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|image= [[File:Marinus4.jpg|250px]]
|type         = [[Humanoid]]
|Species name = Marinusian
|affiliation = [[Conscience of Marinus]]
|aka =
|origin       = [[Marinus]]
|type= [[Near-Human]]
|only cs      = The Keys of Marinus (TV story)
|affiliation = [[Conscience of Marinus]]
|individuals  = {{csl|[[Arbitan]]|[[Altos]]|[[Sabetha]]|[[Kala (The Keys of Marinus)|Kala]]|[[Eyesen]]|}}
|origin = [[Marinus]]
}}{{you may|Arbitan|n1 = the man}}
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]''
The '''Arbitans''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)}}) also possibly known as '''[[Marinian]]s''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (novelisation)}}) and referred to as a "[[human]] race," was one of the "many races" native to [[Marinus]].
|mentions =
|individuals = [[Arbitan]]<br>[[Altos]]<br>[[Sabetha]]<br>[[Darrius]]<br>[[Vasor]]<br>[[Tarron (individual)|Tarron]]<br>[[Larn]]<br>[[Kala]]<br>[[Aydan]]<br>[[Eyesen]]<br>[[Eprin]]
}}
The '''Marinusians''' were a [[Near-Human]] species native to [[Marinus]]. They were pacifists until the [[Voord]]s forced them to fight. They conquered the Voords by fixing the [[Conscience of Marinus]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'')


One account says that the [[Mondasian]]s, the near-Human race that would evolve into [[Cybermen]], were actually Marinusians. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
Their technology reached its peak over two thousand years before the [[First Doctor]] visited, when they constructed and refined the [[Conscience of Marinus]], living as pacifists for seven centuries until the [[Voord]]s attacked. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keys of Marinus (TV story)}})


{{Season 1 aliens}}
The Doctor visited [[Kandalinga]] and encountered the Voord again, who'd been exiled from Marinus by the "Arbitans." The Doctor believed it was "many millions of years" since his visit to Marinus, and that "with the passing of the centuries the whole race had assumed the name of their great dead leader." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)}})
[[Category:Near-Human Species]]
 
== Behind the scenes ==
The name "Arbitan" was applied to the race in the ''[[The Dr Who Annual 1966]]'' story ''The Fishmen of Kandalinga'', set presumably millions of years in the future. In ''[[Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus]]'' novelisation, published in [[1980]], [[Altos]] is described as a "[[Marinian]]," indicating these are the same species, although there are references to them as a being "human" and the existence of "many races" on Marinus, sometimes including the Voord.
 
[[Category:Humanoid species]]
[[Category:Marinus sentients]]
[[Category:Pacifist species]]

Latest revision as of 20:02, 1 August 2024

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The Arbitans, (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"]) also possibly known as Marinians (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (novelisation)"]) and referred to as a "human race," was one of the "many races" native to Marinus.

Their technology reached its peak over two thousand years before the First Doctor visited, when they constructed and refined the Conscience of Marinus, living as pacifists for seven centuries until the Voords attacked. (TV: The Keys of Marinus [+]Loading...["The Keys of Marinus (TV story)"])

The Doctor visited Kandalinga and encountered the Voord again, who'd been exiled from Marinus by the "Arbitans." The Doctor believed it was "many millions of years" since his visit to Marinus, and that "with the passing of the centuries the whole race had assumed the name of their great dead leader." (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"])

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

The name "Arbitan" was applied to the race in the The Dr Who Annual 1966 story The Fishmen of Kandalinga, set presumably millions of years in the future. In Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus novelisation, published in 1980, Altos is described as a "Marinian," indicating these are the same species, although there are references to them as a being "human" and the existence of "many races" on Marinus, sometimes including the Voord.