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:''This article is about the space-borne organisim. For the creatures from [[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]], see [[Alien Stingray]]s.
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'''Swarm''' may refer to:


'''The Swarm''' was a type of space-borne organism which had hung dormant in a cloud-like area of space near [[Saturn]] for millennia, until in [[5000]] it was picked up by the crew of a [[Titan Shuttle]]. It infected the relief crew for the [[Titan Base]], and through them eventually most of the [[Bi-Al Foundation]]
== Individuals ==
* [[Swarm]], the [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravager]], brother to [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]], servant of [[Time (mythology)|Time]] and enemy to the [[Fugitive Doctor|Fugitive]] and [[Thirteenth Doctor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'', etc.)
* [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|The Swarm]], an intelligent [[virus]] faced by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')


The Swarm worked like a disease, spreading by [[electricity|electrical]] pulses, which needed to make contact with a victim's eyes. This would turn victims into agents of the Swarm, answering to a [[nucleus]], a microscopic and virus-like sentient organism that controlled the swarm. Visually, an infected lifeform could be recognised by their growing of grey filaments around their eyes and hands.
== Groups ==
* A species of alien "[[Stingray]]s", collectively referred to as "[[the Swarm (Planet of the Dead)|the Swarm]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* A mysterious [[Swarm (Something at the Door)|swarm]] of creatures who existed in the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Something at the Door (short story)|Something at the Door]]''-)
* "The Swarm" formed by the [[Hornet]]s fought on multiple occasions by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]'', etc.)


There was no physical matter for the virus, which existed in a state in the mind/brain interface (though the nucleus had a crustacean-like form). This meaneant the swarm could affect non-living sentients such as [[robot]]s and would have a diminished effect on individuals that relied on instinct rather than reason.  
== Concepts ==
* [[Swarm (formation)]], the general concept of a disorderly swarm of beings.


Certain individuals (such as [[Leela]]) had certain antibodies that could defeat the virus. Addiitionally, the virus could be slowed simply by not thinking. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
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====Known Victims====
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*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
*[[K-9]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
*Professor [[Marius]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* The crew of the [[Titan Base]]
*Most of the [[Bi-Al Foundation]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'')
 
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