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'''Sponge-plants''' are flowering plants native to [[Spiridon]].  
'''Sponge-plants''' were flowering plants native to [[Spiridon]].  


When a sponge-plant senses nearby animals, it shoots out a liquid containing [[fungoid infection|fungal spores]] which will attach to and spread on those who are hit.  
When a sponge-plant sensed nearby animals, it shot out a liquid containing [[fungoid infection|fungal spores]] which would attach to and spread on those who were hit.  


[[Jo Grant]] was infected by a Sponge-planet. A [[Spiridon (species)|Spiridon]] applied a paste to the infection, curing her.([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
[[Jo Grant]] was infected by a Sponge-planet. A [[Spiridon (species)|Spiridon]] applied a paste to the infection, curing her.([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')

Revision as of 17:40, 5 February 2011

Sponge-plants were flowering plants native to Spiridon.

When a sponge-plant sensed nearby animals, it shot out a liquid containing fungal spores which would attach to and spread on those who were hit.

Jo Grant was infected by a Sponge-planet. A Spiridon applied a paste to the infection, curing her.(DW: Planet of the Daleks)

Behind the Scenes

  • The sponge-plant is not named on television, only in the novelisation.
  • It is never made clear whether the sponge-plant and the fungoid infection spores are two separate species in a symbiotic bond or one species with qualities of both plant and fungus. In nature, a flowering plant reproduces by producing seeds.