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[[Image:T-rex and Apatosaurus.JPG|left|thumb|180px|A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fighting with an [[Apatosaurus]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'']]
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|aka          = ''T. rex''
|type        = Reptile
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|individuals  = {{il|[[Kevin (When Worlds Collide)|Kevin]]|[[Silurian pet]]}}
|appearances  = {{appears}}
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'''Tyrannosaurus rex''' were one of the most famous [[dinosaur]] [[species]] on [[Earth]]. They were also known as the '''''T. rex''''', or '''king tyrant lizard'''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Traders (audio story)}}) Recognised as the "king of the dinosaurs", it was perhaps the best known of all dinosaurs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
 
They lived towards the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period. It was one of the largest and most dangerous known land predators. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)}})
 
== Biology ==
The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest [[Therapod]] [[carnivore]]s, [[measuring]] up to [[13 (number)|13]] [[metre]]s in [[length]] with [[teeth]] the [[size]] of [[dagger]]s. Some [[Tyrannosaur]] tooth [[fossil]]s were up to [[30 (number)|30]] [[centimetre]]s long; the teeth were designed to rend and [[tear]] the [[monster]]'s [[prey]]. Some [[scientist]]s believed that T-Rex was a [[scavenger]], but the balance of [[evidence]] later suggested that it was an [[apex predator]], a [[hunter]] which chased down big [[Sauropod]]s, which were the size of a [[school bus]] and themselves known as the [[lion]] of the [[Cretaceous period]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
 
== History ==
[[File:Jurassic Era Invasion of the Mindmorphs.jpg|thumb|left|A Tyrannosaurus rex tries to eat the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and friends. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)}})]]
The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Sonny Robinson]], and [[Val Kent]] encountered a Tyrannosaurus rex during a visit to the [[Jurassic|Jurassic Era]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)}})
 
According to one account, the [[Silurian pet|Tyrannosaur-like creature]] that guarded the [[Silurian]] caves in [[Wenley Moor]] was in fact a Tyrannosaurus rex. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)}}) However, another account suggested that this was a species genetically created by the Silurians themselves, with the Doctor stating that he did not recognise it from the [[Mesozoic]] age. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)}}) However, another attack pet kept by a different [[hibernation facility]], located in [[London]] beneath [[Hyde Park]], was in fact a Tyrannosaur. It was accidentally awakened in [[Vastra]]'s [[Victorian era|Victorian]] London alongside the [[Triad]] ruling the facility, but the [[Twelfth Doctor]] later gave it a lift in the TARDIS back to the age of the dinosaurs — [[Canada]] sixty-six million years prior, to be exact. Vastra stated that she approved, having never liked the practice of "keeping wild animals as pets" in which some of her kind indulged. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (video game)}})
 
[[File:T-Rex in London.jpg|thumb|A ''T. rex'' in [[1970s]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)}})]]
During [[Operation Golden Age]], Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the [[dinosaur]]s that was brought into the present through [[time eddy]]s. The [[Third Doctor]] attempted to catch one and [[Mike Yates]] stunned it using [[Dinosaur stun gun|a special gun]]. [[UNIT]] transported it to a [[hangar]] where it was chained up. The Doctor intended to monitor it so that he could trace the source of the dinosaur appearances. However, [[Finch (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|General Finch]] broke its chains and it escaped, smashing through a wall before returning to its own time. The devices used to monitor it were sabotaged, leaving the Doctor without any readings. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)}})
 
{{O'Mara|c}} had several Tyrannosaurus rex embryos in her collection. These embryos were accidentally released after [[the Rani's TARDIS]] was sabotaged by the [[Sixth Doctor]]. Due to [[time spillage]], these embryos then quickly grew into a greener, sleeker example of ''T. rex'' than those later encountered by the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}})
 
While on a short field trip to the Jurassic era, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] encountered and escaped [[Tyrannosaurus rex (Made of Steel)|a ''T. rex'']]. Later, the Doctor opened a [[space-time portal]] between the [[2000s]]{{note|see [[Aliens of London dating controversy]] for why this cannot be dated more precisely.}} and the moment and location that the TARDIS had dematerialised. This caused the lunging ''T. rex'' to emerge in the present and attack a small number of [[Cybusman|Cybusmen]], destroying two of them and dragging the remains of one back with it to the dinosaur's own time. The Doctor suggested that since the Cybusman would be hard for the ''T. rex'' to digest, it would probably drop bits of it all around the Jurassic period. The Doctor was amused by the idea that this would keep [[archaeologist]]s guessing when they uncovered the Cybusman pieces. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Made of Steel (novel)}})
 
Tyrannosaurus rex was among the dinosaurs farmed by [[the Sanctified]] Empire. The Sanctified sent [[Tyrannosaurus rex (Rift War!)|one ''T. rex'']] to [[Cardiff]] in [[2008]] with a [[Harrowkind]] and several other dinosaurs to try and stop [[Vox]]. But Vox used the absorbed power of the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]] to obliterate the ''T. rex''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Rift War! (comic story)}})
 
Several Tyrannosaurus rex were brought into [[Sydney]] [[Australia]] in [[2010]] by a [[chronal wave]]. They wreaked havoc in the city, then presumably died for freezing temperatures when another chronal wave brought the [[Ice Age]] into Sydney. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Age of Ice (comic story)}})


'''Tyrannosaurus rex''' (meaning ''tyrant lizard king'') is one of the most famous [[dinosaur]]s. ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' hails from [[Earth]], specifically what is now western [[North America]]. They lived towards the end of the [[Distant past|Cretaceous]]. Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded ''T. rex'' in size, it was still one of the largest known land predators and thought to be one of the most dangerous predators on the [[Earth|planet]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
[[File:Trex on a spaceship.jpg|thumb|left|A sleeping, juvenile ''T. rex'' aboard the Silurian Ark. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}})]]
Tyrannosaurus rex was among the specimens placed aboard the [[Silurian Ark]] by the [[Silurian]]s with which to repopulate the Earth once the incorrectly predicted catastrophe passed. When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and his companions arrived on the Ark in [[2367]], they found a ''T. rex'' nest and a sleeping juvenile. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}})


The ''Tyrannosaurus'' was one of several biological specimens taken into cryogenic suspension by the [[Silurian]]s. The Silurian shelter under [[Wenley Moor]] used a ''Tyrannosaur'' as a defensive measure, releasing it into the nearby cave system where it killed at least one [[Human]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
A [[zoo]] on an [[planet (The Didus Expedition)|Earth-like planet]] exhibited a Tyrannosaurus rex or a tyrannosaurus-like creature. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Didus Expedition (comic story)}})


During the [[1970s]] invasion of [[London]], the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was one of the [[dinosaur]]s that was brought into the present. The ''T. rex'' was one of the most dangerous creatures encountered by the [[UNIT]] troops. Though not very bright, they seemed to be bullet-proof and could only be scared away with grenades. One was even shown breaking through a wall. These ''T. rexes'' were large, ponderous creatures with short legs, lumpy features and a thick tail. The [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor]] encounter at least 3 ''T. rexes'' and captures one in order to find out where they came from. ([[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
[[Tyrannosaurus rex (The Five Companions)|A Tyrannosaurus rex]] was transported to an alternative [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]], where it proceeded to kill several [[Dalek]]s before itself being exterminated. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Five Companions (audio story)}})


[[The Rani]] had several ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' embryos in her collection. These embryos were accidentally released after [[the Rani]]'s [[The Rani's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was modified by the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth Doctor]]. This embryo grew into a greener, more sleek ''T. rex'' , when compared to the previously seen ones. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'')
Tyrannosaurs were also native to the planet [[Raxas]], and, along with the other Raxas dinosaurs, proved to be more than a match for a [[Dalek]] [[Dalek invasion of Raxas|attack]]. They were so strong they could bite the Dalek's [[dalekanium]] casings in half and crush at least four Daleks with their massive feet. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Battle for Raxas (short story)}})


:''The changes in appearance, from a real world point of view, was obviously due to changes in both special effects and knowledge. From the stand-point of the [[Doctor Who Universe]], the differences may be due to different ages or being different species. Alternatively, the Rani's TARDIS may have affected the development of the embryo in [[The Mark of the Rani]].''
A robotic Tyrannosaurus named [[Kevin (When Worlds Collide)|Kevin]] briefly joined the Eleventh Doctor as a companion, although his size and appearance caused complications. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|When Worlds Collide (comic story)}}, {{cs|Your Destiny Awaits (comic story)}}, {{cs|Space Squid (comic story)}})


A zoo on an unnamed planet exhibited a tyrannosaurus or a tyrannosaurus-like creature. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Didus Expedition]]'')
A Tyrannosaurs was brought to the [[41st century]] by [[George Sheldrake]]'s malfunctioning [[Time corridor|time tunnels]] before the [[Tenth Doctor]] managed to return it to its proper time by fixing the tunnels. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Wrong Woman (audio story)}})


The Tyrannosaurs was also native to the planet [[Raxas]], and along with the other Raxas dinosaurs, proved to be more than a match for a [[Dalek]] attack. They were so strong they could bit the Dalek's [[Dalekanium]] casings in half and crush at least four Daleks with their massive feet. ([[DWBIT]]: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Issue 7|#7]])
=== Other timelines ===
[[File:Silurian Earth.jpg|thumb|A [[Silurian]] riding a Tyrannosaurus rex. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}})]]
On the [[Silurian Earth]], Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the creatures bought back from [[extinction]] by the [[Silurian]]s and were occasionally used for mounts. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}})


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== Behind the scenes ==
* Many reference sources identify the [[Theropod]] [[Silurian pet]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' as a ''T. rex''. However, whilst this is indeed the case in [[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)|the novelisation]], it is very unlikely going by televised evidence, since the Doctor claims not to recognise the species, the implication there being that the species is one bred or engineered by the Silurians, which would mean whatever species it may be would not exist in the real world.
* The ''T. rex'' is amongst the most iconic of real-world [[Dinosaur]]s, explaining its prominent featuring in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* In real life, the ''T. rex'' existed in the [[Cretaceous]] period, however most DWU sources date it to the [[Jurassic]].
* The ''T. rex'' notably appeared in {{iw|primeval|Episode 5.5}} of ''[[Primeval]]''. The profile provided in {{cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}} was, in fact, recycled from [[Cubicle Seven]]'s ''Primeval'' game.
 
== Notelist ==
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Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurus rex were one of the most famous dinosaur species on Earth. They were also known as the T. rex, or king tyrant lizard. (AUDIO: The World Traders [+]Loading...["The World Traders (audio story)"]) Recognised as the "king of the dinosaurs", it was perhaps the best known of all dinosaurs. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])

They lived towards the end of the Cretaceous period. It was one of the largest and most dangerous known land predators. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest Therapod carnivores, measuring up to 13 metres in length with teeth the size of daggers. Some Tyrannosaur tooth fossils were up to 30 centimetres long; the teeth were designed to rend and tear the monster's prey. Some scientists believed that T-Rex was a scavenger, but the balance of evidence later suggested that it was an apex predator, a hunter which chased down big Sauropods, which were the size of a school bus and themselves known as the lion of the Cretaceous period. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Tyrannosaurus rex tries to eat the Twelfth Doctor and friends. (COMIC: Invasion of the Mindmorphs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor, Sonny Robinson, and Val Kent encountered a Tyrannosaurus rex during a visit to the Jurassic Era. (COMIC: Invasion of the Mindmorphs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)"])

According to one account, the Tyrannosaur-like creature that guarded the Silurian caves in Wenley Moor was in fact a Tyrannosaurus rex. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"]) However, another account suggested that this was a species genetically created by the Silurians themselves, with the Doctor stating that he did not recognise it from the Mesozoic age. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)"]) However, another attack pet kept by a different hibernation facility, located in London beneath Hyde Park, was in fact a Tyrannosaur. It was accidentally awakened in Vastra's Victorian London alongside the Triad ruling the facility, but the Twelfth Doctor later gave it a lift in the TARDIS back to the age of the dinosaurs — Canada sixty-six million years prior, to be exact. Vastra stated that she approved, having never liked the practice of "keeping wild animals as pets" in which some of her kind indulged. (GAME: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)"])

A T. rex in 1970s London. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])

During Operation Golden Age, Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the dinosaurs that was brought into the present through time eddys. The Third Doctor attempted to catch one and Mike Yates stunned it using a special gun. UNIT transported it to a hangar where it was chained up. The Doctor intended to monitor it so that he could trace the source of the dinosaur appearances. However, General Finch broke its chains and it escaped, smashing through a wall before returning to its own time. The devices used to monitor it were sabotaged, leaving the Doctor without any readings. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)"])

The Rani had several Tyrannosaurus rex embryos in her collection. These embryos were accidentally released after the Rani's TARDIS was sabotaged by the Sixth Doctor. Due to time spillage, these embryos then quickly grew into a greener, sleeker example of T. rex than those later encountered by the Doctor. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])

While on a short field trip to the Jurassic era, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones encountered and escaped a T. rex. Later, the Doctor opened a space-time portal between the 2000s[nb 1] and the moment and location that the TARDIS had dematerialised. This caused the lunging T. rex to emerge in the present and attack a small number of Cybusmen, destroying two of them and dragging the remains of one back with it to the dinosaur's own time. The Doctor suggested that since the Cybusman would be hard for the T. rex to digest, it would probably drop bits of it all around the Jurassic period. The Doctor was amused by the idea that this would keep archaeologists guessing when they uncovered the Cybusman pieces. (PROSE: Made of Steel [+]Loading...["Made of Steel (novel)"])

Tyrannosaurus rex was among the dinosaurs farmed by the Sanctified Empire. The Sanctified sent one T. rex to Cardiff in 2008 with a Harrowkind and several other dinosaurs to try and stop Vox. But Vox used the absorbed power of the Cardiff Space-Time Rift to obliterate the T. rex. (COMIC: Rift War! [+]Loading...["Rift War! (comic story)"])

Several Tyrannosaurus rex were brought into Sydney Australia in 2010 by a chronal wave. They wreaked havoc in the city, then presumably died for freezing temperatures when another chronal wave brought the Ice Age into Sydney. (COMIC: The Age of Ice [+]Loading...["The Age of Ice (comic story)"])

A sleeping, juvenile T. rex aboard the Silurian Ark. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"])

Tyrannosaurus rex was among the specimens placed aboard the Silurian Ark by the Silurians with which to repopulate the Earth once the incorrectly predicted catastrophe passed. When the Eleventh Doctor and his companions arrived on the Ark in 2367, they found a T. rex nest and a sleeping juvenile. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"])

A zoo on an Earth-like planet exhibited a Tyrannosaurus rex or a tyrannosaurus-like creature. (COMIC: The Didus Expedition [+]Loading...["The Didus Expedition (comic story)"])

A Tyrannosaurus rex was transported to an alternative Death Zone on Gallifrey, where it proceeded to kill several Daleks before itself being exterminated. (AUDIO: The Five Companions [+]Loading...["The Five Companions (audio story)"])

Tyrannosaurs were also native to the planet Raxas, and, along with the other Raxas dinosaurs, proved to be more than a match for a Dalek attack. They were so strong they could bite the Dalek's dalekanium casings in half and crush at least four Daleks with their massive feet. (PROSE: The Battle for Raxas [+]Loading...["The Battle for Raxas (short story)"])

A robotic Tyrannosaurus named Kevin briefly joined the Eleventh Doctor as a companion, although his size and appearance caused complications. (COMIC: When Worlds Collide [+]Loading...["When Worlds Collide (comic story)"], Your Destiny Awaits [+]Loading...["Your Destiny Awaits (comic story)"], Space Squid [+]Loading...["Space Squid (comic story)"])

A Tyrannosaurs was brought to the 41st century by George Sheldrake's malfunctioning time tunnels before the Tenth Doctor managed to return it to its proper time by fixing the tunnels. (AUDIO: The Wrong Woman [+]Loading...["The Wrong Woman (audio story)"])

Other timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Silurian riding a Tyrannosaurus rex. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])

On the Silurian Earth, Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the creatures bought back from extinction by the Silurians and were occasionally used for mounts. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])

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

  • Many reference sources identify the Theropod Silurian pet from TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians as a T. rex. However, whilst this is indeed the case in the novelisation, it is very unlikely going by televised evidence, since the Doctor claims not to recognise the species, the implication there being that the species is one bred or engineered by the Silurians, which would mean whatever species it may be would not exist in the real world.
  • The T. rex is amongst the most iconic of real-world Dinosaurs, explaining its prominent featuring in Doctor Who.
  • In real life, the T. rex existed in the Cretaceous period, however most DWU sources date it to the Jurassic.
  • The T. rex notably appeared in Episode 5.5 of Primeval. The profile provided in Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"] was, in fact, recycled from Cubicle Seven's Primeval game.

Notelist[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ see Aliens of London dating controversy for why this cannot be dated more precisely.
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