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{{Infobox Species | {{Infobox Species | ||
|image=Steward.jpg | |image = Steward.jpg | ||
|type = Blue-skinned [[humanoid]] | |||
|type = Blue-skinned [[humanoid]] | |||
|affiliation = [[Platform One]] | |affiliation = [[Platform One]] | ||
|origin = [[Crespallion (location)|Crespallion]] | |origin = [[Crespallion (location)|Crespallion]] | ||
| | |first cs = The End of the World (TV story) | ||
| | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
|individuals = [[Steward (The End of the World)|Steward]], [[Raffalo]] | |individuals = [[Steward (The End of the World)|Steward]], [[Raffalo]], [[Dorium Maldovar]] | ||
}}{{you may|Crespallion (location)|n1=the location}} | }}{{you may|Crespallion (location)|n1=the location}} | ||
'''Crespallions''' were a blue-skinned race | {{ImageLink|Crespallion}} | ||
'''Crespallions''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011 reprint|page=71}}, [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') were a [[blue]]-skinned race of [[humanoid]]s native to the [[Crespallion (location)|place]] of the same name, which was not a [[planet]] but part of the [[Jaggit Brocade]], affiliated to the [[Scarlet Junction]], [[Convex 56]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
[[Dorium Maldovar]] was a notable Crespallion ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') and ally of [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'' et al.) | |||
== Biology == | |||
[[Humanoid]], Crespallions were distinguished from [[human]]s by their [[skin]] which came in varying shades of [[blue]]. Unlike humans, Crespallion [[lip]]s typically matched the colour of their skin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') They ranged dramatically in size from tall individuals to those the size of children. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
The [[eye]] [[colour]]s of Crespalliions varied; while a number had [[yellow]] eyes, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') some such as Dorium had eyes not unlike humans. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') | |||
== Culture == | |||
Certain Crespallions, such as the [[Steward (The End of the World)|steward]] of [[Platform One]] were distinguished by [[black]] facial markings, and a [[jewel]] embedded into the [[forehead]]. While their lips naturally matched the colour of their skin, [[Raffalo]] had lips marked black. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') Other Crespallions, such as [[Dorium Maldovar]], had no such markings. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') | |||
On Platform One, while the steward interacted with guests, Crespallion workers such as Raffalo required [[permission]] from guests to speak to them. Alternatively, the shorter workers communicated with the [[Ninth Doctor]] through non-verbal means, providing him with a card which read "Have a nice day." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
Crespallions were among the various [[species]] of [[ultramarine]] [[skin colour]] whom [[joy]]fully [[celebrate]]d [[Blue Monday]] on [[24 January]], others including the [[Balhoonian]]s, [[Stenza]] and [[Hooloovoo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'') | |||
== History == | |||
[[File:Dorium The Whole Thing's Bananas.jpg|thumb|Dorium was a Crespallion who became an ally of the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'')]] | |||
Many Crespallions were on [[Villengard]], as a concerned [[Dorium Maldovar]] pointed out, when the [[War Doctor]] planned to destroy the weapons factories using a [[molecular fruit bomb]] to prevent their being used by the [[Dalek]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') | |||
Dorium was the assistant of [[bar]] owner [[Senor Bensteth]] before he was fired. On the suggestion of the War Doctor, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') Dorium opened up his own bar, [[the Maldovarium]], which was visited by [[River Song]] in [[5145]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') Ultimately, Dorium was forced to close down his bar before being collected by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] for the [[Battle of Demons Run]], where he was [[behead]]ed by the [[Headless Monk]]s, who inducted him into their order. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') However, Dorium's [[head]] survived and reunited with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') | |||
By [[5,000,000,000]], a Crespallion served as a [[Steward (The End of the World)|steward]] hosting numerous [[event]]s on [[Platform One|Platforms One]], [[Platform Three|Three]], [[Platform Six|Six]] and [[Platform Fifteen]]. While hosting [[Earth Death]] in the [[year]] 5,000,000,000, the steward oversaw a Crespallion staff which included [[Raffalo]], a [[plumber]]. Shortly prior to the destruction of the [[planet]] [[Earth]], the steward and Raffalo were among those who were [[kill]]ed as a result of [[sabotage]] to the [[sun filter]]s inflicted by [[metal spider]]s used by [[Lady]] [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* According to ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'', | * According to ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'', the males were about the size of humans, while the females were no taller than a human child. | ||
[[ | * Possible other Crespallions, who both have the similar blue-skin likened to the species, are [[Dahh-Ren]] in ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]] and'' [[Jorj]] in ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]].'' However, both characters are only described as non-human. | ||
* The Crespallions are the first original alien species to appear in the 2005 iteration of the show. | |||
* During production of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2004, [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Phil Collinson]] complained of difficulty in finding actors of small stature to portray the Crespallions in ''The End of the World'' as "bloody [[Harry Potter|Gringotts]] and ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|the Chocolate Factory]]'' are filming at the same time."[https://web.archive.org/web/20050209085209/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15065672&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=exterminute-name_page.html] | |||
[[Category:Humanoid species]] | [[Category:Humanoid species]] | ||
[[Category:Species with blue skin]] | |||
[[Category:Species in the Last Great Time War]] | |||
[[Category:Binary-sex species]] | |||