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|Species name = Pyrovile
|image = Pyrovile widescreen.jpg
|image=[[image:Heartburn.jpg|250px]]
|aka=  
|type = Rock-based [[humanoid]]
|type = [[Rock]]-based [[humanoid]]
|affiliation = The [[Sibylline Sisterhood]]
|origin = [[Pyrovillia]]
|origin = [[Pyrovillia]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''
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|individuals= [[High Priestess]] (half-[[Human]])
|individuals= [[High Priestess (The Fires of Pompeii)|High Priestess]]
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|first = The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)
|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Escape to Penhaxico (comic story)|Escape to Penhaxico]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lights Out (short story)|Lights Out]]'' [[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Pyrovile (webcast)|Monster File: Pyrovile]]''
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The '''Pyroviles''' were a species of [[rock]]-based [[humanoid]]s from the [[planet]] [[Pyrovillia]].


The '''Pyroviles''' were a species of rock-based [[humanoid]]s from the [[planet]] [[Pyrovillia]].
== Biology ==
Pyroviles were [[humanoid]]s with a [[rock]]-based form with a magma interior. They were able to shoot flames out of their mouths, which could turn a [[human]] to ashes in seconds. They could be killed by sufficient quantities of cold [[water]], which caused them great pain. Additionally, it made their hot stone exoskeleton solidify and would promptly shatter them. They towered over humans and their faces resembled the helmets of [[Roman]] soldiers. Pyroviles came in two varieties—a shorter, easily-destroyed "foot soldier" and more advanced, fully grown Pyroviles, which could reach over twice the height of a foot soldier.


==Biology==
When disintegrated Pyroviles were breathed in by humans, these particles would slowly transform the humans into Pyroviles. The individuals would slowly turn into rock, until they were entirely stone. The Pyroviles were also able to enhance the latent [[psychic]] powers that human [[brain]]s possessed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
Pyroviles were [[humanoid]]s with a rock-based form with a [[magma]] interior, and so could be killed by sufficient quantities of [[water]]. They were tall beings, reaching up to about 10 metres in hight and resembling oversized [[Roman]] soldiers. Pyroviles came in two varieties - a shorter, easily-destroyed "Foot Soldier" and more advanced, fully grown Pyroviles which could reach over twice the height.


:''However, the Pyroviles may only have be of this form as they took over the bodies of [[Human]]s.''
== History ==
At some point in their history, the Pyroviles developed advanced technology from rock, and could travel into space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') When their homeworld was stolen by [[Davros]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') a group of Pyroviles escaped in an [[escape pod]], which crashed on [[Earth]]. The Pyroviles were obliterated in the explosion and eroded into dust in the core of [[Mount Vesuvius]]. They waited for thousands of years until they were awakened by an [[earthquake]] in [[62]]. They influenced the soothsayers of [[Pompeii]] into creating a ventilation system, allowing the remains of the Pyroviles to be breathed in. These affected people, who were able to tell the future accurately from the [[time rift]] which formed around Pompeii.


==History==
[[File:Pyrovile.jpg|thumb|left|The [[High Priestess (The Fires of Pompeii)|High Priestess]] halfway through transformation into a Pyrovile. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')]]
At some point in their history, the Pyroviles developed advanced technology from rock, and could travel into space. When their homeworld was lost, a group of Pyroviles escaped in an [[escape pod]], which crashed on [[Earth]]. The Pyroviles were obliterated in the explosion and eroded into dust particles in the core of [[Mount Vesuvius]] near the city of [[Pompeii]].


However, they were not lost, as they woken up by an [[earthquake]] in [[Early_human_history#1st_century_A.D.|62]]. When breathed in by Human prophets these particles would slowly transform the humans into Pyroviles themselves. The transformation would first result in petrification of limbs, and psychic powers granted by the Pyrovile using the latent power of the Human brain. In a more advanced stadium, a sort of hybrid form was achieved, a humanoid figure made of stone. By this point, the being would act as if it was a Pyrovile and also started to exhibit negative reactions to exposure to water.
By [[79]], full-grown Pyroviles had created a base beneath Vesuvius and planned to convert the power of the [[volcanic]] eruption to change all humans into Pyroviles and create a new [[Pyrovillia]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] stopped this and knowingly caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt and destroy the Pyroviles and the nearby city of Pompeii. When asked by Donna Noble about the possibility of them surviving the eruption, he revealed that the blast would be too powerful for even them to withstand. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')


[[Image:Pyrovile.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The [[High Priestess]] halfway through the transformation into Pyrovile. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')]]
[[78351 (Lights Out)|78351's]] biology consisted of "a pinch of [[Axon]], a bit of [[Ogron]] and a dash of Pyrovile". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lights Out (short story)|Lights Out]]'')


By [[79]], full-grown Pyrovilles had created a base beneath Vesuvius and planned to convert the power of the [[volcanic]] eruption to change all Humans into Pyroviles. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] stopped this and knowingly caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt and destroy the Pyroviles and the nearby town of Pompeii. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
== Other references ==
The [[Torchwood Institute]] learned about the Pyroviles by monitoring a [[1923]] British archaeological survey of [[Rome]] by Professor [[Livesy-Smythe]]. This turned up a scroll detailing the events, as chronicled by [[Lobus Caecilius|Caecilius]]. This unlikely tale was corroborated by the discovery of huge Pyrovile footprints and marble circuits in the Pompeii ruins. ([[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Pyrovile (webcast)|Monster File: Pyrovile]]'')


:''It is unknown if the Pyrovile plan was to turn the Earth in a Pyrovile planet from the start, and if so, why they waited so long. Premumably, their initial pulveration into dust might have being accidental, it wasn't until Humans started to breathe in the dust that the creatures started to reassemble and could proceed with their mission''.
A Pyrovile was one of the eleven creatures who appeared in the [[hologram]] projection shown by the [[Atraxi]] as they were scanning [[Earth]]'s history to check if it was protected. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')


[[Torchwood]] learned about the Pyroviles, trough the monitoring of a [[1923]] British archaeological survey of [[Rome]] by professor [[Livesy-Smythe]], which turned up a scroll detailing the events, as chronicled by [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus|Caecilius]]. This unlikely tale was later corroborated by the discovery of huge Pyrovile footprints in the Pompeii ruins, and the discovery of marble circuits. (''[[Captain Jack's Monster Files]]'')
A drawing of a Pyrovile was hung on the wall of the clock tower in the town of [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]] during the [[Siege of Trenzalore]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')


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Latest revision as of 00:47, 22 October 2024

The Pyroviles were a species of rock-based humanoids from the planet Pyrovillia.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Pyroviles were humanoids with a rock-based form with a magma interior. They were able to shoot flames out of their mouths, which could turn a human to ashes in seconds. They could be killed by sufficient quantities of cold water, which caused them great pain. Additionally, it made their hot stone exoskeleton solidify and would promptly shatter them. They towered over humans and their faces resembled the helmets of Roman soldiers. Pyroviles came in two varieties—a shorter, easily-destroyed "foot soldier" and more advanced, fully grown Pyroviles, which could reach over twice the height of a foot soldier.

When disintegrated Pyroviles were breathed in by humans, these particles would slowly transform the humans into Pyroviles. The individuals would slowly turn into rock, until they were entirely stone. The Pyroviles were also able to enhance the latent psychic powers that human brains possessed. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

At some point in their history, the Pyroviles developed advanced technology from rock, and could travel into space. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) When their homeworld was stolen by Davros, (TV: The Stolen Earth) a group of Pyroviles escaped in an escape pod, which crashed on Earth. The Pyroviles were obliterated in the explosion and eroded into dust in the core of Mount Vesuvius. They waited for thousands of years until they were awakened by an earthquake in 62. They influenced the soothsayers of Pompeii into creating a ventilation system, allowing the remains of the Pyroviles to be breathed in. These affected people, who were able to tell the future accurately from the time rift which formed around Pompeii.

The High Priestess halfway through transformation into a Pyrovile. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

By 79, full-grown Pyroviles had created a base beneath Vesuvius and planned to convert the power of the volcanic eruption to change all humans into Pyroviles and create a new Pyrovillia. The Tenth Doctor stopped this and knowingly caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt and destroy the Pyroviles and the nearby city of Pompeii. When asked by Donna Noble about the possibility of them surviving the eruption, he revealed that the blast would be too powerful for even them to withstand. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

78351's biology consisted of "a pinch of Axon, a bit of Ogron and a dash of Pyrovile". (PROSE: Lights Out)

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Torchwood Institute learned about the Pyroviles by monitoring a 1923 British archaeological survey of Rome by Professor Livesy-Smythe. This turned up a scroll detailing the events, as chronicled by Caecilius. This unlikely tale was corroborated by the discovery of huge Pyrovile footprints and marble circuits in the Pompeii ruins. (WC: Monster File: Pyrovile)

A Pyrovile was one of the eleven creatures who appeared in the hologram projection shown by the Atraxi as they were scanning Earth's history to check if it was protected. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

A drawing of a Pyrovile was hung on the wall of the clock tower in the town of Christmas during the Siege of Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)

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