Snake

Snake
Biological type:	Reptile
Place of origin:	Earth, Metebelis III, Centuria, Palliox, Skaro, Thoros Beta, Unnamed planet
First appearance:	The Didus Expedition [+]Loading...["The Didus Expedition (comic story)"]
Appearances:	COMIC: The Jokers [+]Loading...["The Jokers (comic story)"] TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"] PROSE: The Book of Shadows [+]Loading...["The Book of Shadows (short story)"] AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon [+]Loading...["Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)"] AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger [+]Loading...["The Emerald Tiger (audio story)"] TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"] / The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"]

Extraterrestrial lookalikes

Snakes were a variety of reptiles.

History

Earth snakes

A snake from Brazil was one of the animals on board the Ark. (TV: The Ark ^[+]Loading...["The Ark (TV story)"])

In Australia in 1987, Tegan Jovanka's father was hospitalised after a snake bite. (PROSE: Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat ^[+]Loading...["Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)"])

In Haiti in 1915, Charles Oscar Etienne was killed by a snake intended for the Doctor. (PROSE: White Darkness ^[+]Loading...["White Darkness (novel)"])

One snake which resided in Twycross Zoo was draped around Wanda's shoulders when she first met the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler; Rose was afraid of it. (COMIC: Untitled ^[+]Loading...["Untitled (10DY3 4 comic story)"])

George Thompson believed that the noise that the lift made (PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"]) in the Rowbarton Estate (PROSE: Night Terrors ^[+]Loading...["Night Terrors (short story)"]) was actually a dragon or a monster, living in the walls like the snake in Harry Potter. (PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"])

Snakes on other planets

A type of giant snake was native to Metebelis III at some point in its history. (TV: The Green Death ^[+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"])

Giant purple Ice Snakes lived on Centuria. (COMIC: Enemy Mine ^[+]Loading...["Enemy Mine (comic story)"])

The Church once fought lava snakes. (TV: The Time of Angels ^[+]Loading...["The Time of Angels (TV story)"])

A giant species of snake called the Oroborus was able to consume time. (TV: Oroborus ^[+]Loading...["Oroborus (TV story)"])

Another giant species of snake known as the Sythaks were native to the swamps of Palliox, a planet near Trion. In 1905, the travelling showman Thaddeus P. Winklemeyer had two Sythaks in his freakshow. (AUDIO: Freakshow ^[+]Loading...["Freakshow (audio story)"])

In a jungle on an unnamed planet, Gillian was threatened by a hooded snake, but the First Doctor saved her by throwing his coat over it. (COMIC: The Didus Expedition ^[+]Loading...["The Didus Expedition (comic story)"])

As part of his magic act for the Gods of Ragnarok in the Dark Circus, the Seventh Doctor appeared to conjure a snake, then transform it into his umbrella. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy ^[+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])

Colony Sarff was a creature comprised of many snakes working together to mimic one humanoid individual. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"] / The Witch's Familiar ^[+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"])

Usages

On Thoros Beta, sand snakes were consumed by the Mentors, such as Kiv. (TV: Mindwarp ^[+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"])

On Earth snake skin was sometimes used to to make shoes. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps ^[+]Loading...["Eternity Weeps (novel)"], Mad Dogs and Englishmen ^[+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)"])

Emotive responses

Colony Sarff in his snake form. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"])

Styre's experiments into fear on Sarah Jane Smith caused her to hallucinate a snake on her arm. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment ^[+]Loading...["The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)"]) Polly Wright was also always afraid of snakes. (AUDIO: House of Cards ^[+]Loading...["House of Cards (audio story)"])

When the Mara took physical form away from Dark Places of the Inside it took the form of a giant snake, both as a tattoo and as a physical snake. (TV: Kinda ^[+]Loading...["Kinda (TV story)"], Snakedance ^[+]Loading...["Snakedance (TV story)"])

Clara Oswald confessed she hated snakes. (PROSE: Into the Nowhere ^[+]Loading...["Into the Nowhere (short story)"])

References

In an alternate Paris of 1804, Randolph Eging compared the DNA molecule to two snakes coiled together. (PROSE: The Man in the Velvet Mask ^[+]Loading...["The Man in the Velvet Mask (novel)"])

In Greek mythology, Medusa (TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"]) and the Gorgon had snakes for hair. (COMIC: The Gaze of the Gorgon ^[+]Loading...["The Gaze of the Gorgon (comic story)"])

Snakes and ladders was a game which used images of snakes. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead ^[+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])

Some belts had snake-themed buckles, one of which was worn by the Eighth Doctor. (COMIC: The Pictures of Josephine Day ^[+]Loading...["The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)"], A Matter of Life and Death ^[+]Loading...["A Matter of Life and Death (comic story)"], The Lost Dimension ^[+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"], TV: The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"]) His successor, the War Doctor, wore it for some time; (TV: The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"], AUDIO: Light the Flame ^[+]Loading...["Light the Flame (audio story)"], WC: Doctors Assemble! ^[+]Loading...["Doctors Assemble! (webcast)"]) before switching for a belt with a box frame. (COMIC: The Clockwise War ^[+]Loading...["The Clockwise War (comic story)"], TV: The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

The Ouroboros was the symbol of a snake eating its own tail. (PROSE: Falls the Shadow ^[+]Loading...["Falls the Shadow (novel)"])

The lower half of Qataka's cybernetic body was that of a snake. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

Behind the scenes

While PROSE: My Special Book ^[+]Loading...["My Special Book (short story)"] claims that there was a snake in Harry Potter, it was actually a basilisk; this, however, can be explained by George Thompson simply misremembering the story.