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|alias            = Anima
|alias            = [[King John]], {{Ainley}}, Red the Biomechanical Unicorn, Anima
|image            = Kamelion in TARDIS.jpg
|image            = Kamelion in TARDIS.jpg
|species          = Android
|species          = Kamelion (species)
|origin            = [[Gelsandor]]
|affiliation      = The Master
|affiliation      = The Master
|first             = The King's Demons (TV story)
|origin            = [[Mekalion]]
|appearances      = '''''[[Kamelion - list of appearances|see list]]'''''
|child            =
|first cs          = The King's Demons (TV story)
|appearances      = {{appears}}
|main actor        = Gerald Flood
|main actor        = Gerald Flood
|voice actor      = Jon Culshaw
|other actor      = Peter Davison
|other actor      = Peter Davison
|other actor2      = Anthony Ainley
|other actor2      = Anthony Ainley
|other actor3      = Janet Fielding
|other actor3      = Janet Fielding
|other actor4      = Dallas Adams
|other actor4      = Dallas Adams
|other voice actor = [[Sunny Ormonde]]
|voice actor      = Jon Culshaw
|other voice actor = [[Sunny Ormonde]], [[Christopher Naylor]]
|clip              = Kamelion is revealed - Doctor Who - The King's Demons - BBC
|clip              = Kamelion is revealed - Doctor Who - The King's Demons - BBC
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}}
'''Kamelion''' was a [[Shapeshifter|shape-changing]] [[android]] and [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]].
'''Kamelion''' was a [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]].
 
As a [[Shapeshifter|shape-changing]] [[android]], Kamelion was used by {{Ainley}} before the Doctor invited him aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to travel with him, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]. Proving to be something of a liability due to his weakness to influence by external forces, he eventually decided to remain in [[Kamelion's room|his room]] and experience the Doctor's travels remotely.
 
Falling under control of the Master once more, Kamelion was left in agony and begged the Doctor to destroy him, a request that the Doctor obliged.
 
== Biography ==
=== Origin ===
According to one account, the Kamelions were created by the [[Gelsandoran]]s ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Treasure (novel)}}) as [[weapon]]s of [[war]] during their invasion of Xeriphas. After the Gelsandorans left the planet, Kamelion, not knowing why his masters had left him, shut down his [[consciousness]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) This version was corroborated by UNIT's pin-board in the [[Black Archive]], on which his biography stated "Companion of the fifth Doctor. Metamorphic shape-shifting android. Creation of the Galsandorans".  ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})
 
According to another account, Kamelion was one of [[Kamelion (species)|a number of androids]] created by the [[Kamille]] on [[Mekalion]] as servants through which they could experience the physical world. He was sent to [[Xeriphas]] as part of an invasion force to wipe out the [[Xeraphin]], but entered a dormant state after the command signal from Mekalion stopped transmitting. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kamelion Empire (audio story)}})
 
=== Early Alliance with the Master ===
{{Ainley|c}} found Kamelion in his dormant state and took him aboard [[the Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] where he proved instrumental in the [[Time Lord]]'s escape. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (TV story)}})
 
On Kiamet, in a version of the timeline triggered by the actions of {{Simm}}, Kamelion disguised himself as the Tremas Master in order to infiltrate a meeting with the Master's seven other incarnations. After the Masters used the [[Time Scoop]] at the same time to escape an entity, causing them to scatter across the planet, Kamelion teamed up with [[Jo Grant]], where he briefly takes on the form of the [[Third Doctor]]. After they went their separate ways, Kamelion teamed up with [[Unbound Master|a version of the Master]] from [[Unbound Universe|another universe]]. After the timeline was reset, Kamelion was returned to the Tremas Master. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masterful (audio story)}})
 
=== Travels in the TARDIS ===
==== Meeting the Doctor ====
The Master took him to [[1215]] [[England]] where he had him impersonate [[John of England]], planning to pervert history by preventing the signing of [[Magna Carta]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] arrived and freed Kamelion from the Master's control, inviting him to travel with him in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] alongside [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]]. Tegan expressed that she was uncomfortable with him travelling alongside them but was outvoted by the Doctor and Turlough, who were both fine with Kamelion being on board the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (TV story)}})
 
==== As a companion ====
En route from [[Gallifrey]] to the [[Eye of Orion]], Kamelion detected an oncoming collision and raised the TARDIS alarm. A [[Phoenix (The Bird of Fire)|phoenix]] arrived in the [[TARDIS control room|console room]] and overpowered Kamelion before it was tricked into leaving. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bird of Fire (short story)}}) He later fell under the control of the [[Mara]] from Tegan's subconsciousness. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mark of the Medusa (short story)}})
 
In [[10764|10,764]], Kamelion became controlled by [[Maximillian Arrestis]]. However, he used the opportunity of Arrestis ordering him to turn into something to threaten his enemies to transform into a [[Sculti]], a race with a bio-electric field capable of shutting down the [[human]] [[brain]]. This killed Arrestis and made Kamelion decide to remain in the TARDIS, believing himself to be untrustworthy. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}})


Used by {{Ainley}} to impersonate [[King]] [[John of England|John]], he was later taken aboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] by the [[Fifth Doctor]]. This continued until his destruction after he had again fallen under the influence of the Master.
Kamelion patched himself into the TARDIS information files by means of the [[telepathy|telepathic]] circuits, meaning that he had permanent access to the [[TARDIS information system]]. For a time he appeared to have been possessed by the criminal [[Nustanu]], but this was later established to just be the result of Tegan's paranoia causing him to assume the appearance of what she subconsciously 'needed'. He then fell under the control of the [[Guardian of the Spring]] until the others were able to bring him back. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Devil in the Mist (audio story)}}) During a visit to a mine in [[Abertysswg]], Kamelion succumbed to the grief of a [[widow]] and transformed into her husband and son after being present at their deaths, nearly killing the daughter of the mine-owner as 'an eye for an eye'. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black Thursday (audio story)}}) In [[York]], he went missing and disguised himself as a [[human]], falling under the influence of an aspiring invader, [[the Hostess]], before receiving a signal from [[Mekalion]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Power Game (audio story)}})


However, this was not the end for him. He gained and lost a new host body, had a [[child]] with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and used his mental link with the Doctor to allow the Master to trap the Doctor within a dreamscape.
After receiving a signal, the Doctor took Kamelion home where he became a weapon of war as he was taken over by [[Chaos (The Kamelion Empire)|Chaos]], one of the four aspects of the Kamile, stealing the TARDIS and threatening to kill his companions. He eventually came to his senses and planned to deactivate himself, but the Doctor instead offered to convert [[Kamelion's room|a storeroom]] into a [[Zero Room]] where he would be safe and isolated, to which Kamelion agreed. He asked that his companions forget about him so that he could focus on preparing his own mental defences. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Kamelion Empire (audio story)}})


== Abilities ==
==== Remaining in the TARDIS ====
Kamelion was created from structure [[mathematics]] via [[Block Transfer Computation]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') a complex mass of artificial [[neuron]]s, controlled by simple concentration and [[psychokinetics]]. As such, he was able to change his appearance and form at will. ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'') He could even apply the same transformative energies to other individuals, as when appeared to turn people to [[stone]] in the guise of [[Medusa]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Mark of the Medusa (short story)|Mark of the Medusa]])
Kamelion was visited in his room by Tegan, who wanted to show Turlough what the [[Fourth Doctor]] had looked like. His attempt to transform resulted in him overloading due to the stress of accessing his companions' subjective experiences and impressions. The Fifth Doctor provided him with a [[casket]] to shield him from [[data]] that he could not properly process. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Qualia (short story)}})


Not only could he masquerade as various [[humanoid]]s, but Kamelion could actually change his mass via a pseudo-metabolic extension into the [[fifth dimension]], where he stored or drew on mass to suit varied body forms. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'') At various points, he changed his [[hand]]s into weapons, and took the forms of a [[Gubbage Cone]] with many [[tendril]]s and a fifty-foot tall version of his standard body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
On the [[Isle of Mona]], Kamelion made a rare trip outside the safety of the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fall of the Druids (short story)}})


== Biography ==
After the Doctor made several jumps in his personal timeline caused by actions he made in his personal future, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Secrets of Telos (audio story)}}, {{cs|God of War (audio story)}} and {{cs|The Auton Infinity (audio story)}}) Kamelion assisted in restoring the Doctor's timeline to normal. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Auton Infinity (audio story)}})
=== Life ===
==== Creation ====
According to one account, the Kamelions were created by the [[Gelsandoran]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'') as [[weapon]]s of [[war]] during their invasion of the [[planet]] [[Xeriphas]] before leaving. Not knowing why they left, Kamelion shut down his [[consciousness]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')  


According to another account, the Kamelions were created by the [[Kamille]] as servants to experience physical interaction through following the loss of their physical form. They were also sent to other planets such as Xeriphas as ambassadors. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kamelion Empire (audio story)|The Kamelion Empire]]'')
Turlough attempted to talk with Kamelion about his current feelings of dissatisfaction with his life, but Kamelion was unable to help as he lacked proper psychological insight. When the TARDIS materialised on [[the Moon]] in 1878, although Turlough suggested that Kamelion accompany them for additional protection, he was initially confined to the TARDIS by a [[force field]] preserving an [[atmosphere]] at the lunar park which disrupted his operating systems. He later left the TARDIS and saved the Doctor from dying of [[asphyxiation]] as the force field began to collapse after the death of the [[Warden]]. He also helped the Doctor and Turlough salvage [[weapon]]s to use against the [[Vrall]], and subsequently appeared to Queen [[Victoria]] as the apparent spirit of Prince Albert to advise her to abandon the British space program. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imperial Moon (novel)}})


When {{Ainley}} became trapped on [[Xeriphas]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') he discovered Kamelion had been left behind by previous invaders. He used the android to impersonate many beings across the cosmos, all the while causing Kamelion to develop a [[conscience]]. In his next encounter with the [[Fifth Doctor]], he was using Kamelion to impersonate [[King John]], in order to pervert history by preventing the signing of [[Magna Carta]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'')
=== Destruction ===
Wired up to the [[data core]], Kamelion received a [[Trion (species)|Trion]] [[distress call]] and redirected the TARDIS to its source in [[Lanzarote]]. A later attempt to establish contact with its source, actually {{Ainley}}, led Turlough to overload the console to try to disable him. He was unsuccessful, however, with the Master's consciousness taking almost complete control of the android.


==== Travels with the Fifth Doctor ====
Drawing from [[Peri Brown]]'s subconscious, the Master used Kamelion's shapeshifting abilities to take on the form of [[Howard Foster]], claiming to have wandered into the police box after seeing her and Turlough entering it; this short-lived deception allowed him to get close to the [[TARDIS console (The Five Doctors)|control console]], whereupon the Master piloted the ship to [[Sarn]]. There, continuing to control Kamelion's body, the Master used him to try and use the [[Numismaton Gas]] of the Trions' sacred flame to restore his real body to its full size.
The Doctor freed Kamelion from the Master's control and invited him to join [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew, although [[Turlough]] and [[Tegan]] were uncomfortable with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'')


Although Kamelion was eager to explore his own free will, he soon realised that his pre-programmed loyalty was too powerful to ignore, resulting in him falling under the control of the criminal psychopath [[Maximillian Arrestis]] while the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough investigating strange goings on at a time-travelling restaurant in the far future. However, Kamelion was able to assist the Doctor despite being officially under Arrestis's control when he was ordered to turn into something dangerous to threaten Arrestis’s enemies; Kamelion obeyed the order by transforming into a Sculti - a race that generated a bio-electric field capable of shutting down the human brain - but neglected to inform Arrestis that the same field could also shut down the energy weapons that Arrestis was using. This allowed the Doctor to gain the upper hand in the subsequent confrontation and send Arrestis - who had been rescued from the moment of his own death - back to the point in time where he’d come from. Despite the fact that he had prevented any serious damage being done, this adventure prompted Kamelion to resolve to remain inside the TARDIS from then on, his use as a weapon by Arrestis to kill someone proving to himself that he couldn't be trusted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
The Doctor used gas control circuitry to give Kamelion a near-fatal "heart attack", which severed the Master's control over him after which Kamelion asked him to destroy him. The Doctor obliged, using the [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. His final earthly words were: "''Destroy me... please..." ''([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Fire (TV story)}})


Kamelion subsequently spent most of his time in his room in the TARDIS, consisting of a chair with a link to the TARDIS's databanks, allowing him to 'listen' to the ship reflect on its adventures. However, after meeting the Doctor's first three incarnations ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), Tegan tried to use Kamelion to show Turlough what the Doctor had looked like when she first met him. Unfortunately, this resulted in Kamelion overloading as he tried to access Tegan and Turlough’s subjective experiences and impressions, prompting The Doctor to provide him with a casket to shield him from data he couldn’t process properly ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Qualia (short story)|Qualia]]'').
=== Post-destruction ===
As a result of his interfacing with the TARDIS, a little of Kamelion's personality survived within and was given a new body by the [[Gelsandoran]]s, only for him to sacrifice himself to save the Doctor and Peri. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Treasure (novel)}})


Despite this, Kamelion did leave his room during a trip to [[the Moon]] with a Victorian lunar expedition in [[1878]], his assistance proving crucial to the resolution of the crisis. Initially confined to the TARDIS by a force field preserving an [[atmosphere]] on a lunar park that disrupted his operating systems, Kamelion later left the park and rescued the Doctor as he was dying of [[asphyxiation]] on the surface as the force field began to lose power following the death of the park's [[The Warden|Warden]]. Later, he helped the Doctor and Turlough salvage weapons from the park to use against the ruthless [[Vrall]], and posed as the spirit of the deceased Prince [[Albert]] to convince Queen [[Victoria]] to abandon the space program. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Imperial Moon (novel)|Imperial Moon]]'')
Enough of Kamelion's mental link to the Doctor existed for the Master to trap his old enemy in a [[dreamscape]], slowly destroying his will to [[regeneration|regenerate]]. In this trap, Kamelion took the form of [[Anima (Winter)|Anima]] before breaking free from the Master's control thanks to [[Nyssa]] and [[Lasarti]]. He joined Nyssa and the Doctor's other companions in freeing him from the trap so that he could regenerate. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Winter (audio story)}}; [[TV]]: {{cs|The Caves of Androzani (TV story)}})


At some point, a picture of Kamelion was obtained by [[UNIT]], and was present in the [[Black Archive]] by UNIT. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Sixth Doctor]] and Peri found that Kamelion and the TARDIS had had a child together, which they raised. It developed into a double of Peri and was left by them on [[Earth]] in the real Peri's place whilst she continued with her adventures. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Reproductive Cycle (short story)}})


Kamelion fell under the Master's remote influence in [[Lanzarote]] and assumed the shape of [[Peri Brown|Peri]]'s [[stepfather]], [[Howard Foster]], after picking up on her thoughts. When the Master gained complete control over him, Kamelion assumed the form of the Master. The Master intended to use Kamelion to reverse an accident with his [[TCE]] that had shrunk him and his lab. The Doctor and Peri tried to return Kamelion to his own control and his robotic form, pitting their will against the Master's. When the Master was restored to his normal size, Kamelion was in agony over his possession and persuaded the Doctor to kill him to prevent any further possession. His final earthly words were: "''Destroy me... please..." ''([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
=== Undated events ===
At some point, a picture of Kamelion was obtained by [[UNIT]] and was present in the [[Black Archive]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})


=== Afterlife ===
[[File:Kamelion as the Thirteenth Doctor with K9.jpg|thumb|Kamelion as the Thirteenth Doctor]]
A little of Kamelion's personality survived as a result of his interfacing with the TARDIS. When the ship arrived on [[Gelsandor]], the natives gave him a new body, only for him to sacrifice himself to save the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown|Peri]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure (novel)|The Ultimate Treasure]]'')
At some point Kamelion and [[K9]] were sent to protect the [[robot]] safehaven [[Cal-Q-L0n]] from [[space pirate]]s called the [[Scarlet Scavengers]]. For this, Kamelion was disguised as the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. At the same time, they came across [[Doom]], who was looking for an [[incarnation]] of [[the Doctor]]. She told Kamelion that she had already dealt with the pirates and asked the robot questions to a point where he had to reveal his true self. They exchanged a few words and Kamelion went back to his disguise as Doom moved on and more pirates came. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|AI am the Doctor (episode)}})


As the [[Fifth Doctor]] lay dying from [[spectrox toxaemia]], enough of Kamelion's mental link to him existed to allow {{Ainley}} to use Kamelion to trap the Doctor in a dreamscape within his own mind, slowly destroying his will to [[regeneration|regenerate]]. In this trap, Kamelion took the form of Anima, the Doctor's wife and the mother of his children. Thanks to the encouragement of [[Nyssa]] and her husband [[Lasarti]], who were also mentally linked with him, the Doctor was able to see through the illusion. Freed from the Master's control once again, the [[psychic]]ally linked aspect of Kamelion in the Doctor's mind was able to join Nyssa and the Doctor's other companions from across space and time to free him from the trap so he could regenerate. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'')
== Appearance ==
Kamelion was a gleaming metallic [[android]], made of a silvery [[alloy]]. Whilst he was man-shaped, he was plain and without character. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (novelisation)}})


Later, Kamelion and the TARDIS had a child together, which was raised by the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]. It developed into a double of Peri and took her place on [[Earth]] while the real Peri travelled with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Reproductive Cycle]]'')
== Abilities ==
Kamelion was created from structure [[mathematics]] via [[Block Transfer Computation]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) a complex mass of artificial [[neuron]]s, controlled by simple concentration and [[psychokinetics]]. As such, he was able to change his appearance and form at will. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (TV story)}}) He could even apply the same transformative energies to other individuals, as when he appeared to turn people to [[stone]] in the guise of [[Medusa]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mark of the Medusa (short story)}})


== Other information ==
Not only could he masquerade as various [[humanoid]]s, but Kamelion could actually change his mass via a pseudo-metabolic extension into the [[fifth dimension]], where he stored or drew on mass to suit varied body forms. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Treasure (novel)}}) At various points, he changed his [[hand]]s into weapons, and took the forms of a [[Gubbage Cone]] with many [[tendril]]s and a fifty-foot tall version of his standard body. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) In spite of his capabilities, however, Kamelion was still susceptible to water damage. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Devil in the Mist (audio story)}})
Kamelion assumed the shapes of [[John of England]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'') [[Maximillian Arrestis|Arrestis]], [[Alexhendri Lassiter|Lassiter]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') [[Albert]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Imperial Moon]]'') [[Howard Foster]], the Fifth Doctor, {{Ainley}} ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') and [[Red]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'')


While dying from the effects of [[spectrox toxaemia]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] hallucinated about many individuals, including Kamelion, urging him to live. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
Kamelion assumed the shapes of [[John of England]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], the Fifth Doctor, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (TV story)}}) the [[Third Doctor]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masterful (audio story)}}) {{Ainley}}, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The King's Demons (TV story)}} and {{cs|Planet of Fire (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masterful (audio story)}}) [[Maximillian Arrestis|Arrestis]], [[Alexhendri Lassiter|Lassiter]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) [[Albert]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imperial Moon (novel)}}) Phoenix, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|I, Kamelion (audio story)}}) [[Howard Foster]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Fire (TV story)}}) and [[Red]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Treasure (novel)}})


When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was trapped in the remnants of the Matrix by [[Es'Cartrss]], he requested that the TARDIS avatar that was assisting him transform into Kamelion to penetrate a force field within the Matrix, as he realised that Es'Cartrss's 'allies' were all his artificial enemies, deducing that robots could pass through the force fields and recalling Kamelion as an example of a non-organic companion.
== Other information ==
When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was trapped in the remnants of the Matrix by [[Es'Cartrss]], he requested that the TARDIS avatar that was assisting him transform into Kamelion to penetrate a force field within the Matrix, as he realised that Es'Cartrss's 'allies' were all his artificial enemies, deducing that robots could pass through the force fields and recalling Kamelion as an example of a non-organic companion. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}})


[[File: The Art in Space Many monsters.jpg|thumb|The [[Tenth Doctor]] meets Kamelion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arts in Space (comic story)|The Arts in Space]]'')]]
[[File: The Art in Space Many monsters.jpg|thumb|The [[Tenth Doctor]] meets Kamelion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arts in Space (comic story)|The Arts in Space]]'')]]
Kamelion was among the creatures that [[Gabby Gonzalez]] sketched exiting the [[Pentaquoteque Gallery]] of [[Ouloumos]] in her notebook. However, her notes were notable for being somewhat inaccurate. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arts in Space (comic story)|The Arts in Space]]'')
Kamelion was among the creatures that [[Gabby Gonzalez]] sketched exiting the [[Pentaquoteque Gallery]] of [[Ouloumos]] in her notebook. However, her notes were notable for being somewhat inaccurate. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Arts in Space (comic story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* According to the featurette ''[[Kamelion - Metal Man]]'', included on the DVD release of ''The King's Demons'', the robot used for Kamelion was not custom-made for the series, but was a device discovered by producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] when he was searching for a possible successor to [[K9]]. According to the featurette, script editor [[Eric Saward]] and [[Peter Davison]] were extremely sceptical that the robot would work as an ongoing companion due to its frequent malfunctions.
* According to the featurette ''[[Kamelion: Metal Man (documentary)|Kamelion: Metal Man]]'', included on the DVD release of ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'', the robot used for Kamelion was not custom-made for the series, but was a device discovered by producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] when he was searching for a possible successor to [[K9]]. According to the featurette, script editor [[Eric Saward]] and [[Peter Davison]] were extremely sceptical that the robot would work as an ongoing companion due to its frequent malfunctions.
* Kamelion's mouth was designed to move in sync with the pre-recorded dialogue by [[Gerald Flood]].
* Kamelion's mouth was designed to move in sync with the pre-recorded dialogue by [[Gerald Flood]].
* Kamelion only appeared twice in the series; further appearances were impractical due to the special effects required. A scene involving Kamelion was filmed for part one of ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'', but was edited out before transmission due to the episode overrunning. As a result, there are no references to Kamelion in any episodes between ''The King's Demons'' and ''Planet of Fire'', not even in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', which occurs immediately after the events of Kamelion's debut. Kamelion's software designer, [[Mike Power]], was killed in a boating accident not long after the robot was accepted to appear on the series, and as he had never made fully documented operating notes, this made operation of the prop considerably difficult. An in-universe explanation for this was provided in ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', set immediately after ''Demons'', where Kamelion's automatic 'loyalty' to strong minds causes him to be used against the Doctor, prompting him to decide to remain in the TARDIS so that he cannot be used against his fellow travellers in future.
* Kamelion only appeared twice in the series; further appearances were impractical due to the special effects required. A scene involving Kamelion was filmed for ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'' part one, but was edited out before transmission due to the episode overrunning. As a result, there are no references to Kamelion in any episodes between ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', not even in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', which occurs immediately after the events of Kamelion's debut.
*Kamelion's software designer, [[Mike Power]], was killed in a boating accident not long after the robot was accepted to appear in the series and, as he had never written fully detailed operating instructions, this made operation of the prop considerably difficult. An in-universe explanation for this was provided in ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', set immediately after ''The King's Demons'', where Kamelion's automatic 'loyalty' to strong minds causes him to be used against the Doctor, prompting him to decide to remain in the TARDIS so that he cannot be used against his fellow travellers in future. A similar decision was made by him in ''[[The Kamelion Empire (audio story)|The Kamelion Empire]]'', set after three stories in which he proved a liability.
* According to Peter Davison in the ''Metal Man'' featurette, any sign of regret shown by him/the Doctor during Kamelion's "death" scene was pure acting. He was in reality gleeful to be done with the troublesome prop.
* According to Peter Davison in the ''Metal Man'' featurette, any sign of regret shown by him/the Doctor during Kamelion's "death" scene was pure acting. He was in reality gleeful to be done with the troublesome prop.
* A box set containing ''The King's Demons'' and ''Planet of Fire'' was released under the title ''[[Kamelion Tales]]''.
* A DVD box set containing ''The King's Demons'' and ''Planet of Fire'' was released under the title ''[[Kamelion Tales]]''.
* In their tongue-in-cheek reference book Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia (1996), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that "An examination of Kamelion's history reveals the possible existence of a curse of Poltergeist proportions. Both Terence Dudley and Peter Grimwade, who scripted the robot companion's appearances, have died. So too have Kamelion's human alter-egos, Gerald Flood and Dallas Adams, who played his 'Howard Foster' form for most of 'Planet of Fire'. To say nothing of Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, who was killed shortly after the decision was taken to include the robot in the series. Eric Pringle should thank his lucky stars that a Kamelion sequence was edited out of 'The Awakening' and Missing Adventure scribe Craig Hinton should start worrying."[4] Hinton – who penned the Missing Adventure The Crystal Bucephalus, which featured Kamelion prominently – later died of a heart attack, at the age of 42, in 2006.
* In their tongue-in-cheek reference book ''Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia'' (1996), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that "An examination of Kamelion's history reveals the possible existence of a curse of ''Poltergeist'' proportions. Both [[Terence Dudley]] and [[Peter Grimwade]], who scripted the robot companion's appearances, have died. So too have Kamelion's human alter-egos, Gerald Flood and [[Dallas Adams]], who played his 'Howard Foster' form for most of ''Planet of Fire''. Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, who was killed shortly after the decision was taken to include the robot in the series. [[Craig Hinton]] – who penned the Missing Adventure ''The Crystal Bucephalus'', which featured Kamelion prominently – later died of a heart attack, at the age of 42, in 2006.
**Even [[Robert Holmes]], the writer of ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'', which features an illusory Kamelion, died in 1986.
 
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Kamelion was a companion of the Fifth Doctor.

As a shape-changing android, Kamelion was used by the Tremas Master before the Doctor invited him aboard the TARDIS to travel with him, Tegan and Turlough. Proving to be something of a liability due to his weakness to influence by external forces, he eventually decided to remain in his room and experience the Doctor's travels remotely.

Falling under control of the Master once more, Kamelion was left in agony and begged the Doctor to destroy him, a request that the Doctor obliged.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Origin[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to one account, the Kamelions were created by the Gelsandorans (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Treasure (novel)"]) as weapons of war during their invasion of Xeriphas. After the Gelsandorans left the planet, Kamelion, not knowing why his masters had left him, shut down his consciousness. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"]) This version was corroborated by UNIT's pin-board in the Black Archive, on which his biography stated "Companion of the fifth Doctor. Metamorphic shape-shifting android. Creation of the Galsandorans". (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

According to another account, Kamelion was one of a number of androids created by the Kamille on Mekalion as servants through which they could experience the physical world. He was sent to Xeriphas as part of an invasion force to wipe out the Xeraphin, but entered a dormant state after the command signal from Mekalion stopped transmitting. (AUDIO: The Kamelion Empire [+]Loading...["The Kamelion Empire (audio story)"])

Early Alliance with the Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tremas Master found Kamelion in his dormant state and took him aboard his TARDIS where he proved instrumental in the Time Lord's escape. (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"])

On Kiamet, in a version of the timeline triggered by the actions of the Saxon Master, Kamelion disguised himself as the Tremas Master in order to infiltrate a meeting with the Master's seven other incarnations. After the Masters used the Time Scoop at the same time to escape an entity, causing them to scatter across the planet, Kamelion teamed up with Jo Grant, where he briefly takes on the form of the Third Doctor. After they went their separate ways, Kamelion teamed up with a version of the Master from another universe. After the timeline was reset, Kamelion was returned to the Tremas Master. (AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"])

Travels in the TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Meeting the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Master took him to 1215 England where he had him impersonate John of England, planning to pervert history by preventing the signing of Magna Carta. The Fifth Doctor arrived and freed Kamelion from the Master's control, inviting him to travel with him in the TARDIS alongside Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough. Tegan expressed that she was uncomfortable with him travelling alongside them but was outvoted by the Doctor and Turlough, who were both fine with Kamelion being on board the TARDIS. (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"])

As a companion[[edit] | [edit source]]

En route from Gallifrey to the Eye of Orion, Kamelion detected an oncoming collision and raised the TARDIS alarm. A phoenix arrived in the console room and overpowered Kamelion before it was tricked into leaving. (PROSE: The Bird of Fire [+]Loading...["The Bird of Fire (short story)"]) He later fell under the control of the Mara from Tegan's subconsciousness. (PROSE: Mark of the Medusa [+]Loading...["Mark of the Medusa (short story)"])

In 10,764, Kamelion became controlled by Maximillian Arrestis. However, he used the opportunity of Arrestis ordering him to turn into something to threaten his enemies to transform into a Sculti, a race with a bio-electric field capable of shutting down the human brain. This killed Arrestis and made Kamelion decide to remain in the TARDIS, believing himself to be untrustworthy. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"])

Kamelion patched himself into the TARDIS information files by means of the telepathic circuits, meaning that he had permanent access to the TARDIS information system. For a time he appeared to have been possessed by the criminal Nustanu, but this was later established to just be the result of Tegan's paranoia causing him to assume the appearance of what she subconsciously 'needed'. He then fell under the control of the Guardian of the Spring until the others were able to bring him back. (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist [+]Loading...["Devil in the Mist (audio story)"]) During a visit to a mine in Abertysswg, Kamelion succumbed to the grief of a widow and transformed into her husband and son after being present at their deaths, nearly killing the daughter of the mine-owner as 'an eye for an eye'. (AUDIO: Black Thursday [+]Loading...["Black Thursday (audio story)"]) In York, he went missing and disguised himself as a human, falling under the influence of an aspiring invader, the Hostess, before receiving a signal from Mekalion. (AUDIO: Power Game [+]Loading...["Power Game (audio story)"])

After receiving a signal, the Doctor took Kamelion home where he became a weapon of war as he was taken over by Chaos, one of the four aspects of the Kamile, stealing the TARDIS and threatening to kill his companions. He eventually came to his senses and planned to deactivate himself, but the Doctor instead offered to convert a storeroom into a Zero Room where he would be safe and isolated, to which Kamelion agreed. He asked that his companions forget about him so that he could focus on preparing his own mental defences. (AUDIO: The Kamelion Empire [+]Loading...["The Kamelion Empire (audio story)"])

Remaining in the TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kamelion was visited in his room by Tegan, who wanted to show Turlough what the Fourth Doctor had looked like. His attempt to transform resulted in him overloading due to the stress of accessing his companions' subjective experiences and impressions. The Fifth Doctor provided him with a casket to shield him from data that he could not properly process. (PROSE: Qualia [+]Loading...["Qualia (short story)"])

On the Isle of Mona, Kamelion made a rare trip outside the safety of the TARDIS. (PROSE: The Fall of the Druids [+]Loading...["The Fall of the Druids (short story)"])

After the Doctor made several jumps in his personal timeline caused by actions he made in his personal future, (AUDIO: Secrets of Telos [+]Loading...["Secrets of Telos (audio story)"], God of War [+]Loading...["God of War (audio story)"] and The Auton Infinity [+]Loading...["The Auton Infinity (audio story)"]) Kamelion assisted in restoring the Doctor's timeline to normal. (AUDIO: The Auton Infinity [+]Loading...["The Auton Infinity (audio story)"])

Turlough attempted to talk with Kamelion about his current feelings of dissatisfaction with his life, but Kamelion was unable to help as he lacked proper psychological insight. When the TARDIS materialised on the Moon in 1878, although Turlough suggested that Kamelion accompany them for additional protection, he was initially confined to the TARDIS by a force field preserving an atmosphere at the lunar park which disrupted his operating systems. He later left the TARDIS and saved the Doctor from dying of asphyxiation as the force field began to collapse after the death of the Warden. He also helped the Doctor and Turlough salvage weapons to use against the Vrall, and subsequently appeared to Queen Victoria as the apparent spirit of Prince Albert to advise her to abandon the British space program. (PROSE: Imperial Moon [+]Loading...["Imperial Moon (novel)"])

Destruction[[edit] | [edit source]]

Wired up to the data core, Kamelion received a Trion distress call and redirected the TARDIS to its source in Lanzarote. A later attempt to establish contact with its source, actually the Tremas Master, led Turlough to overload the console to try to disable him. He was unsuccessful, however, with the Master's consciousness taking almost complete control of the android.

Drawing from Peri Brown's subconscious, the Master used Kamelion's shapeshifting abilities to take on the form of Howard Foster, claiming to have wandered into the police box after seeing her and Turlough entering it; this short-lived deception allowed him to get close to the control console, whereupon the Master piloted the ship to Sarn. There, continuing to control Kamelion's body, the Master used him to try and use the Numismaton Gas of the Trions' sacred flame to restore his real body to its full size.

The Doctor used gas control circuitry to give Kamelion a near-fatal "heart attack", which severed the Master's control over him after which Kamelion asked him to destroy him. The Doctor obliged, using the Tissue Compression Eliminator. His final earthly words were: "Destroy me... please..." (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"])

Post-destruction[[edit] | [edit source]]

As a result of his interfacing with the TARDIS, a little of Kamelion's personality survived within and was given a new body by the Gelsandorans, only for him to sacrifice himself to save the Doctor and Peri. (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Treasure (novel)"])

Enough of Kamelion's mental link to the Doctor existed for the Master to trap his old enemy in a dreamscape, slowly destroying his will to regenerate. In this trap, Kamelion took the form of Anima before breaking free from the Master's control thanks to Nyssa and Lasarti. He joined Nyssa and the Doctor's other companions in freeing him from the trap so that he could regenerate. (AUDIO: Winter [+]Loading...["Winter (audio story)"]; TV: The Caves of Androzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"])

The Sixth Doctor and Peri found that Kamelion and the TARDIS had had a child together, which they raised. It developed into a double of Peri and was left by them on Earth in the real Peri's place whilst she continued with her adventures. (PROSE: The Reproductive Cycle [+]Loading...["The Reproductive Cycle (short story)"])

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

At some point, a picture of Kamelion was obtained by UNIT and was present in the Black Archive. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Kamelion as the Thirteenth Doctor

At some point Kamelion and K9 were sent to protect the robot safehaven Cal-Q-L0n from space pirates called the Scarlet Scavengers. For this, Kamelion was disguised as the Thirteenth Doctor. At the same time, they came across Doom, who was looking for an incarnation of the Doctor. She told Kamelion that she had already dealt with the pirates and asked the robot questions to a point where he had to reveal his true self. They exchanged a few words and Kamelion went back to his disguise as Doom moved on and more pirates came. (GAME: AI am the Doctor [+]Loading...["AI am the Doctor (episode)"])

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kamelion was a gleaming metallic android, made of a silvery alloy. Whilst he was man-shaped, he was plain and without character. (PROSE: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (novelisation)"])

Abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kamelion was created from structure mathematics via Block Transfer Computations, (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"]) a complex mass of artificial neurons, controlled by simple concentration and psychokinetics. As such, he was able to change his appearance and form at will. (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"]) He could even apply the same transformative energies to other individuals, as when he appeared to turn people to stone in the guise of Medusa. (PROSE: Mark of the Medusa [+]Loading...["Mark of the Medusa (short story)"])

Not only could he masquerade as various humanoids, but Kamelion could actually change his mass via a pseudo-metabolic extension into the fifth dimension, where he stored or drew on mass to suit varied body forms. (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Treasure (novel)"]) At various points, he changed his hands into weapons, and took the forms of a Gubbage Cone with many tendrils and a fifty-foot tall version of his standard body. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"]) In spite of his capabilities, however, Kamelion was still susceptible to water damage. (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist [+]Loading...["Devil in the Mist (audio story)"])

Kamelion assumed the shapes of John of England, Tegan Jovanka, the Fifth Doctor, (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"]) the Third Doctor, (AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"]) the Tremas Master, (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"] and Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"], AUDIO: Masterful [+]Loading...["Masterful (audio story)"]) Arrestis, Lassiter, (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus [+]Loading...["The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)"]) Albert, (PROSE: Imperial Moon [+]Loading...["Imperial Moon (novel)"]) Phoenix, (AUDIO: I, Kamelion [+]Loading...["I, Kamelion (audio story)"]) Howard Foster (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"]) and Red. (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Treasure (novel)"])

Other information[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Tenth Doctor was trapped in the remnants of the Matrix by Es'Cartrss, he requested that the TARDIS avatar that was assisting him transform into Kamelion to penetrate a force field within the Matrix, as he realised that Es'Cartrss's 'allies' were all his artificial enemies, deducing that robots could pass through the force fields and recalling Kamelion as an example of a non-organic companion. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])

The Tenth Doctor meets Kamelion. (COMIC: The Arts in Space)

Kamelion was among the creatures that Gabby Gonzalez sketched exiting the Pentaquoteque Gallery of Ouloumos in her notebook. However, her notes were notable for being somewhat inaccurate. (COMIC: The Arts in Space [+]Loading...["The Arts in Space (comic story)"])

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

  • According to the featurette Kamelion: Metal Man, included on the DVD release of The King's Demons, the robot used for Kamelion was not custom-made for the series, but was a device discovered by producer John Nathan-Turner when he was searching for a possible successor to K9. According to the featurette, script editor Eric Saward and Peter Davison were extremely sceptical that the robot would work as an ongoing companion due to its frequent malfunctions.
  • Kamelion's mouth was designed to move in sync with the pre-recorded dialogue by Gerald Flood.
  • Kamelion only appeared twice in the series; further appearances were impractical due to the special effects required. A scene involving Kamelion was filmed for The Awakening part one, but was edited out before transmission due to the episode overrunning. As a result, there are no references to Kamelion in any episodes between The King's Demons and Planet of Fire, not even in The Five Doctors, which occurs immediately after the events of Kamelion's debut.
  • Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, was killed in a boating accident not long after the robot was accepted to appear in the series and, as he had never written fully detailed operating instructions, this made operation of the prop considerably difficult. An in-universe explanation for this was provided in The Crystal Bucephalus, set immediately after The King's Demons, where Kamelion's automatic 'loyalty' to strong minds causes him to be used against the Doctor, prompting him to decide to remain in the TARDIS so that he cannot be used against his fellow travellers in future. A similar decision was made by him in The Kamelion Empire, set after three stories in which he proved a liability.
  • According to Peter Davison in the Metal Man featurette, any sign of regret shown by him/the Doctor during Kamelion's "death" scene was pure acting. He was in reality gleeful to be done with the troublesome prop.
  • A DVD box set containing The King's Demons and Planet of Fire was released under the title Kamelion Tales.
  • In their tongue-in-cheek reference book Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia (1996), Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons write that "An examination of Kamelion's history reveals the possible existence of a curse of Poltergeist proportions. Both Terence Dudley and Peter Grimwade, who scripted the robot companion's appearances, have died. So too have Kamelion's human alter-egos, Gerald Flood and Dallas Adams, who played his 'Howard Foster' form for most of Planet of Fire. Kamelion's software designer, Mike Power, who was killed shortly after the decision was taken to include the robot in the series. Craig Hinton – who penned the Missing Adventure The Crystal Bucephalus, which featured Kamelion prominently – later died of a heart attack, at the age of 42, in 2006.