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The '''[[Jathaa]] Sungliders''' were large, black, [[Flying saucer|saucer]]-shaped craft employed by the [[Jathaa]] when visiting [[Earth]]. They moved via a smaller rotating platform of some sort underneath, and contained powerful weapon systems, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam capable of disintegrating a [[Sycorax]] asteroid ship into ash. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
{{first pic|Jathaa sungliders.jpg|[[BBC News 24]] reports on Jathaa sungliders hovering over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'')}}
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The '''[[Jathaa]] sungliders''' were large, black, [[Flying saucer|saucer]]-shaped crafts employed by the [[Jathaa]] when visiting [[Earth]]. They moved via a smaller rotating platform of some sort underneath, and contained [[Jathaa sunglider laser|powerful weapon systems]], utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam capable of disintegrating a [[Sycorax]] asteroid ship into ash. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


In [[1996]] the [[Torchwood Institute]] shot down one of these crafts over the [[North Sea]] and by [[2006]] they had managed to reverse-engineer the weapons system. At [[Christmas]] of that year they were ordered by [[British Prime Minister|prime minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] to use the weapon against the [[Sycorax]] spaceship that threatened Earth at the time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
==History==
In [[1997]], the [[Torchwood Institute]] shot down [[Jathaa sunglider (Army of Ghosts)|one of these craft]] over the [[North Sea]], and by [[2006]] they had managed to reverse-engineer the weapons system. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') At [[Christmas]] of that year, they were ordered by [[British Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] to use the weapon against the [[Sycorax]] spaceship that threatened Earth at the time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing space and time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'')
When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing space and time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'')
 
[[Category:Flying saucers]]
==Behind the Scenes==
[[Category:Military vehicles]]
The Jathaa Sunglider's weapons system is similar to the [[w:c:starwars:Death Star I|Death Star]]'s superlaser from ''[[Star Wars]]'', which disintegrated the planet Alderaan into ash and meteors.
 
The technology of the weapon systems might have been incorporated into the [[UNIT]] ship [[Valiant]] later, as the beam that was seen shot from it in ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' looks very similar.
 
[[Category:Flying Saucers]]

Latest revision as of 14:41, 22 April 2024

BBC News 24 reports on Jathaa sungliders hovering over the Taj Mahal. (TV: End of Days)

The Jathaa sungliders were large, black, saucer-shaped crafts employed by the Jathaa when visiting Earth. They moved via a smaller rotating platform of some sort underneath, and contained powerful weapon systems, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam capable of disintegrating a Sycorax asteroid ship into ash. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1997, the Torchwood Institute shot down one of these craft over the North Sea, and by 2006 they had managed to reverse-engineer the weapons system. (TV: Army of Ghosts) At Christmas of that year, they were ordered by Prime Minister Harriet Jones to use the weapon against the Sycorax spaceship that threatened Earth at the time. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

When the Cardiff rift fractured, mixing space and time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the Taj Mahal. (TV: End of Days)

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