor discovered that the book revealed the truth - that the world they all inhabited was not real and was just part of the Veritas' plan - and that the people killing themselves were actually "switching themselves off" to ensure that they couldn't be used at the Veritas' will. (TV: Extremis