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[[Captain]] [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Cook]] acquired a set of two-headed [[coin]]s from a bug-eyed monster on [[Leophantos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
[[Captain]] [[Cook (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)|Cook]] acquired a set of two-headed [[coin]]s from a bug-eyed monster on [[Leophantos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')


[[Ace]] once asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] why bug-eyed monsters always chose to invade [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
[[Ace]] told Prof. [[Rachel Jensen]] that anyone who spent time with the Doctor eventually got used to bug-eyed monsters. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]'') She once asked the [[Seventh Doctor]] why bug-eyed monsters always chose to invade [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')


[[Sam Jones]] called a [[Janusian]] a bug-eyed-monster upon seeing it on the [[TARDIS scanner]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'')
[[Sam Jones]] called a [[Janusian]] a bug-eyed-monster upon seeing it on the [[TARDIS scanner]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
In [[Sydney Newman]]'s concept for ''[[Doctor Who]]'', bug-eyed monsters were to be avoided. Because of this he initially opposed the inclusion of the [[Dalek]]s; however, they ended up ensuring that the series would be successful.
In [[Sydney Newman]]'s concept for ''[[Doctor Who]]'', bug-eyed monsters were to be avoided. Because of this, he initially opposed the inclusion of the [[Dalek]]s; however, [[Dalekmania|their popularity]] ended up ensuring that the series would be successful.
 
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]]
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]]

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Bug-eyed monster

A bug-eyed monster was a generic term for an alien creature.

Both John and the First Doctor called the Kleptons bug-eyed monsters. (COMIC: The Klepton Parasites)

Sarah Jane Smith, during an argument with the Fourth Doctor, said that she was sick of, among other things, being savaged by bug-eyed monsters. (TV: The Hand of Fear)

Captain Cook acquired a set of two-headed coins from a bug-eyed monster on Leophantos. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)

Ace told Prof. Rachel Jensen that anyone who spent time with the Doctor eventually got used to bug-eyed monsters. (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games) She once asked the Seventh Doctor why bug-eyed monsters always chose to invade Earth. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

Sam Jones called a Janusian a bug-eyed-monster upon seeing it on the TARDIS scanner. (PROSE: The Janus Conjunction)

The Eighth Doctor, upon first seeing the Face-Eater, noted that UNIT would have called it a bug-eyed monster. (PROSE: The Face-Eater)

Clyde Langer, while distracting Lieutenant Koenig and his Nazis, claimed that he'd fought hideous bug-eyed monsters and defeated them all with his mobile phone. (TV: Lost in Time)

Behind the scenes

In Sydney Newman's concept for Doctor Who, bug-eyed monsters were to be avoided. Because of this, he initially opposed the inclusion of the Daleks; however, their popularity ended up ensuring that the series would be successful.