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|individual name= The Garm
|image      = The Garm.jpg
|image= [[File:Garm.png|250px]]
|first      = Terminus (TV story)
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|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]''
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|actor       = R.J. Bell
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'''The Garm''' was a formidable [[humanoid]] of vaguely canine appearance who lived in the [[Forbidden Zone (Terminus)|Forbidden Zone]] of [[Terminus]].  
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]''
 
|actor= [[R.J. Bell]]
Unknown to some, he could speak, and his fearsome appearance concealed a harmless nature. He was in charge of the decontamination procedure for [[Lazar's disease]].
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'''The Garm''' was a formidable [[humanoid]] of vaguely canine appearance who lived in the [[Forbidden Zone]] of [[Terminus]]. Unknown to some, he could speak, and his fearsome appearance concealed a harmless nature. He was in charge of the decontamination procedure for [[Lazar's disease]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Whether or not he had a connection to the mysterious [[time travel]]ling builders of Terminus remains unknown, though if so, he seems to have outlived the rest of the passengers and crew. (The dead pilot of the Terminus, however, had a [[near-human]] appearance.) The [[Vanir]] used a box which generated sonic waves to control him. He had great strength and the power to ignore [[energy weapon]]s fired at him. He healed [[Nyssa]] by leaving her a [[decontamination chamber]] where [[radiation]] could cure her of Lazar's disease (a rather chancy procedure).
The Garm was imported from a radioactive planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Terminus (novelisation)|Terminus]]'')


The Garm helped the [[Fifth Doctor]] by using his great strength to prevent Terminus' engines from re-activating and possibly ending the [[universe]]. The Doctor then destroyed the box enslaving the Garm, freeing him to work with Nyssa to develop a proper cure. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')  
The [[Vanir]] used a control box which generated sonic waves to control him. The Garm had great strength and the power to ignore [[energy weapon]]s fired at him. He healed [[Nyssa]] by placing her in a [[decontamination chamber]] where [[radiation]] could cure her of Lazar's disease.
 
The Garm helped the [[Fifth Doctor]] by using his great strength to prevent Terminus's engines from re-activating and possibly ending the [[universe]]. The Doctor then destroyed the control box enslaving the Garm, freeing him to work with Nyssa to develop a proper cure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Garm is the name of a dog in [[Norse mythology]], that guarded the entrance to Hel, the land of the dead.
* Garm is the name of a dog in [[Norse mythology]] that guarded the entrance to Hel, the land of the dead.
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 15 August 2023

The Garm was a formidable humanoid of vaguely canine appearance who lived in the Forbidden Zone of Terminus.

Unknown to some, he could speak, and his fearsome appearance concealed a harmless nature. He was in charge of the decontamination procedure for Lazar's disease.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Garm was imported from a radioactive planet. (PROSE: Terminus)

The Vanir used a control box which generated sonic waves to control him. The Garm had great strength and the power to ignore energy weapons fired at him. He healed Nyssa by placing her in a decontamination chamber where radiation could cure her of Lazar's disease.

The Garm helped the Fifth Doctor by using his great strength to prevent Terminus's engines from re-activating and possibly ending the universe. The Doctor then destroyed the control box enslaving the Garm, freeing him to work with Nyssa to develop a proper cure. (TV: Terminus)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Garm is the name of a dog in Norse mythology that guarded the entrance to Hel, the land of the dead.