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|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'' | |appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'' | ||
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The '''Sectoms''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') better known simply as '''Gastropods''', were a race of humanoid slugs that devoured the vegetation of the [[planet]] [[Jaconda]], led by [[Mestor]] the Magnificent. | The '''Sectoms''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') better known simply as '''Gastropods''', were a race of humanoid slugs that devoured the vegetation of the [[planet]] [[Jaconda]], led by [[Mestor]] the Magnificent. | ||
== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] [[slug]]s. They left a {{w|Snail slime|sticky trail}} behind them when they moved, and laid [[egg]]s which could remain fertile in [[space]]. Apparently only the leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally; the rest obeyed his commands without question. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] [[slug]]s. They left a {{w|Snail slime|sticky trail}} behind them when they moved, and laid [[egg]]s which could remain fertile in [[space]]. Apparently only the leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally; the rest obeyed his commands without question. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
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Gastropods had a form of mental powers which they could use to either kill individuals or take over their mind and communicate through them. They could also communicate [[telepathic]]ally. Their leader Mestor managed to open the doors of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through its psychic power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | Gastropods had a form of mental powers which they could use to either kill individuals or take over their mind and communicate through them. They could also communicate [[telepathic]]ally. Their leader Mestor managed to open the doors of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through its psychic power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
[[File:Gastropod powers.jpg|left|thumb|A Gastropod using its mental powers against [[Azmael]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')]] | [[File:Gastropod powers.jpg|left|thumb|A Gastropod using its mental powers against [[Azmael]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
According to the [[Jacondan]]s' legends, a Jacondan queen offended their sun god, who punished her by forcing her to give birth to a Gastropod. The Gastropod had countless children who devoured all of the [[plant]]s, leaving the Jacondans on the verge of [[starvation]] before the sun god sent a [[drought]] which wiped them out. | |||
The [[Sixth Doctor]], believing that there was "more than a grain of [[truth]]" in the story, determined that the Gastropods somehow got to the planet and died out, leaving behind clutches of [[egg]]s which lay dormant for centuries. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | |||
Jaconda became a despoiled wasteland once more when the eggs somehow hatched, the Gastropods making the Jacondans their slaves. In [[2310]], their leader, Mestor, planned to make the Jaconda's sun go [[supernova]] so as to scatter Gastropod eggs into space. The [[Sixth Doctor]] killed Mestor and ended the reign of the Gastropods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:40, 9 December 2023
Sectom, to make way for real gastropods that are referred to in The Ark in Space.
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The Sectoms, (PROSE: The Twin Dilemma) better known simply as Gastropods, were a race of humanoid slugs that devoured the vegetation of the planet Jaconda, led by Mestor the Magnificent.
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Gastropods resembled humanoid slugs. They left a sticky trail behind them when they moved, and laid eggs which could remain fertile in space. Apparently only the leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally; the rest obeyed his commands without question. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)
Abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]
Gastropods had a form of mental powers which they could use to either kill individuals or take over their mind and communicate through them. They could also communicate telepathically. Their leader Mestor managed to open the doors of the Doctor's TARDIS through its psychic power. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to the Jacondans' legends, a Jacondan queen offended their sun god, who punished her by forcing her to give birth to a Gastropod. The Gastropod had countless children who devoured all of the plants, leaving the Jacondans on the verge of starvation before the sun god sent a drought which wiped them out.
The Sixth Doctor, believing that there was "more than a grain of truth" in the story, determined that the Gastropods somehow got to the planet and died out, leaving behind clutches of eggs which lay dormant for centuries. (PROSE: The Twin Dilemma)
Jaconda became a despoiled wasteland once more when the eggs somehow hatched, the Gastropods making the Jacondans their slaves. In 2310, their leader, Mestor, planned to make the Jaconda's sun go supernova so as to scatter Gastropod eggs into space. The Sixth Doctor killed Mestor and ended the reign of the Gastropods. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- According to The Brilliant Book 2012, a book that contains non-narrative-based information, there was a fossilised Gastropod in Dr Henry Fizzog's Museum of the Macabre on Sardicktown.
- The name for this monster obviously derives from Gastropods, the biological class of slugs and snails.
