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|image       = Ood Sigma & Co.jpg
|Species name = Ood
|type        = [[Cephalopod]]-faced [[humanoid]]
|aka = Oodkind
|aka        = {{csl|Oodkind|the Legion of the Beast}}
|type =  [[Humanoid]]
|affiliation = [[Ood Brain]], [[Human]]s, [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]]
|affiliation = <ul><li>[[Ood Brain]] (originally)</li><li>[[Human]]s</li><li>[[The Beast]]</li></ul>
|origin     = [[Ood Sphere]]
|origin = [[Ood Sphere]] in the [[Horsehead Nebula]]
|first      = Tardisode 8
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'' / ''[[The Satan Pit]]''</li><li>[[DW]]:  ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' (flashback; archival footage)</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]''</li></ul>
|appearances = [[Ood/Appearances|'''''see list''''']]
|Mentions = ''[[TDA]]: [[The Pirate Loop]]''
|individuals = {{csl|[[Ood Sigma]]|[[Klineman Halpen]]|[[Ood Elder]]|[[Nephew (The Doctor's Wife)|Nephew]]|[[Brian (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Brian]]|}}
|individuals = [[Sigma]]<br>[[Klineman Halpen]]<br>Delta 50
|clip        = The face of the Beast - Doctor Who - The Satan Pit - Series 2 - BBC
|clip2      = The Ood Attack! - Planet of the Ood - Doctor Who - BBC
|clip3      = Doctor Who Prequel Pond Life part 4 - Series 7 Autumn 2012 - BBC One
|bts        = Making monsters - Dr Who Confidential - BBC sci-fi
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The '''Ood''' (or, as they sometimes called themselves, '''Oodkind''') were a [[hive mind|gestalt]] race of [[telepathic]] [[humanoid]]s who originated from the [[Ood Sphere]].
The '''Ood''', also known as '''Oodkind''', were a [[hive mind|gestalt]] species of [[telepathic]] [[humanoid]]s native to the [[Ood Sphere]]. [[Human]]ity [[slave|enslaved]] the Ood, mutilating them to ensure a dedication to servitude.
 
== Biology ==
The Ood were a [[humanoid]] species with [[tentacle]]s used for feeding purposes located on the lower portions of their faces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') They had no vocal cords and instead communicated by [[telepathy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') The Ood had long [[lifespan]]s; [[Ood Sigma]] lived 100 years after the [[human]] enslavement ended and the [[Tenth Doctor]] was surprised at this, thinking he should have been much older. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
 
The Ood had two [[brain]]s: a forebrain in the head and a secondary [[hindbrain]]. The hindbrain was usually held in their hands, and was connected by an umbilical cord-like connection to their faces. The forebrain did much of the thinking and stored the telepathic sensors. The hindbrain processed memory and emotions, leading to mental instabilities when removed. The Ood could survive with it being removed and replaced with the more commonly seen [[translation sphere]] that connected to an Ood's nervous system. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') The [[Ood Elder]] had a larger, external forebrain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') A giant [[Ood Brain]] located on their home planet acted as their telepathic centre; if the brain was destroyed, it would kill the entire species, and if suppressed the mental capacity of the species would be severely weakened. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
 
Under normal circumstances the Ood were gentle and harmless creatures. However, due to their brain structure, they were susceptible to corruption, as demonstrated by how easily the race was enslaved by Ood Operations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') More worryingly, their passive telepathy allowed them to be easily controlled and/or possessed by more powerful telepathic entities, such as [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') and [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
 
=== Telepathy and mental abilities ===
The Ood were originally a hive mind led by the [[Ood Brain]], using their hindbrain to "sing" with each other. The colour of an Ood's [[eye]]s changed with the level of telepathic activity, normally glowing bright-red but turning to white when not connected to a hive mind. Humans, who only knew the Ood in their telepathy-disabled form, misinterpreted the presence of red eyes as a disease, known as "[[red-eye]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') Under the control of [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]], [[Nephew (The Doctor's Wife)|one Ood]]'s eyes glowed green. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
 
== History ==
=== Early history ===
The Ood were a peaceful herd-race from the [[Ood Sphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
 
In the [[2010s]], [[Ood (Face the Raven)|an Ood]] was a resident of the hidden [[Trap Street, London|trap street]] in [[London]] which housed lost aliens on [[Earth]] under the protection of [[Ashildr|Mayor Me]]. As with the rest of the inhabitants it appeared cloaked in [[human]] form through use of the [[lurkworm]]s. It was observed by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as it performed maintenance on [[Cyberman (Face the Raven)|a Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'')
 
=== Enslavement ===
In the [[39th century]], humanity discovered the Ood, enslaved them, and used them to perform menial tasks throughout the three [[galaxy|galaxies]] of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]]. The external hindbrain of the Ood was extracted by [[Ood Operations]] and replaced with their translator globes. With their connection to the Ood Brain severed, they followed the orders of humans. Ood Operations kept this procedure a secret from the rest of humanity, spreading the belief that the Ood were naturally servile and offered themselves for servitude. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
 
One Ood slave ended up wandering [[Callous]] and fell under the influence of {{Jacobi}}, delivering a phone to people he wanted to communicate with in the colony. A group of Ood were bought by Martine and [[Cassandra King (Call for the Dead)|Cassandra King]] and smuggled onto Callous to work in the [[swenyo]] mine. The Ood’s sanity were affected by the swenyo, resulting in one having to be shot. When the colonists began turning against the mine, a few Ood were lynched. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call for the Dead (audio story)|Call for the Dead]]'') The Ood continued working in the mine after the Master helped the Kings by giving them telepathic inhibitor to protect them from the swenyo’s influence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glittering Prize (audio story)|The Glittering Prize]]'') The Master put the Ood under his influence, preventing them helping Cassandra when Governor Teremon’s forces invaded, and later ordered them to kill everyone in the colony. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sins of the Father (audio story)|Sins of the Father]]'')
 
[[Brian (The Guide to the Dark Times)|One Ood]] was bought prior to the hindbrain operation by the [[Lesser Order of Oberon]]. They did the operation themselves and brutally trained the Ood into an assassin. He eventually killed the entire guild ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Minds of Magnox (audio story)|The Minds of Magnox]]'') and began working by himself, under the name Brian, until an encounter with the [[Eighth Doctor]] on [[Atharna]] resulted in him falling into the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (audio story)|He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not]]'') After a nudge by the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Tenth Doctor’s TARDIS]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" (short story)|What the TARDIS thought of “Time Lord Victorious”]]'') he ended up in the [[Dark Times]] and became a key player in the escalating [[Kotturuh crisis]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]], [[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'')


==Biology==
By the [[43rd century]], it was claimed that every human had an Ood servant. They were generally barely even regarded as being alive, and were considered to be expendable. Despite this, an activist group, the [[Friends of the Ood]] lobbied for the cause of their freedom. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') [[Jack Harkness]] refused to keep an Ood at this time as he claimed he didn't like having servants. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'')
The Ood were a humanoid species with coleoid tentacles on the lower portions of their faces. They have no vocal chords and instead communicated by telepathy. They were originally a hive mind led by the [[Ood Brain]]. This kept control of the two brains in each Ood (a forebrain embedded in their body, and a secondary [[hindbrain]] connected by an umbilical cord-like connection to their faces, usually held in their hands). The hindbrain enabled them to connect to a [[Ood Brain|single large brain]], which coordinated individual Ood. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')


When in the servitude of humans, their hindbrain was removed and a [[translation sphere]] fitted in place, not only to enable speech, but also to limit their telepathic communications field at "Basic 5"  which cut them off from the Ood Brain, making them willing to serve and incapable of surviving on their own. The colour of an Ood's eyes changed with the level of telepathic activity, normally glowing bright-red but turning to white when not connected to a hive mind. Humans, who only knew the Ood in their telepathy-disabled form, misinterpreted the presence of red eyes as a disease, known as "[[red-eye]]". ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')
In [[43K2.1]], the Ood were being used for menial labour on [[Sanctuary Base 6]] on [[Krop Tor]]. The Ood knew of prophecies regarding [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]], which the [[Walker Expedition]] would later discover. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 8]]'', ''[[Tardisode 9]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') The Beast possessed the Ood, and made them into his "Legion" in order to besiege the human party of the expedition. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') They were defeated when [[Danny Bartock]], the expedition member in charge of them, broadcast a telepathic flare which reduced their field to [[Basic Zero]]. This created a "brainstorm" which caused them to collapse. However, their telepathic field began to reassert itself after a time. When the [[Tenth Doctor]] broke the gravity field that kept Krop Tor in orbit around the [[black hole]] [[K37 Gem 5]], the Doctor was only able to make a single trip in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to rescue [[Ida Scott]] from suffocation; he was unable to save any of the Ood on the base, who had just been freed of the Beast's control. All perished but were given posthumous honours. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')


There seem to be no male or female Ood, which would suggest that they are hermaphrodites. (''[[Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary]]'') Despite this, when [[Donna Noble|Donna]] called an Ood "it", [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] corrected her, saying she should call him a "he".
=== Liberation ===
[[File:Thanks.jpg|left|thumb|[[Ood Sigma]] and other, recently freed Ood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')]]
In [[4126]], the Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] visited the Ood Sphere by happenstance. They found Ood Operations, and decided to learn the origins of the Ood and what or who had turned them into a race of slaves. At the same time, the "red-eye" disease was becoming more and more common. They discovered that the disease was caused by the Ood Brain's subconscious reasserting itself over the Ood thanks to the efforts of [[Ryder (Planet of the Ood)|a member]] of "Friends of the Ood" who had infiltrated the company secretly.


==History==
Ood Operations' head, [[Klineman Halpen]] was unwillingly transformed into an Ood as a culmination of him taking [[hair tonic]] deliberately contaminated by his own [[Ood Sigma|Ood servant]]. The Doctor deactivated the field that was suppressing the Ood Brain's telepathy and it sent out a song that was heard by everyone across the three galaxies. Humanity, now knowing the truth about their Ood slaves, returned them to the Ood Sphere, where they were set free and allowed to live in peace. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
The Ood were a peaceful race originally. In the [[3800s]], Humanity discovered the Ood, enslaved them and used them to perform menial tasks throughout the three [[galaxy|galaxies]] of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]]. The external hindbrain of the Ood was modified by [[Ood Operations]] and replaced with their translator globes. With their connection of the Ood Brain severed, they followed the orders of Humans.([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')


By the year [[43K2.1]], when the Doctor and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] encountered the [[Walker Expedition]], it was claimed that every Human had an Ood servant. They were generally barely even regarded as being alive, and were considered to be expendable. Despite this, an activist group, the [[Friends of the Ood]] lobbied for the cause of their freedom. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'') Unlike the Humans or the Doctor, the Ood knew of prophecies regarding [[the Beast]] which the expedition would later discover. ([[TS]]: ''[[Tardisode 8]]'', ''[[Tardisode 9]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'')
=== Freedom ===
[[File:Ood elder no logo.jpg|thumb|An [[Ood Elder]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]]
Circa [[4226]], the Ood's development had been unnaturally enhanced, allowing them to build an entire civilisation and extended their mental powers. At the same time, the Ood had nightmares of {{Simm|n=a mysterious face}} and of time bleeding. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') In response, they sent [[Ood Sigma]] to [[2059]] to contact the Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') He eventually arrived on the [[Ood Sphere]] and telepathically connected to the Ood Council. When he saw the Master, he immediately returned to the [[21st century]] to investigate. The Ood watched him and when he finally began to die, they telepathically sang to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


The empathic nature of the Ood seemed to make them susceptible to [[psychic]] possession by the Beast, who made the Ood on [[Sanctuary Base 6]] into his "Legion" in order to besiege the Human party of the Walker Expedition ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'') They were defeated when [[Danny Bartock]], the expedition member in charge of them, broadcast a telepathic flare which reduced their field to [[Basic Zero]]. This created a "brainstorm" which caused them to collapse. However, their telepathic field began to reassert itself after a time. When [[Krop Tor]] was sucked into the [[black hole]], the Doctor was unable to save any of the Ood on the base, who had just been freed of the Beast's control. All perished but were given posthumous honours. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'')
In the [[52nd century]] an Ood worked for [[Dorium Maldovar]]. It was the only member of staff left in [[the Maldovarium]] after Dorium left in a hurry and discreetly foiled a raid by a gang of thieves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Heist (short story)|The Heist]]'')


In [[4126]], the Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] visited the Ood Sphere by happenstance. They found Ood Operations, and decided to learn the origins of the Ood and what or who had turned them into a race of slaves. At the same time, the "red-eye" disease was becoming more and more common. They discovered that the disease was caused by the Ood Brain's subconscious reasserting itself over the Ood thanks to the efforts of a member of 'Friends of the Ood' who had infiltrated the company secretly. Ood Operations' head, [[Klineman Halpen]] was unwillingly transformed into an Ood as a culmination of him taking [[hair tonic]] deliberately contaminated by his own [[Ood Σ|Ood servant]]. The Ood were set free and allowed to roam their homeworld in peace. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')
In the [[67th century]], a [[vid-briefing]] series entitled ''[[Perils of the Constant Division]]'' provided information on, amongst others, Ood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'')


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=== Undated events ===
[[File:The-doctors-wife-promo-pics-4.jpg|thumb|left|Nephew guarding [[Idris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')]]
At some point an Ood (later named [[Nephew (The Doctor's Wife)|Nephew]]) had been transported by a [[Bubble universe rift|time rift]] to a [[bubble universe]], where he was severely injured from the journey. He was repaired and taken control of by [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] to use as a medium to drain another's soul and mind for his plans to remove TARDIS Matrixes. Unlike Auntie and Uncle, Nephew was brought along by House when it took over [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], using him to try and kill [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]. Nephew was destroyed when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Idris]] landed the [[Junk TARDIS]] on him, ripping him apart at the atomic level. The Doctor lamented briefly that Nephew was yet another Ood that he had failed to save. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')


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The Eleventh Doctor rescued humans and Ood from a [[Silent|Silence]] attack. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Escape the Silence (video game)|Escape the Silence]]'')


At least one Ood was abducted and sent to face its fear in [[God Complex|the Minotaur's prison ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')
At one point, [[Albert Einstein]] was brought to the TARDIS and was accidentally turned into an Ood by his experimental liquid. However, the Eleventh Doctor was able to reverse this, but the chemical itself gained sentience. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]'')
The Eleventh Doctor rescued an [[Ood (Pond Life)|Ood]] from the [[Androvax conflict]], with the intent of returning him to the Ood Sphere, but the Ood at one point escaped from the TARDIS and took refuge in the home of Amy and Rory. For the next month or so, the Ood insisted on acting as the couple's butler until the Doctor was able to retrieve him. ([[WC]]: ''[[Pond Life (TV story)|Pond Life]]'')
Ood were used as the prison wardens of [[Valderon]] after the telepathic criminal influenced her sentencers, knowing she could telepathically influence the Ood to aid her eventual escape. Valderon escaped after [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] and [[Noah (Stolen Goods)|Noah’s]] arrival in her cell and the Ood followed her to [[Waltham Abbey]] in the 21st Century, taking over humans to aid their search. Jenny eventually exposed Valderon, enabling the Ood to depart with their prisoner. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Ood (audio story)|Prisoner of the Ood]]'')
The Ood of the Ood Sphere had a trade agreement with the [[Sensorite]]s. When [[Susan Foreman]] visited the [[Sense Sphere]] during the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[First Elder (The Sensorites)|First Elder]] was away negotiating at the Ood Sphere. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Influence (audio story)|Sphere of Influence]]'')
Several Ood worked in the claims department of [[Psychic Paper Inc]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Psychic Paper Inc Claims Department (comic story)|Psychic Paper Inc Claims Department]]'')
The Eleventh Doctor once had multiple Ood on his TARDIS. When the Ood received upgrades to their communicators, which the Doctor described as "all the rage," they stopped serving the Doctor, Amy, and Rory and began playing "bird-throwing games" and trolling the Doctor on [[Twitter]] about his eleventh incarnation not being as good as his tenth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[An Ood Thing to Say (comic story)|An Ood Thing to Say]]'')
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] dressed an Ood in a [[Clara Oswald]] costume for Clara's surprise [[birthday]] party onboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Partying of the Ways (comic story)|The Partying of the Ways]]'')
An [[Ood (Summer Wholiday)|Ood]] was at [[Florana]] when Amy, Rory, and the Eleventh Doctor went there for a summer holiday. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Summer Wholiday (comic story)|Summer Wholiday]]'')
[[File:OodLitUp.jpg|thumb|An Ood in the Maldovarium. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')]]
An [[Ood 1 (The Magician's Apprentice)|Ood]] was present in [[the Maldovarium]] when [[Colony Sarff]] visited the establishment while searching for the [[Twelfth Doctor]] on behalf of [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')
An [[Bonnie (Revolution of the Daleks)|Ood]], whom the Doctor named "Bonnie", was imprisoned in the [[Judoon]]'s [[maximum security facility]] along with the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. Bonnie shared a cell with a [[Sycorax]]; aptly named [[Clyde (Revolution of the Daleks)|Clyde]]. One morning when she greeted them, the two merely growled at the Doctor in reply. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')
An Ood owned by [[The Division]], who served [[Tecteun]], showed the state of [[N-Space|Universe One]] influenecd by [[the Flux]] to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') During the second Flux event, once the Doctor had successfully lured [[Swarm (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Swarm]] and [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]] away, the Ood did the best that he could to minimize the Flux at the Doctor's request, giving the Doctor and her friends a better chance of stopping it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
=== Other realities ===
==== Parallel universes ====
[[File:Ood (What If the Ood got green-eye?).jpg|thumb|In [[parallel universe (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|a parallel universe]], [[Ood (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|an Ood]] got [[green-eye]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Warped! (DWA 90 feature)|''Time Warped!'' 90|namedpart=What If the Ood got green-eye?}})]]
In [[parallel universe (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|a parallel universe]], [[Ood (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|an Ood]] got [[green-eye]], making them [[jealousy|jealous]] and [[rudeness|rude]]; [[Donna Noble (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|Donna Noble]] couldn't cope and the [[Tenth Doctor (What If the Ood got green-eye?)|Tenth Doctor]] wished for the time when Ood were just rabid. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Warped! (DWA 90 feature)|''Time Warped!'' 90|namedpart=What If the Ood got green-eye?}})
== References ==
The [[War Doctor]] suggested the Ood, among other telepathic races, as possible creators of the [[psychic]] [[Anima device]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thing of Guile (audio story)|A Thing of Guile]]'')
The Ood were on the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s top five enemies list which he mentioned to the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] while they were making up "top five" lists. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Babblesphere (audio story)|Babblesphere]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
* Introduced in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Planet (TV story)}}, the Ood were created by writer [[Russell T Davies]], who was credited for their reprises beginning with {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}.
* In {{cs|The Impossible Planet (TV story)}}, the Ood on [[Krop Tor]] ''effectively'' fulfill the function of a [[Greek chorus]], not only speaking in [[unison]], but providing ominous [[exposition]] about a [[deity|higher power]].
* At one stage, the Ood were going to appear in [[TV]]: {{cs|42 (TV story)}}, where they were to be possessed again, this time presumably by [[Torajii]]. (''[[DWDVDF 5]]'')
* An Ood appeared in a [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Doctor Who Special|''Doctor Who''-themed Christmas episode]] of ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'', exiting the TARDIS when Phill Jupitus's team asked for a hint and singing the intro to ''Don't Go''.
* Ood appear both as allies and as enemies in the ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]'' mobile game.
* [[DWA 15]] humorously suggested that the Ood were susceptible to the influence of [[Azal]] the [[Dæmon]].
* [[J. K. Woodward]], who worked on the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[crossover]] ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'', released a piece depicting an Ood [[assimilation|assimilated]] by the [[Borg (species)|Borg]].
== Discontinuity ==
*During the Ood's first appearance, set in the year 43k2.1 (4221), they are stated to be slaves and that everybody has an Ood. ([[TV]]: [[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]) However, the Ood's slavery is supposed to have ended almost a hundred years prior in 4126 at which time they begin to be shipped back to the Ood Sphere, with the Ood having complete control of their planet by 4226. ([[TV]]: [[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]] and [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') It seems incongruous that the [[Walker Expedition]] should still be using them as slaves considering that their expedition began almost a century after Ood liberation.
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Ood
Appearances

The Ood, also known as Oodkind, were a gestalt species of telepathic humanoids native to the Ood Sphere. Humanity enslaved the Ood, mutilating them to ensure a dedication to servitude.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ood were a humanoid species with tentacles used for feeding purposes located on the lower portions of their faces. (TV: The Impossible Planet) They had no vocal cords and instead communicated by telepathy. (TV: Planet of the Ood) The Ood had long lifespans; Ood Sigma lived 100 years after the human enslavement ended and the Tenth Doctor was surprised at this, thinking he should have been much older. (TV: The End of Time)

The Ood had two brains: a forebrain in the head and a secondary hindbrain. The hindbrain was usually held in their hands, and was connected by an umbilical cord-like connection to their faces. The forebrain did much of the thinking and stored the telepathic sensors. The hindbrain processed memory and emotions, leading to mental instabilities when removed. The Ood could survive with it being removed and replaced with the more commonly seen translation sphere that connected to an Ood's nervous system. (TV: Planet of the Ood) The Ood Elder had a larger, external forebrain. (TV: The End of Time) A giant Ood Brain located on their home planet acted as their telepathic centre; if the brain was destroyed, it would kill the entire species, and if suppressed the mental capacity of the species would be severely weakened. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

Under normal circumstances the Ood were gentle and harmless creatures. However, due to their brain structure, they were susceptible to corruption, as demonstrated by how easily the race was enslaved by Ood Operations. (TV: Planet of the Ood) More worryingly, their passive telepathy allowed them to be easily controlled and/or possessed by more powerful telepathic entities, such as the Beast (TV: The Impossible Planet) and House. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Telepathy and mental abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ood were originally a hive mind led by the Ood Brain, using their hindbrain to "sing" with each other. The colour of an Ood's eyes changed with the level of telepathic activity, normally glowing bright-red but turning to white when not connected to a hive mind. Humans, who only knew the Ood in their telepathy-disabled form, misinterpreted the presence of red eyes as a disease, known as "red-eye". (TV: Planet of the Ood) Under the control of House, one Ood's eyes glowed green. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ood were a peaceful herd-race from the Ood Sphere. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

In the 2010s, an Ood was a resident of the hidden trap street in London which housed lost aliens on Earth under the protection of Mayor Me. As with the rest of the inhabitants it appeared cloaked in human form through use of the lurkworms. It was observed by the Twelfth Doctor as it performed maintenance on a Cyberman. (TV: Face the Raven)

Enslavement[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 39th century, humanity discovered the Ood, enslaved them, and used them to perform menial tasks throughout the three galaxies of the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire. The external hindbrain of the Ood was extracted by Ood Operations and replaced with their translator globes. With their connection to the Ood Brain severed, they followed the orders of humans. Ood Operations kept this procedure a secret from the rest of humanity, spreading the belief that the Ood were naturally servile and offered themselves for servitude. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

One Ood slave ended up wandering Callous and fell under the influence of the War Master, delivering a phone to people he wanted to communicate with in the colony. A group of Ood were bought by Martine and Cassandra King and smuggled onto Callous to work in the swenyo mine. The Ood’s sanity were affected by the swenyo, resulting in one having to be shot. When the colonists began turning against the mine, a few Ood were lynched. (AUDIO: Call for the Dead) The Ood continued working in the mine after the Master helped the Kings by giving them telepathic inhibitor to protect them from the swenyo’s influence. (AUDIO: The Glittering Prize) The Master put the Ood under his influence, preventing them helping Cassandra when Governor Teremon’s forces invaded, and later ordered them to kill everyone in the colony. (AUDIO: Sins of the Father)

One Ood was bought prior to the hindbrain operation by the Lesser Order of Oberon. They did the operation themselves and brutally trained the Ood into an assassin. He eventually killed the entire guild (AUDIO: The Minds of Magnox) and began working by himself, under the name Brian, until an encounter with the Eighth Doctor on Atharna resulted in him falling into the Time Vortex. (AUDIO: He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not) After a nudge by the Tenth Doctor’s TARDIS, (PROSE: What the TARDIS thought of “Time Lord Victorious”) he ended up in the Dark Times and became a key player in the escalating Kotturuh crisis. (PROSE: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead, All Flesh is Grass)

By the 43rd century, it was claimed that every human had an Ood servant. They were generally barely even regarded as being alive, and were considered to be expendable. Despite this, an activist group, the Friends of the Ood lobbied for the cause of their freedom. (TV: The Impossible Planet) Jack Harkness refused to keep an Ood at this time as he claimed he didn't like having servants. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)

In 43K2.1, the Ood were being used for menial labour on Sanctuary Base 6 on Krop Tor. The Ood knew of prophecies regarding the Beast, which the Walker Expedition would later discover. (WC: Tardisode 8, Tardisode 9, TV: The Impossible Planet) The Beast possessed the Ood, and made them into his "Legion" in order to besiege the human party of the expedition. (TV: The Impossible Planet) They were defeated when Danny Bartock, the expedition member in charge of them, broadcast a telepathic flare which reduced their field to Basic Zero. This created a "brainstorm" which caused them to collapse. However, their telepathic field began to reassert itself after a time. When the Tenth Doctor broke the gravity field that kept Krop Tor in orbit around the black hole K37 Gem 5, the Doctor was only able to make a single trip in the TARDIS to rescue Ida Scott from suffocation; he was unable to save any of the Ood on the base, who had just been freed of the Beast's control. All perished but were given posthumous honours. (TV: The Satan Pit)

Liberation[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ood Sigma and other, recently freed Ood. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

In 4126, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble visited the Ood Sphere by happenstance. They found Ood Operations, and decided to learn the origins of the Ood and what or who had turned them into a race of slaves. At the same time, the "red-eye" disease was becoming more and more common. They discovered that the disease was caused by the Ood Brain's subconscious reasserting itself over the Ood thanks to the efforts of a member of "Friends of the Ood" who had infiltrated the company secretly.

Ood Operations' head, Klineman Halpen was unwillingly transformed into an Ood as a culmination of him taking hair tonic deliberately contaminated by his own Ood servant. The Doctor deactivated the field that was suppressing the Ood Brain's telepathy and it sent out a song that was heard by everyone across the three galaxies. Humanity, now knowing the truth about their Ood slaves, returned them to the Ood Sphere, where they were set free and allowed to live in peace. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

Freedom[[edit] | [edit source]]

An Ood Elder. (TV: The End of Time)

Circa 4226, the Ood's development had been unnaturally enhanced, allowing them to build an entire civilisation and extended their mental powers. At the same time, the Ood had nightmares of a mysterious face and of time bleeding. (TV: The End of Time) In response, they sent Ood Sigma to 2059 to contact the Tenth Doctor. (TV: The Waters of Mars) He eventually arrived on the Ood Sphere and telepathically connected to the Ood Council. When he saw the Master, he immediately returned to the 21st century to investigate. The Ood watched him and when he finally began to die, they telepathically sang to him. (TV: The End of Time)

In the 52nd century an Ood worked for Dorium Maldovar. It was the only member of staff left in the Maldovarium after Dorium left in a hurry and discreetly foiled a raid by a gang of thieves. (PROSE: The Heist)

In the 67th century, a vid-briefing series entitled Perils of the Constant Division provided information on, amongst others, Ood. (TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nephew guarding Idris. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

At some point an Ood (later named Nephew) had been transported by a time rift to a bubble universe, where he was severely injured from the journey. He was repaired and taken control of by House to use as a medium to drain another's soul and mind for his plans to remove TARDIS Matrixes. Unlike Auntie and Uncle, Nephew was brought along by House when it took over the Doctor's TARDIS, using him to try and kill Amy and Rory. Nephew was destroyed when the Eleventh Doctor and Idris landed the Junk TARDIS on him, ripping him apart at the atomic level. The Doctor lamented briefly that Nephew was yet another Ood that he had failed to save. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

The Eleventh Doctor rescued humans and Ood from a Silence attack. (GAME: Escape the Silence)

At least one Ood was abducted and sent to face its fear in the Minotaur's prison ship. (TV: The God Complex)

At one point, Albert Einstein was brought to the TARDIS and was accidentally turned into an Ood by his experimental liquid. However, the Eleventh Doctor was able to reverse this, but the chemical itself gained sentience. (TV: Death Is the Only Answer)

The Eleventh Doctor rescued an Ood from the Androvax conflict, with the intent of returning him to the Ood Sphere, but the Ood at one point escaped from the TARDIS and took refuge in the home of Amy and Rory. For the next month or so, the Ood insisted on acting as the couple's butler until the Doctor was able to retrieve him. (WC: Pond Life)

Ood were used as the prison wardens of Valderon after the telepathic criminal influenced her sentencers, knowing she could telepathically influence the Ood to aid her eventual escape. Valderon escaped after Jenny and Noah’s arrival in her cell and the Ood followed her to Waltham Abbey in the 21st Century, taking over humans to aid their search. Jenny eventually exposed Valderon, enabling the Ood to depart with their prisoner. (AUDIO: Prisoner of the Ood)

The Ood of the Ood Sphere had a trade agreement with the Sensorites. When Susan Foreman visited the Sense Sphere during the Last Great Time War, the First Elder was away negotiating at the Ood Sphere. (AUDIO: Sphere of Influence)

Several Ood worked in the claims department of Psychic Paper Inc. (COMIC: Psychic Paper Inc Claims Department)

The Eleventh Doctor once had multiple Ood on his TARDIS. When the Ood received upgrades to their communicators, which the Doctor described as "all the rage," they stopped serving the Doctor, Amy, and Rory and began playing "bird-throwing games" and trolling the Doctor on Twitter about his eleventh incarnation not being as good as his tenth. (COMIC: An Ood Thing to Say)

The Twelfth Doctor dressed an Ood in a Clara Oswald costume for Clara's surprise birthday party onboard The Doctor's TARDIS. (COMIC: The Partying of the Ways)

An Ood was at Florana when Amy, Rory, and the Eleventh Doctor went there for a summer holiday. (COMIC: Summer Wholiday)

An Ood in the Maldovarium. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)

An Ood was present in the Maldovarium when Colony Sarff visited the establishment while searching for the Twelfth Doctor on behalf of Davros. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)

An Ood, whom the Doctor named "Bonnie", was imprisoned in the Judoon's maximum security facility along with the Thirteenth Doctor. Bonnie shared a cell with a Sycorax; aptly named Clyde. One morning when she greeted them, the two merely growled at the Doctor in reply. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)

An Ood owned by The Division, who served Tecteun, showed the state of Universe One influenecd by the Flux to the Doctor. (TV: Survivors of the Flux) During the second Flux event, once the Doctor had successfully lured Swarm and Azure away, the Ood did the best that he could to minimize the Flux at the Doctor's request, giving the Doctor and her friends a better chance of stopping it. (TV: The Vanquishers)

Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In a parallel universe, an Ood got green-eye. (PROSE: "What If the Ood got green-eye?" [+]Part of Time Warped! 90, Loading...{"namedpart":"What If the Ood got green-eye?","1":"Time Warped! (DWA 90 feature)","2":"''Time Warped!'' 90"})

In a parallel universe, an Ood got green-eye, making them jealous and rude; Donna Noble couldn't cope and the Tenth Doctor wished for the time when Ood were just rabid. (PROSE: "What If the Ood got green-eye?" [+]Part of Time Warped! 90, Loading...{"namedpart":"What If the Ood got green-eye?","1":"Time Warped! (DWA 90 feature)","2":"''Time Warped!'' 90"})

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Doctor suggested the Ood, among other telepathic races, as possible creators of the psychic Anima device. (AUDIO: A Thing of Guile)

The Ood were on the Eleventh Doctor's top five enemies list which he mentioned to the Fourth Doctor and Romana II while they were making up "top five" lists. (AUDIO: Babblesphere)

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

Discontinuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • During the Ood's first appearance, set in the year 43k2.1 (4221), they are stated to be slaves and that everybody has an Ood. (TV: The Impossible Planet) However, the Ood's slavery is supposed to have ended almost a hundred years prior in 4126 at which time they begin to be shipped back to the Ood Sphere, with the Ood having complete control of their planet by 4226. (TV: Planet of the Ood and TV: The End of Time) It seems incongruous that the Walker Expedition should still be using them as slaves considering that their expedition began almost a century after Ood liberation.

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