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[[File:Dogon Sixth Eye.jpg|240px|thumb|right|A [[Dogon Sixth Eye]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')]]
{{first pic|Dogon Sixth Eye.jpg|A Dogon sixth eye. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'')}}
The '''Dogon''' were a thirteen-eyed reptilian race.
The '''Dogon''' were a reptilian species with thirteen [[eye]]s.
==Biology==
The Dogon were a reptilian species who evolved on a world with a climate colder than that of [[Earth]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')


===Dogon eyes===
== Biology ==
The sixth eye was located on the back of the head and was nearly the size of a [[golf ball]], although it looked more like a shifting blue [[Marble (toy)|marble]]. This eye allowed a person to look back clearly on their life and make better choices, especially if swallowed.


Four of the eyes of a Dogon were for sight, six for show, but one of the other three eyes (referred to as the [[Dogon Sixth Eye|'''Dogon Sixth Eye''']]) had special abilities. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
Oddly enough, [[Eugene Jones]] steadily gained more physical contact with the world after swallowing a sixth eye and then dying. He was able to influence the mind of [[Gwen Cooper]] and eventually became corporeal and seemed to float into an afterlife. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'')


This sixth eye was located on the back of the head and was nearly the size of a golf-ball, though it looked more like a shifting blue marble. This eye allowed a person to look back clearly on their life and make better choices, especially if swallowed.
== History ==
In the [[1980s]], Mr [[Garret (Random Shoes)|Garret]] found a Dogon sixth eye while golfing. In [[1992]], he gave it to [[Eugene Jones]] as a consolation prize for a failure at a [[maths]] competition.


Oddly enough, [[Eugene Jones]] steadily gained more physical contact with the world after swallowing a sixth eye and then dying. He was able to influence the mind of [[Gwen Cooper]] and eventually became corporeal and seemed to float into an afterlife. ([[TW]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')
When Eugene was 28, he decided to sell his Dogon eye on [[eBay]]. His friends [[Gary (Random Shoes)|Gary]] and [[Josh (Random Shoes)|Josh]] bid on it to cheer him up. However they accidentally won. They planned to buy the eye and resell it at a higher price. When they tried to take the eye by force, Eugene swallowed it and ran away. Though he was later killed, the eye brought him back as a [[ghost]]-like being, allowing him to help [[Gwen Cooper]] investigate his death. He remained halfway between life and death even when the eye was removed from him. [[Torchwood Three]] retrieved the eye. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'')


:''What the other two eyes could do is unknown, though Dr. [[Rajesh Singh]] believed they also had special powers.''
The collector [[Henry Parker]] also had a Dogon eye. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'')


==History==
[[Category:Sapient reptile species]]
The Dogons developed space travel and occasionally travelled to [[Earth]], first visiting it as early as [[1666]] at the time of the [[Great Fire of London]]. They usually left behind their so-called Sixth Eyes. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
 
In the [[1980s]], Mr [[Garret]] found a Dogon Sixth Eye while golfing. He later gave it to [[Eugene Jones]] as a consolation prize for a science competition. ([[TW]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')
 
:''Though unstated, it is likely that the eye came to Earth via [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]].''
 
In [[2005]], a Dogon spaceship with a crew of twenty crashed in the river [[Humber]] and were studied by the crew of [[Torchwood 1]]. After the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], Dogon Sixth Eyes appeared on [[eBay]] and became very popular in [[Belgium]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
 
In [[2007]], [[Eugene Jones]] decided to sell his Dogon eye on [[eBay]]. His friends [[Gary]] and [[Josh]] bid on it to cheer him up. However they accidentally won. They planned to buy the eye and resell it at a higher price. When they tried to take the eye by force, Eugene swallowed it and ran away. Though he was later killed, the eye brought him back as a [[ghost]]-like being, allowing him to help [[Gwen Cooper]] investigate his death. He remained halfway between life and death even when the eye was removed from him. [[Torchwood Three]] retrieved the eye. ([[TW]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')
 
The collector [[Henry Parker]] also had a Dogon eye. ([[TW]]: ''[[A Day in the Death]]'')
 
==Behind the scenes==
*The name Dogon is probably taken from the African Tribe of the same name, that is said by some UFO researchers to to have links to flying saucer and alien lore in its mythology.
[[Category:Sentient reptiles]]
[[Category:Humanoid species]]
[[Category:Humanoid species]]

Latest revision as of 17:49, 9 December 2023

A Dogon sixth eye. (TV: Random Shoes)

The Dogon were a reptilian species with thirteen eyes.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The sixth eye was located on the back of the head and was nearly the size of a golf ball, although it looked more like a shifting blue marble. This eye allowed a person to look back clearly on their life and make better choices, especially if swallowed.

Oddly enough, Eugene Jones steadily gained more physical contact with the world after swallowing a sixth eye and then dying. He was able to influence the mind of Gwen Cooper and eventually became corporeal and seemed to float into an afterlife. (TV: Random Shoes)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 1980s, Mr Garret found a Dogon sixth eye while golfing. In 1992, he gave it to Eugene Jones as a consolation prize for a failure at a maths competition.

When Eugene was 28, he decided to sell his Dogon eye on eBay. His friends Gary and Josh bid on it to cheer him up. However they accidentally won. They planned to buy the eye and resell it at a higher price. When they tried to take the eye by force, Eugene swallowed it and ran away. Though he was later killed, the eye brought him back as a ghost-like being, allowing him to help Gwen Cooper investigate his death. He remained halfway between life and death even when the eye was removed from him. Torchwood Three retrieved the eye. (TV: Random Shoes)

The collector Henry Parker also had a Dogon eye. (TV: A Day in the Death)

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