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'''Scout ships''' were | [[File:Scout Ship.jpg|thumb|One of the ''[[Hydrax]]''{{'}} scout ships plummets towards its target. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')]] | ||
'''Scout ships''' or '''scout craft''' were reconnaissance craft that could be detached from a mothership. The ''[[Hydrax]]'' had three scout ships fronted with bolts of [[steel]]. One of these was used by the [[Fourth Doctor]] to impale and kill the [[King Vampire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | |||
The [[Sontaran]]s had spherical [[Sontaran scout ship|scout ships]] that contained a single Sontaran. ([[ | According to the [[Time Lord]]s' ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'', the [[Dalek]] [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|space capsule]] which [[Vulcan Incident|crashed]] on [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] was a scout craft used for [[reconnaissance]] [[mission]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') Another [[Dalek scout ship]] once crashed on [[Hyspero]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') | ||
The [[Sontaran]]s had spherical [[Sontaran scout ship|scout ships]] that each contained a single Sontaran. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') | |||
The [[CyberMondan]]s [[Bremm]] and [[Gramm]] from [[Mondas]] were sent in a scout craft on a mission to find [[Earth]]. Their craft crash-landed in the mountains of [[Austria]] in [[19th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') Another scouting party was sent out, finding planets whose lifeforms were incompatible to receive [[cyber-conversion]], only to hit a [[time storm]] when they found Earth, preventing them from signalling Mondas. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Way of the Burryman (audio story)|Way of the Burryman]]'') | |||
The [[Zalphon|Zalphons]] deployed scout ships from [[Sydney Opera House|their mothership]] in the lead-up to their attempted invasion of Earth. On [[12 July]], [[1979]], one of these scout ships accidentally collided with ''[[Skylab]]'', and deployed [[Escape pod|escape pods]] which landed in rural Western [[Australia]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Bennelong Point (short story)|''Bennelong Point'']]) | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 20 April 2024
Scout ships or scout craft were reconnaissance craft that could be detached from a mothership. The Hydrax had three scout ships fronted with bolts of steel. One of these was used by the Fourth Doctor to impale and kill the King Vampire. (TV: State of Decay)
According to the Time Lords' Dalek Combat Training Manual, the Dalek space capsule which crashed on Vulcan was a scout craft used for reconnaissance missions. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual, The Power of the Daleks) Another Dalek scout ship once crashed on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)
The Sontarans had spherical scout ships that each contained a single Sontaran. (TV: The Time Warrior)
The CyberMondans Bremm and Gramm from Mondas were sent in a scout craft on a mission to find Earth. Their craft crash-landed in the mountains of Austria in 19th century. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk) Another scouting party was sent out, finding planets whose lifeforms were incompatible to receive cyber-conversion, only to hit a time storm when they found Earth, preventing them from signalling Mondas. (AUDIO: Way of the Burryman)
The Zalphons deployed scout ships from their mothership in the lead-up to their attempted invasion of Earth. On 12 July, 1979, one of these scout ships accidentally collided with Skylab, and deployed escape pods which landed in rural Western Australia. (PROSE: Bennelong Point)
