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{{Infobox Species
{{Infobox Species
|Species name = Tree of Cheem
|image      = Forest of cheem.jpg
|image = [[Image:Forest_of_cheem.jpg|250px]]
|aka        = Forest of Cheem<br>Tree
|aka =
|type        = [[Treeform]]
|type = Arboreal humanoid
|affiliation =  
|affiliation =
|origin      = [[Panjassic Asteroid Field]] / [[Cheem]]
|origin = Originally [[Earth]], [[Sol]] system, [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|first cs    = The End of the World (TV story)
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World]]''
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|page=21}}|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Growing Terror (comic story)|Growing Terror]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Reunion of Fear (comic story)|Reunion of Fear]]''|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Category - Non-Human (feature)}}|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Worlds in Time (video game)}}|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Coils of the Serpent (game)}}|[[WC]]: ''[[Osgood and the Thank You Message (webcast)|Osgood and the Thank You Message]]''|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Trees of Cheem (game)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in the New Forest (audio story)|Death in the New Forest]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Skies of New Earth (audio story)|The Skies of New Earth]]''|[[GAME]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Space and Time (game)}}}}
|Mentions =
|individuals = [[Jabe]], [[Lute (The End of the World)|Lute]], [[Coffa]], [[Thorn (Escape from New New York)|Thorn]], [[Vale (Death in the New Forest)|Sapling Vale]], [[Xylem Maple Dorm]]
|individuals = [[Jabe]]<br>[[Lute]]<br>[[Coffa]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|The origins of the Forest of Cheem go all the way back to the Middle Blue Period of Planet [[Earth]].|The Forest of Cheem's origins.|Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains}}
The '''Forest of Cheem''' were a group of '''[[treeform|Tree]]s''' descended from the [[tree]]s of [[Earth]]'s [[rainforest]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}}) specifically the [[Amazon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|From the Platform One Guest List (short story)}})
The '''Forest of Cheem''' are a group of intelligent, [[humanoid]], trees, descended from the rain forests of [[Earth]]. The trees of Cheem look like [[humanoid]]s with large, intricate heads and wood-like skin. They have retractable vines on their arms, but they aren't supposed to show them in public. The trees of Cheem are made of wood and are therefore highly flammable.


==History==
By some accounts, the Forest was a race which encompassed all [[treeform]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|From the Platform One Guest List (short story)}}, {{Cs|Category - Non-Human (feature)}}, [[GAME]]: {{cs|Trees of Cheem (game)}}) with individual members of the species known as '''Trees of Cheem'''. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Trees of Cheem (game)}}) They were also called '''the Cheem'''. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Coils of the Serpent (game)}})
===Brothers of Hame===
{{Quote|Two hundred years after the start of the experiment, the Forest had named itself, taking the title Cheem from its word for water.|Extract from The [[Platform One]] Guest List|Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains}}
The [[Brothers of Hame]] who brought a 500 x 300 mile plot of trees from the rain forests on Earth. They took it to their home world in the [[Panjassic Asteroid Field]] where the trees' evolution was accelerated from a billion years to just three years. Collectively the [[Forest of Cheem]] turned against their creators and fled into space in spaceships made from bark.
===[[The Last Great Time War]]===
{{Quote|And while legends persist of a mighty, invisible Time War, it is said  that the Forest alone observed the secret battle and wept.|The Forest of Cheem|Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains}}
5000 years later the Forest of Cheem were considered to be part of the Higher Species and witness to the last great [[Time War]].([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]'' & ''[[Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains]]'') They were aware of the course of the war and its history-changing effects and also states that they were mortified by the bloodshed. ([[DWA]]: ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'')
===Platform One===
{{Quote|Now, as humanity's seeds dissipates, and the Forest of Cheem's roots spread to all civilised worlds, the treeforms are treated with reverance, whether they go.|The Forest|Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains}}
According to [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]], they are of huge financial importance due to their land holdings and forests on various [[planet]]s; and they have "roots" everywhere. Because of this, several trees of Cheem were found on [[Platform One]] in [[5,000,000,000]] to watch the destruction of [[Earth]]. The group of Trees seen on Platform One was led by [[Jabe|Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe]] and also included [[Coffa]] and [[Lute]].


==Abilites and Skills==
By other accounts, the Forest of Cheem were one of many [[treeform|tree people]] cultures. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in the New Forest (audio story)|Death in the New Forest]]'') One account even indicated the name "Forest of Cheem" referred to a location where some Trees lived, rather than the collective of the Trees themselves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (2007 reference book)}})
{{Quote|They do not respect respect or understand technology...|The Forest of Cheem|Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains}}
The Forest of Cheem do not understand technology, referring to computers as "metal minds" or "metal machines", however they are known to use it. They were also aware of the [[Time Lord]]s and their fate in the [[Time War]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World]]'')


The Forest were a [[Higher Species]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|page=21}})


{{Series 1 aliens}}
== Biology ==
The Trees of Cheem were [[humanoid]]s with large, intricate heads, and wood-like skin. They had retractable vines on their arms called [[liana]]s, which they weren't supposed to show in public. The Trees of Cheem were made of wood, and were therefore highly flammable. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') Being higher on the [[evolutionary ladder]], the Forest of Cheem was able to perceive [[history-proofing|changes to the histories]] of the [[Lesser Species]] during the [[Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|page=21}})
 
The [[Tenth Doctor]] described the Forest of Cheem as being mystical beings. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Growing Terror (comic story)}})
 
== Culture ==
The Trees of Cheem did not understand technology, referring to computers as "metal minds" or "metal machines", but they were known to use it. They kept clippings of their relatives, occasionally giving them as gifts. According to the [[Ninth Doctor]], they were of huge financial importance due to their land holdings and forests on various [[planet]]s, and they had "roots" everywhere. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
 
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The Trees were descended from trees in the tropical [[rainforest]] on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') The [[Brothers of Hame]] brought a 500x300-mile plot of trees from the rainforests on Earth to the [[Panjassic Asteroid Field]] during the [[Middle Blue Period]] of Earth, where the trees' evolution was accelerated from a billion years to just three years. Collectively, the Trees turned against their creators and fled into space in spaceships made from bark. Two hundred years after the experiments, they had chosen the name Forest of Cheem for themselves, taking the name from their word for water. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From the Platform One Guest List (short story)|From the Platform One Guest List]]'')
 
By another account, "[[Cheem]]" was a planet which the Forest came to live on. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Game of Death (novel)|The Game of Death]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] believed they hailed from a place called Cheem. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Road Untravelled (audio story)}})
 
=== Ascension ===
During the [[Great Calling]], every treeform of the Forest of Cheem left the [[Panjassic Asteroid Field]] overnight in [[barkship]]s and travelled to the [[edge of the universe]], disappearing from history for 5000 years. It was there they became [[higher species]], but the details of what happened were a secret of the Forest. Some said the Forest encountered, killed, or became [[God (mythology)|God]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|From the Platform One Guest List (short story)}}, {{cs|Category - Non-Human (feature)}})
 
The Forest of Cheem witnessed the [[Great Time War]]. They [[history-proofing|were aware]] of the course of the war and its history-changing effects, and were horrified by the bloodshed.  ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|page=21}})
 
=== Presence in 50000001st century ===
[[File:Jabe s.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jabe]], a tree of Cheem. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')]]During the destruction of Earth in [[5,000,000,000]], a group of trees were on [[Platform One]], due to the Forest of Cheem's wealth, attending the event to keep up their [[share price]]s as well as paying respects. The group of Trees seen on Platform One was led by [[Jabe]] and also included [[Coffa]] and [[Lute (The End of the World)|Lute]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}}) All three of these Trees came from the [[Caven Hol Arboretum]], one of the Forest's younger branches. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|From the Platform One Guest List (short story)}})
 
[[File:Growing_Terror_Tree_people_react.jpg|thumb|The members of this species could feel the pain felt by all vegetation of their planet, and thus usually kept it highly protected from visiting space vessels. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Growing Terror (comic story)|Growing Terror]]'')]]At some point after the destruction of Earth, Coffa and Lute returned to their [[Biogrove]] and were menaced by the [[Elth of Balhoon]]. When they tried to warn the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]], they were discovered by [[Montodon Slemm]], who intended to capture them for resale. Though the Doctor and Rose were able to stop Montodon, Coffa and Lute were captured by the Elth in the confusion. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Growing Terror (comic story)}}) Elth held the survivors of Platform One responsible for [[Moxx of Balhoon|his brother's]] death and planned to kill them in revenge. When the truth came out, Coffa and Lute agreed to plant a garden in remembrance. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Reunion of Fear (comic story)}})
 
A group of Trees dressed similarly to Jabe, Coffa, and Lute were shopping at the [[Übermarket]] when it was visited by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts]], and [[Nardole]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)}})
 
The sapling [[Vale (Death in the New Forest)|Vale]] was grown from a cutting of Jabe, becoming a Tree identical in appearance by the second half of the 500000001st century. ([[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Death in the New Forest (audio story)}})
 
=== Undated events ===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was once aided by a [[Companion (Worlds in Time)|companion]] who may have been of the Forest of Cheem. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Worlds in Time (video game)}})
 
The Cheem may have once traded with the [[Federated Systems Alliance]], sending an ambassador to the [[Investment Ceremony]] on [[Deva Loka]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Coils of the Serpent (game)}})
 
The planet Cheem was once invaded by a splinter group of [[Morax (species)|Morax]], causing the Trees of Cheem to seek out the help of [[Adventurers (Player's Guide)|adventurers]] led by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Space and Time (game)}})
 
[[The Master (Anything You Can Do)|The Master]] and [[Ocelot (Anything You Can Do)|Ocelot]] once visited the [[Galaxy-Trees of the Cheem]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Anything You Can Do (short story)}})
 
=== Legacy ===
One [[21st century]] [[England|English]] home had [[Christmas card]]s with a variety of aliens on them, including Jabe, Coffa, and Lute of the Forest of Cheem. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Monster File: Christmas (webcast)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* ''[[The Dalek Handbook]]'' identifies the Trees of Cheem as one of the [[Higher Species]] due to their recognition of the [[Time War]].
 
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 18 October 2024

The Forest of Cheem were a group of Trees descended from the trees of Earth's rainforests, (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"]) specifically the Amazon. (PROSE: From the Platform One Guest List [+]Loading...["From the Platform One Guest List (short story)"])

By some accounts, the Forest was a race which encompassed all treeforms, (PROSE: From the Platform One Guest List [+]Loading...["From the Platform One Guest List (short story)"], Category - Non-Human [+]Loading...["Category - Non-Human (feature)"], GAME: Trees of Cheem [+]Loading...["Trees of Cheem (game)"]) with individual members of the species known as Trees of Cheem. (GAME: Trees of Cheem [+]Loading...["Trees of Cheem (game)"]) They were also called the Cheem. (GAME: Coils of the Serpent [+]Loading...["Coils of the Serpent (game)"])

By other accounts, the Forest of Cheem were one of many tree people cultures. (AUDIO: Death in the New Forest) One account even indicated the name "Forest of Cheem" referred to a location where some Trees lived, rather than the collective of the Trees themselves. (PROSE: The Visual Dictionary [+]Loading...["The Visual Dictionary (2007 reference book)"])

The Forest were a Higher Species. (PROSE: Meet the Doctor [+]Loading...{"page":"21","1":"Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)"})

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Trees of Cheem were humanoids with large, intricate heads, and wood-like skin. They had retractable vines on their arms called lianas, which they weren't supposed to show in public. The Trees of Cheem were made of wood, and were therefore highly flammable. (TV: The End of the World) Being higher on the evolutionary ladder, the Forest of Cheem was able to perceive changes to the histories of the Lesser Species during the Great Time War. (PROSE: Meet the Doctor [+]Loading...{"page":"21","1":"Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)"})

The Tenth Doctor described the Forest of Cheem as being mystical beings. (COMIC: Growing Terror [+]Loading...["Growing Terror (comic story)"])

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Trees of Cheem did not understand technology, referring to computers as "metal minds" or "metal machines", but they were known to use it. They kept clippings of their relatives, occasionally giving them as gifts. According to the Ninth Doctor, they were of huge financial importance due to their land holdings and forests on various planets, and they had "roots" everywhere. (TV: The End of the World)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Origins[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Trees were descended from trees in the tropical rainforest on Earth. (TV: The End of the World) The Brothers of Hame brought a 500x300-mile plot of trees from the rainforests on Earth to the Panjassic Asteroid Field during the Middle Blue Period of Earth, where the trees' evolution was accelerated from a billion years to just three years. Collectively, the Trees turned against their creators and fled into space in spaceships made from bark. Two hundred years after the experiments, they had chosen the name Forest of Cheem for themselves, taking the name from their word for water. (PROSE: From the Platform One Guest List)

By another account, "Cheem" was a planet which the Forest came to live on. (PROSE: The Game of Death) The Eighth Doctor believed they hailed from a place called Cheem. (AUDIO: The Road Untravelled [+]Loading...["The Road Untravelled (audio story)"])

Ascension[[edit] | [edit source]]

During the Great Calling, every treeform of the Forest of Cheem left the Panjassic Asteroid Field overnight in barkships and travelled to the edge of the universe, disappearing from history for 5000 years. It was there they became higher species, but the details of what happened were a secret of the Forest. Some said the Forest encountered, killed, or became God. (PROSE: From the Platform One Guest List [+]Loading...["From the Platform One Guest List (short story)"], Category - Non-Human [+]Loading...["Category - Non-Human (feature)"])

The Forest of Cheem witnessed the Great Time War. They were aware of the course of the war and its history-changing effects, and were horrified by the bloodshed. (PROSE: Meet the Doctor [+]Loading...{"page":"21","1":"Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)"})

Presence in 50000001st century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jabe, a tree of Cheem. (TV: The End of the World)

During the destruction of Earth in 5,000,000,000, a group of trees were on Platform One, due to the Forest of Cheem's wealth, attending the event to keep up their share prices as well as paying respects. The group of Trees seen on Platform One was led by Jabe and also included Coffa and Lute. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"]) All three of these Trees came from the Caven Hol Arboretum, one of the Forest's younger branches. (PROSE: From the Platform One Guest List [+]Loading...["From the Platform One Guest List (short story)"])

The members of this species could feel the pain felt by all vegetation of their planet, and thus usually kept it highly protected from visiting space vessels. (COMIC: Growing Terror)

At some point after the destruction of Earth, Coffa and Lute returned to their Biogrove and were menaced by the Elth of Balhoon. When they tried to warn the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, they were discovered by Montodon Slemm, who intended to capture them for resale. Though the Doctor and Rose were able to stop Montodon, Coffa and Lute were captured by the Elth in the confusion. (COMIC: Growing Terror [+]Loading...["Growing Terror (comic story)"]) Elth held the survivors of Platform One responsible for his brother's death and planned to kill them in revenge. When the truth came out, Coffa and Lute agreed to plant a garden in remembrance. (COMIC: Reunion of Fear [+]Loading...["Reunion of Fear (comic story)"])

A group of Trees dressed similarly to Jabe, Coffa, and Lute were shopping at the Übermarket when it was visited by the Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts, and Nardole. (COMIC: The Great Shopping Bill [+]Loading...["The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)"])

The sapling Vale was grown from a cutting of Jabe, becoming a Tree identical in appearance by the second half of the 500000001st century. (AUDIO: Death in the New Forest [+]Loading...["Death in the New Forest (audio story)"])

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

The Eleventh Doctor was once aided by a companion who may have been of the Forest of Cheem. (GAME: Worlds in Time [+]Loading...["Worlds in Time (video game)"])

The Cheem may have once traded with the Federated Systems Alliance, sending an ambassador to the Investment Ceremony on Deva Loka. (GAME: Coils of the Serpent [+]Loading...["Coils of the Serpent (game)"])

The planet Cheem was once invaded by a splinter group of Morax, causing the Trees of Cheem to seek out the help of adventurers led by the Thirteenth Doctor. (GAME: A Brief History of Space and Time [+]Loading...["A Brief History of Space and Time (game)"])

The Master and Ocelot once visited the Galaxy-Trees of the Cheem. (PROSE: Anything You Can Do [+]Loading...["Anything You Can Do (short story)"])

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

One 21st century English home had Christmas cards with a variety of aliens on them, including Jabe, Coffa, and Lute of the Forest of Cheem. (WC: Monster File: Christmas [+]Loading...["Monster File: Christmas (webcast)"])

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

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Known tree species
Acacia • Amyris elemifera • Androzani • Ash • Aubora • Bartleboigle • Birch • Cadonwood • Cheem • Gum • Joshua • Judas • Laburnum • Maple • Moon-pine • Oak • Poppito • Stage • Time • Toffee apple • Treeborg • Ulanda • Upas • Willow
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