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{{Infobox Object
{{Infobox Object
|image= [[Image:Terileptil_android.jpg|250px]]
|image       = Terileptil android full.jpg
|object name= Terileptil Android
|type       = [[Android]]
|type= [[Android]]
|origin     = [[Terileptil]]s
|origin= [[Terileptil]]s
|first      = The Visitation (TV story)
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]''
|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]''
}}
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The '''Terileptil androids''' were androids used by the reptilian [[Terileptil]]s. Like all Terileptil technology, the androids were aesthetically pleasing in their design. Terileptil androids can fire bolts of energy from their hands. The Terileptil used their androids as guards, servitors, and soldiers as well.  
The '''Terileptil androids''' were [[android]]s used by the reptilian [[Terileptil]]s.


When [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] battled the Terileptils, he also encountered one of their androids. It had been dressed in a cloack to give it the appearance of the [[Grim Reaper]], this enabled it to scare the locals. It was destroyed by [[Nyssa]] when it entered the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and she activated a machine that dislodged it's parts. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
== Characteristics ==
Like all Terileptil technology, the androids were aesthetically pleasing in their design. Terileptil androids could fire bolts of energy from their hands. The Terileptils used their androids as guards, servitors and soldiers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')


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== History ==
[[Category:Robots]]
In [[1666]], a group of Terileptils used one of their androids to kill [[The Squire (The Visitation)|a local squire]] along with his children, [[Elizabeth (The Visitation)|Elizabeth]] and [[Charles (The Visitation)|Charles]], and their [[servant]], [[Ralph (The Visitation)|Ralph]].
[[Category:Fifth Doctor enemies]]
 
Arriving after this attack, the [[Fifth Doctor]] encountered a Terileptil android dressed in a cloak to give it the appearance of the [[Grim Reaper]]. This let it scare the locals. It was destroyed by [[Nyssa]] when it entered [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and she activated a [[sonic booster]] that dislodged its parts. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')
 
== Other references ==
In the [[video game]] ''[[Happy Deathday]]'', played by [[Izzy Sinclair]] on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]], a Terileptil android was among a host of "every single [[enemy]]" that [[the Doctor]] had ever [[defeat]]ed, who were assembled by the [[Beige Guardian]] and pitted against the Doctor's first eight [[incarnation]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* The production team of ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]''  (1975-1994) had at one point during the mid 1980s considered a request of the Terileptil android doing someone's homework, before the writing of the sketch ''[[A Fix with Sontarans (TV story)|A Fix with Sontarans]]'' featuring [[Gareth Jenkins (actor)|Gareth Jenkins]] as [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|himself]].
 
[[Category:Androids]]

Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 May 2024

The Terileptil androids were androids used by the reptilian Terileptils.

Characteristics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Like all Terileptil technology, the androids were aesthetically pleasing in their design. Terileptil androids could fire bolts of energy from their hands. The Terileptils used their androids as guards, servitors and soldiers. (TV: The Visitation)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1666, a group of Terileptils used one of their androids to kill a local squire along with his children, Elizabeth and Charles, and their servant, Ralph.

Arriving after this attack, the Fifth Doctor encountered a Terileptil android dressed in a cloak to give it the appearance of the Grim Reaper. This let it scare the locals. It was destroyed by Nyssa when it entered the TARDIS and she activated a sonic booster that dislodged its parts. (TV: The Visitation)

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the video game Happy Deathday, played by Izzy Sinclair on the Time-Space Visualiser, a Terileptil android was among a host of "every single enemy" that the Doctor had ever defeated, who were assembled by the Beige Guardian and pitted against the Doctor's first eight incarnations. (COMIC: Happy Deathday)

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