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| 1 = {{feature|title= | | 1 = {{feature|title=Time Lord|image=The Doctor's Death sentence - Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Time Lords''' were the oligarchic rulers of the [[planet]] [[Gallifrey]]. Regarded by other races as "stuffy" and "indolent", most mainstream Time Lords thought it proper to watch over the [[universe]] from a distance rather than explore it up close. A certain faction of the civilisation, however, recognised the practical need to occasionally retreat from their "ivory towered" existence and get involved for the ostensible good of the [[Web of Time]]. This group, known as the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], or CIA, provided the Doctor — as well as [[Lord President]] [[Romana]] — with a second foci for disdain. Caught between a mainstream polity that preferred merely to observe and a second group that interfered where it suited their long-term interests, it was little wonder that the Doctor, and for a time Romana, chose to separate themselves from both factions of Time Lord society and become [[Renegade Time Lord|renegades]]. Their mistrust of their own people was only reinforced by the several judicial proceedings and political enquiries that were lodged against them.}} | ||
| 2 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 2 = {{feature|title=Dalek|image=Eggs? - In the Asylum - Doctor Who - Asylum of the Daleks - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Daleks''' were a race of [[mutant]] life forms that originated from the [[Kaled]] race of the planet [[Skaro]]. Originally named the "Mark III Time Travel Machine", they were transformed into weapons of conquest by their creator, a maniacal Kaled scientist named [[Davros]]. His creations eventually turned against him, purporting they were superior lifeforms, and began to proliferate the universe as a deadly scourge that sought to wipe out any living thing that was not pure Dalek. The Daleks grew to such malignancy that they became the ultimate nemesis of the entire [[Time Lord]] race, and triggered the [[Last Great Time War]]. The Daleks are also the oldest and most despised enemy of [[renegade Time Lord]] using the alias [[The Doctor]], a hatred that magnified with the Time War and culminated in his double genocide of both Time Lord and Dalek alike. However, the Daleks persisted in small numbers and gradually restored themselves to power once again.}} | ||
| 3 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 3 = {{feature|title=Cyberman|image=Special Feature - The Cybermen - Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen - BBC | ||
| 4 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | |ext=|lead=The '''Cybermen''' were a collective of [[cyborg]]s that had once existed as flesh and blood creatures. The race originally came into being when the planet [[Mondas]], [[Earth]]'s twin planet, drifted out of the [[Sol System]]. Cut off from the [[Sun]], its inhabitants, the [[Mondan]]s were stuck on a dying planet and had to adapt to survive without natural processes. As their bodies aged and grew sick, they began to replace the damaged pieces with mechanical components. However, the transformation continued until it resulted in total loss of individuality and emotion, and bore an artificial species who operated on cold logic, thinking all others should become like them. Cybermen were purely concerned with self-preservation, upgrading others into their ranks through any means necessary, and killing the incompatible or those who opposed [[Cyber-conversion]]. The Cybermen even existed in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]], brought about as the brainchild of the late [[John Lumic]]. These Cybermen crossed the barrier between universes and united forces with the Mondan Cybermen, upgrading each other to greater echelons. These advances reached their height when the Cybermen adapted for war, resulting in their most sophisticated and deadly evolution to date.}} | ||
| 5 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 4 = {{feature|title=Sontaran|image=The Doctor and the poison gas - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Sontarans''' were a race of belligerent and militaristic [[clone]]s from the planet [[Sontar]], created by the [[Kaveetch]]. They waged eternal war throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]] against the [[Rutan Host]]. [[Humanoid]]s, they had large, bulbous heads and short stocky bodies. Possessed of grey-brown skin and deep set features, they were a [[clone]] species, ultimately derived from only a few individuals. Sontarans generally had three digits on each hand — two fingers and a thumb. Their great weakness was their [[probic vent]], a tube at the back of the neck through which they were fed as young clones. A well-timed blow to the vent rendered them quite unconscious with minimal force.}} | ||
| 6 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 5 = {{feature|title=Weeping Angel|image=Don't Blink! - Doctor Who - Blink - Series 3 - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Weeping Angels''' were a species of [[Quantum-locking|quantum-locked]] [[humanoid]]s, so called because their unique nature necessitated that they often covered their faces with their hands to prevent trapping each other in [[Petrification|petrified]] form for eternity by looking at one another. This gave the Weeping Angels their distinct "weeping" appearance. They were known for being murderous psychopaths, eradicating their victims "mercifully" by dropping them into the past and letting them live out their full lives, just in a different time period. This, in turn, allowed them to live off the remaining time energy of the victim's life. However, when this potential energy paled in comparison to an alternative power source to feed on, the Angels were known to kill by other means, such as snapping their victims' necks.}} | ||
| 7 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 6 = {{feature|title=Ice Warrior|image=Victim of the Ice Warriors - The Ice Warriors - Doctor Who - BBC | ||
| 8 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | |ext=|lead=The '''Ice Warriors''' and '''Ice Lords''' were a race of reptilian [[humanoid]]s from the [[planet]] [[Mars]], described by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as biomechanoid [[cyborg]]s. They were also known as '''native Martians''' and simply '''Martians'''. Adult, fully armoured Ice Warriors were large, imposing reptilian [[humanoid]]s, up to seven feet tall. Unarmoured, they had flattened, scaly faces with sharp fangs and thin green tongues. They had a strong sense of personal honour, and a highly-developed since of ritual and culture. An Ice Warrior motto was "Attack one of us, attack all of us".}} | ||
| 9 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 7 = {{feature|title=Zygon|image=Cornered by a Zygon - Terror of the Zygons - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead='''Zygons''' were metamorphic [[humanoid]]s. They originated from the planet [[Zygor]], but often tried to migrate away from it. Short, and in some ways dog-like, Zygons could change into a variety of forms, so long as they held the original organism in one of their metamorphosis chambers. Their technology was decidedly organic, resembling plants more than machines. The [[Loch Ness Monster]] was in reality a creature controlled by them, more properly known as a [[Skarasen]]. Their weakness was a deep fear of [[fire]].}} | ||
| 10 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 8 = {{feature|title=Monoid|image=Doctor meets Refusian - Doctor Who - The Ark - BBC | ||
| 11 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | |ext=|lead=As the name implied, '''Monoids''' were one-eyed creatures that unusually named themselves by a relative ranking number, rather than by any sort of unique name. An individual named "One" could easily find him or herself demoted to "Four" if their political fortunes were reversed. Only vaguely [[humanoid]], they were initially a [[slavery|slave]] race to [[human]]s who fled the [[Earth]] following its alleged destruction. Over the course of the very long journey, they eventually overthrew their oppressors and reversed their political position entirely. This change in fortunes was largely the result of the fact that the [[First Doctor]] and his companions unwittingly interfered with the ''status quo'' on the ''[[Ark]]'' by introducing a [[cold]] virus to the ship's non-resitant human population.}} | ||
| 12 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 9 = {{feature|title=Robot Yeti|image=Yeti attack! - The Web of Fear - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead='''Robot Yeti''' were servitors created by the [[Great Intelligence]], originally as protectors before using them as an army. They may have been based on living [[Tibetan Yeti]]. However, because no living Yeti were ever definitively studied, it was also possible that the robotic Yeti was the source of the myth. <br><br>The Yeti robots were large and hairy to disguise themselves in the [[Himalayas]]. Their claws, feet, and eyes were the only parts not covered in fur; their claws and feet were black and bumpy, their teeth yellow, and their eyes green. The "Mark I"s were bigger and more bear-like, whereas the "Mark II"s in [[London]] had better-defined hands capable of wielding [[web-gun]]s. These Yeti had flaps at their chest which hid the [[control sphere]]s that provided their motive power, serving as a [[brain]]. Yeti could also be directed somewhere through the use of a [[locus]]. Until activated, Yeti could stand immobile for long periods, completely shutdown and unaware of what went on around them. When instructions did arrive they would come to life and begin moving.}} | ||
| 13 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 10 = {{feature|title=The 456|image=We want the children - Torchwood - BBC|ext=|lead='''The 456''' (pronounced 'four-five-six') was an alien race that negotiated secretly with the [[British government]] in [[1965]], and again in [[2009]]. This designation was given to them by [[human]]s based on the radio wavelength they used, and they took on the name as their own in their dealings with humans rather than offering the actual name of their species, if any ever existed. As they later revealed, they were drug dealers. The 456 used children as "the hit" because the bodily chemicals they create "felt good". Very little was known about the 456's biology and anatomy, as humanity only had contact with one member of the species, who remained within a nearly opaque gas, contained within a transparent chamber. The natural design of their body consisted of three "heads", connected to one body via three long necks, possibly a conjoined triplet species. It resembled a large, plucked, three-headed swan. }} | ||
| 14 = {{feature|title=|image=|lead=}} | | 11 = {{feature|title=Kroton (species){{!}}Kroton|image=Doctor Who - The Krotons - DVD trailer|ext=|lead=The '''Krotons''' were a crystalline race from the [[planet]] [[Krosi-Aspai-Core]]. They evolved from predatory quasi-organic [[tellurium]] based crystal which could mimic their prey's abilities. At some point in their history they encountered a [[human]] [[Servo Robot]] and mimicked it, thus attaining semi-sapience. As they evolved they became semi-sentient armoured crystalline beings which fed on and were psychologically linked to mental vibrations. The Krotons had crystalline bodies which could be broken down and reformed to suit the environment and the situation which they were in. Krotons had poor eyesight in daylight and kept the insides of their ships dark. When venturing out in the daylight, a Kroton had to rely on the guidance of another Kroton giving directions through use of a camera. }} | ||
| 12 = {{feature|title=Gelth|image=Charles Dickens and the Unquiet Dead - Doctor Who - BBC|ext=|lead=The '''Gelth''' were a [[humanoid]] species who lost their bodies in the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. Though they originally had biological bodies, the Gelth were eventually reduced to a gaseous form during the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], after their bodies were destroyed during the conflict. They could shape this gas into a wraith-like form, but they needed to be in a gaseous environment to survive}} | |||
| 13 = {{feature|title=Headless Monk|image=The Headless Monks Exclusive Sneak Peek From BBC America's Original 'Doctor Who' Specials|ext=|lead=The '''Headless Monks''' were a [[religion|religious]] order who believed in listening to their hearts rather than their minds, to the point of having themselves beheaded.<br><br> | |||
As they were headless, the Headless Monks did not register as living beings. They were also supposedly incapable of being fooled or feeling fear. Despite their lack of heads, the Monks were able to detect where other beings were. They could fire energy blasts from their hands, as well as channelling that energy into the [[sword]]s they carried.}} | |||
| 14 = {{feature|title=Judoon|image=Doctor Who Series 3 - Clip 2|ext=|lead=The '''Judoon''' were a race of [[Rhinoceros|rhinocerid]] [[humanoid]]s frequently employed as a mercenary [[police]] force. They carried out their tasks without regard for the consequences of their actions, and were known for their strict obedience to the law and their brutal efforts in maintaining it. Crimes like physical assault towards a Judoon incurred the [[death penalty]], without chance for trial. The [[Tenth Doctor]] described them as logical, but stupid, and they seemed to favour methodical patterns of behaviour to a fault. Even on crucial missions, Judoon would obey local traffic laws, "Authorised personnel only" and "Pay and Display" signs, follow mission procedure rigidly and always got a form signed when commandeering transport.}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:16, 26 October 2016
The Headless Monks were a religious order who believed in listening to their hearts rather than their minds, to the point of having themselves beheaded.
As they were headless, the Headless Monks did not register as living beings. They were also supposedly incapable of being fooled or feeling fear. Despite their lack of heads, the Monks were able to detect where other beings were. They could fire energy blasts from their hands, as well as channelling that energy into the swords they carried.
