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The '''Voracious Craw''' featured in the novel [[Sick Building]] is a member of a species of the same name.  
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}}'''Voracious Craw''' were giant [[worm]]-like creatures which could lay waste to [[Planet|planets]] by devouring everything in their paths.


An adult Voracious Craw somewhat resembles a gigantic tapeworm or other mollusc, large enough to be seen from space when cruisisng just above a planet's surface. As the name implies, the Craws are seemingly permanently hungry, and will eat everything that they can, animal, mineral or vegetable. How a Craw actually eats has not yet been made clear. Anything below the mouth of a Craw is pulped and sucked up into the mouth itself, but as the Craw does not actually touch the food, how this occurs is a matter of some debate. The cover of the novel Sick Building shows the Voracious Craw to have teeth, but this is not so.
== Biology ==
Craws resembled [[Tapeworm|tapeworms]]. They were [[green]]-[[grey]] in colour, and had few features except for a ring of [[Eye|eyes]] around their colossal [[Mouth|mouths]]. They grew to huge sizes, looking like [[continent|continents]] when viewed from space. Craws were always hungry, and would eat anything, be it animal, mineral or vegetable. Voracious Craws had no [[Tooth|teeth]], and did not need to [[Chewing|chew]] their food. Anything below the mouth of a Craw was pulped and channelled into the mouth itself. The [[Tenth Doctor]] once remarked that Craws have [[Brain|brains]] the size of a [[Volkswagen]] [[car]], which was tiny relative to the size of their bodies.  


Although the Craws are a species without technology, the presence of a Craw nearby sends most technology haywire, and the Craws are somehow able to cross vast distances of space without suffering any ill effects.
The presence of a Craw created an electronic disturbance, which sent nearby [[technology]] haywire. This disturbance was so powerful that it could even hinder the operation of the Tenth Doctor's [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].


When a Craw arrives at a planet, the first thing that it does is check to see if another Craw has got there first. If one has not, that Craw then proceeds to devour everything on the planet that it physically can. If it meets another Craw, the larger one is allowed to feed on the planet and the smaller must leave.
When a Craw arrived at a planet, the first thing that it did was check to see if another Craw had arrived there first. If one had not, the Craw would begin devouring everything it came across. If two Craws met on the same planet, the larger one would feed and the smaller one would depart. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sick Building (novel)|Sick Building]]'')
The sound of a larger Voracious Craw can be modelled by playing back and distorting human burps, and this technique was used to great effect to save the inhabitants of Tiermann's World.


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== History ==
A Craw once began devouring [[Tiermann's World]]. It was headed for the Tiermann [[Dreamhome|family home]], the only settlement on the planet. The [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Martha Jones]] and [[Solin Tiermann]] eventually used the amplified sound of their [[Burping|burps]] to mimic a larger Craw, scaring the Craw away. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sick Building (novel)|Sick Building]]'')


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== Behind the scenes ==
* The cover of ''[[Sick Building (novel)|Sick Building]]'' shows the Craw with teeth, but this is not so.
* Voracious means "ravenous" or "greedy".
 
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Latest revision as of 07:53, 1 September 2023

Voracious Craw were giant worm-like creatures which could lay waste to planets by devouring everything in their paths.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craws resembled tapeworms. They were green-grey in colour, and had few features except for a ring of eyes around their colossal mouths. They grew to huge sizes, looking like continents when viewed from space. Craws were always hungry, and would eat anything, be it animal, mineral or vegetable. Voracious Craws had no teeth, and did not need to chew their food. Anything below the mouth of a Craw was pulped and channelled into the mouth itself. The Tenth Doctor once remarked that Craws have brains the size of a Volkswagen car, which was tiny relative to the size of their bodies.

The presence of a Craw created an electronic disturbance, which sent nearby technology haywire. This disturbance was so powerful that it could even hinder the operation of the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS.

When a Craw arrived at a planet, the first thing that it did was check to see if another Craw had arrived there first. If one had not, the Craw would begin devouring everything it came across. If two Craws met on the same planet, the larger one would feed and the smaller one would depart. (PROSE: Sick Building)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Craw once began devouring Tiermann's World. It was headed for the Tiermann family home, the only settlement on the planet. The Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Solin Tiermann eventually used the amplified sound of their burps to mimic a larger Craw, scaring the Craw away. (PROSE: Sick Building)

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

  • The cover of Sick Building shows the Craw with teeth, but this is not so.
  • Voracious means "ravenous" or "greedy".
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