Alpha Centauran: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m (extracting the file name from a pic so template can control size)
 
(118 intermediate revisions by 36 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{ImageLink}}
{{Infobox Species
{{Infobox Species
 
|image       = AlphaCentauranLongView.jpg
|image = AlphaCentauranLongView.jpg
|type       = Hermaphrodite hexapods
|Species name = Alpha Centauran
|aka         = Centauran, Alpha Centaurian
|type = Hermaphrodite hexapods
|aka = Centauran
|affiliation = [[Galactic Federation]]
|affiliation = [[Galactic Federation]]
|origin = [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]]
|origin     = [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]]
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''</li><li>[[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]''</li><li>[[DWM]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'' (cameo)</li><li>[[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'' (Drawing)</li><li>[[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'' (flashback; archive footage)</li></ul>
|first cs    = The Curse of Peladon (TV story)
|mentions = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]''</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]''</li><li>[[BNA]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]''</li><li>[[VD]]: ''[[Heritage (short story)|Heritage]]''</li></ul>
|appearances = {{appears}}
|individuals = <ul><li>[[Alpha Centauri]]</li><li>[[Hecto Shellac]]</li><li>[[Epilira]]</li><li>[[Legion]]</li></ul>}}
|individuals = {{csl|[[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Hecto Shellac]], [[Epilira]]}}
The '''Alpha Centaurans''' were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperaments.
}}
The '''Alpha Centaurans''', sometimes simply referred to as '''Centaurans''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}} were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperament and diplomatic prowess.


== Biology ==
== Biology ==
The Alpha Centaurans were hexapods with tentacle-like limbs, each tipped with claws. Their heads were featureless except for a large eye. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'') They were normally green in colour, though they would change in hue to match their mood. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') Red, pink and black was for anger, purple was for sadness and yellow was for fear or nervousness. Alpha Centaurans could be incapacitated by a blow to the side of the head. ([[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
The Alpha Centaurans had tentacle-like limbs, each tipped with claws. Their heads were featureless except for a large [[eye]], with equally large optic blood vessels that nourished these eyes bulging from the skin around their heads. They were normally [[green]] in colour, though they would change in hue to match their [[emotion]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}}) [[Red]], [[pink]] and [[black]] was for anger, [[purple]] was for sadness and [[yellow]] was for fear or nervousness. Alpha Centaurans could be incapacitated by a blow to the side of the head, and struggled to right themselves if knocked off their feet. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}, {{cs|The Monster of Peladon (TV story)}})
 
Despite their female-like voices, Alpha Centaurans were [[hermaphrodite]]s and should properly be referred to as "it". Nevertheless, the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]] generally used the masculine to refer to [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|the Federation ambassador to Peladon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Monster of Peladon (TV story)}}) Every few years, they would develop certain urges and, if convenient, they would create an offspring. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}})
 
== Culture ==
The Alpha Centaurans were known for being hypochondriacs. Alpha Centaurans never drank [[alcohol]] and could not see the appeal of it. They didn't understand humanoids, and believed many humanoid races were barbaric. Although they clearly didn't mean to do so, many of them were tactless and made remarks about various races. One Alpha Centauran commissioner in the Federation did not understand the appeal of the human game poker, believing it to be stressful. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}}) The Alpha Centauri were known for being adept at politics. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mission: Impractical (novel)}}) The Alpha Centaurans were greatly opposed to scandals and would do anything to cover them up. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}) Apparently they enjoyed playing [[table tennis]], having a [[Alpha Centauran Table Tennis Club|Table Tennis Club]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)|part=three}}) A ''[[f'gan]]'' was an Alpha Centauran instrument. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rescue Mission (short story)}}) They opposed violence. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Bride of Peladon (audio story)}})


:''Though hexapods, none of the six limbs are used for walking. A full view of them suggests they have a pair of [[Wikipedia:prolegs|prolegs]].''
The most common and singular article of clothing used by Alpha Centaurans was a high-collared cloak that fitted around their necks and draped over the full length of their bodies to floor level. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Peladon (TV story)}}, {{cs|Art Attack (comic story)}})


Despite their female-like voices, Alpha Centaurans were [[hermaphrodite]]s and should properly be referred to as "it". Nevertheless, the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]] generally used the masculine to refer to [[Alpha Centauri|the Federation ambassador to Peladon]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'') Every few years, they would develop certain urges and, if convenient, they would create an offspring. ([[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
They also showed an appreciation for finer interests, such as browsing galleries which held items of great artistic value. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Art Attack (comic story)}})


== Culture ==
Alpha Centaurans created poetry. The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s TARDIS contained various unfinished drafts of Alpha Centauran poetry. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Longest Day (novel)}})
The Alpha Centaurans were known for being hypochondriacs. Alpha Centaurans never drank [[alcohol]] and could not see the appeal of it. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') The Alpha Centaurans were greatly opposed to scandals and would do anything to cover them up. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') Apparently they enjoyed playing [[table tennis]], having an [[Alpha Centauran Table Tennis Club|Table Tennis Club]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Alpha Centauri Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|A drawing of a Alpha Centuran from the Anubian Book. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')]]
Alpha Centaurans developed skills in politics due to their [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|home planet]] not having any natural predators. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
As shown in the [[Anubian History Book]], the [[Anubian]]s attacked the Alpha Centaurans. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'')
 
Alpha Centaurans sent a spaceship to [[Mars]] in [[1881]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empress of Mars (TV story)}})
 
In [[Shanghai]] in [[1941]], [[the Doctor]], "a couple of centuries" prior to his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], helped a group of stranded Alpha Centaurans return home. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)}})
 
The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]] saw an Alpha Centauran on holiday on [[Kursaal]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Kursaal (novel)}})
 
Though Alpha Centaurans could be found in the [[Earth Empire]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}, {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mean Streets (novel)}}) on worlds such as [[Earth]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}) and [[Proxima 2]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tomb of Valdemar (novel)}}) they became full members of the [[Galactic Federation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Monster of Peladon (TV story)}})
 
Some Alpha Centaurans performed archaeological digs on Proxima 2. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Misplaced Spring (short story)}})
 
In [[2679]], the Alpha Centaurans benefitted from the [[Chalnoth Hegemony]] and the [[Teklarn Incorporation]] remaining at war as neither they nor the [[Draconian]]s wanted them eyeing up their territories. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Havoc of Empires (audio story)}})
 
On the ship ''[[Piri Reis]]'', the cultural advisor was an Alpha Centauran named [[Epilira]]. It was later removed from existence by the [[Darkheart]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}})
 
During the entrance of [[Peladon]] into the [[Galactic Federation]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] acted as a [[diplomat]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Peladon (TV story)}}) It later stayed on during the later war with [[Galaxy 5 (organisation)|Galaxy 5]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Monster of Peladon (TV story)}})
 
On the planet [[New Old Detroit]], an Alpha Centauran named [[Hecto Shellac]] was such a brilliant [[lawyer]] that countless gangsters sought to use it to escape justice. Desperate for [[retirement]], it prepared a World Bomb — capable of altering the whole planet according to the user's mind — to keep them off its back. Its dangerous actions were stopped when the Doctor activated the bomb and created a beautiful world with grass fields, supposedly because he "thought of England". Hecto survived, albeit somewhat humiliated. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Deep Hereafter (comic story)|The Deep Hereafter]]'')
 
In the [[26th century]], the Alpha Centaurans had a presence on [[Megerra]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'', ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'')
 
An Alpha Centauran appeared at the grand opening of the [[Oriel]] art gallery in the [[37th century]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'')
 
In [[4010]], Alpha Centaurans were on board the ''[[Cressida]]'' to watch a rare chemical reaction in the atmosphere of [[Uranus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Uranus (short story)|Uranus]]'')
 
=== Undated events ===
[[File:Buch der Befrei12.jpg|thumb|right|A drawing of the Alpha Centauran from an [[Anubian]] book. ([[TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis (TV story)|Curse of Anubis]]'')]]
At some point in their history, the Alpha Centaurans held an annual [[Alpha Centauri Olympics]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Requiem for the Doctor (audio story)|A Requiem for the Doctor]]'')
 
The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] encountered [[Venusian]]s, [[Draconian]]s and Alpha Centaurans at a spaceport bar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Murder Game (novel)}})
 
[[Fitz Kreiner]] once saw two Alpha Centaurans playing a game of multidimensional chess. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Blue Angel (novel)}})
 
An Alpha Centauran was present on [[Paradost]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Glorious Dead (comic story)}})


Though Alpha Centaurans could be found in the [[Earth Empire]], ([[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'', ''[[Shakedown]]'', [[BNA]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'') they became full members of the [[Galactic Federation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'')
Alpha Centaurans had a presence on [[Coralee]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Storm Harvest (novel)}})


On the ship ''[[Piri Reis]]'', the cultural advisor was a Alpha Centauran named [[Epilira]]. It was later removed from existence by the [[Darkheart]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'')
An Alpha Centauran was present in the [[Frenko Bazaar]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bazaar Adventures (comic story)}})


During the entrance of [[Peladon (planet)|Peladon]] into the [[Galactic Federation]], [[Alpha Centauri]] acted as a diplomat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'') It later stayed on during the later war with [[Galaxy 5]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'')
As shown in the [[Anubian Book of Deliverance]], the [[Anubian]]s attacked the Alpha Centaurans. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Curse of Anubis (TV story)}})


On the planet New Old Detroit, an Alpha Centauran named Hecto Shellac was such a brilliant lawyer that countless gangsters sought to use it to escape justice. Desperate for retirement, it prepared a World Bomb - capable of altering the whole planet according to the user's mind - to keep them off its back. Its dangerous actions were stopped when the Doctor activated the bomb and envisioned a beautiful world with grass fields. Hecto survived, albeit somewhat humiliated. ([[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]: [[The Deep Hereafter|''The Deep Hereafter'']])
An Alpha Centauran was exhibited in the [[Space Museum]] when the [[Vashta Nerada]] invaded. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Hall of Monsters (webcast)}})


[[Category:Species]]
[[Category:Mutter's Spiral species]]
[[Category:Mutter's Spiral species]]
[[Category:Species with green skin]]
[[Category:One-eyed species]]
[[Category:Hermaphroditic species]]
[[Category:Alpha Centauri system]]

Latest revision as of 11:13, 15 September 2024

The Alpha Centaurans, sometimes simply referred to as Centaurans, (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"] were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperament and diplomatic prowess.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Alpha Centaurans had tentacle-like limbs, each tipped with claws. Their heads were featureless except for a large eye, with equally large optic blood vessels that nourished these eyes bulging from the skin around their heads. They were normally green in colour, though they would change in hue to match their emotion. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"]) Red, pink and black was for anger, purple was for sadness and yellow was for fear or nervousness. Alpha Centaurans could be incapacitated by a blow to the side of the head, and struggled to right themselves if knocked off their feet. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"], The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"])

Despite their female-like voices, Alpha Centaurans were hermaphrodites and should properly be referred to as "it". Nevertheless, the Doctor generally used the masculine to refer to the Federation ambassador to Peladon. (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"]) Every few years, they would develop certain urges and, if convenient, they would create an offspring. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Alpha Centaurans were known for being hypochondriacs. Alpha Centaurans never drank alcohol and could not see the appeal of it. They didn't understand humanoids, and believed many humanoid races were barbaric. Although they clearly didn't mean to do so, many of them were tactless and made remarks about various races. One Alpha Centauran commissioner in the Federation did not understand the appeal of the human game poker, believing it to be stressful. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"]) The Alpha Centauri were known for being adept at politics. (PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"]) The Alpha Centaurans were greatly opposed to scandals and would do anything to cover them up. (PROSE: Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) Apparently they enjoyed playing table tennis, having a Table Tennis Club. (TV: Robot (part three) [+]Loading...{"part":"three","1":"Robot (TV story)"}) A f'gan was an Alpha Centauran instrument. (PROSE: Rescue Mission [+]Loading...["Rescue Mission (short story)"]) They opposed violence. (AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Bride of Peladon (audio story)"])

The most common and singular article of clothing used by Alpha Centaurans was a high-collared cloak that fitted around their necks and draped over the full length of their bodies to floor level. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"], Art Attack [+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"])

They also showed an appreciation for finer interests, such as browsing galleries which held items of great artistic value. (COMIC: Art Attack [+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"])

Alpha Centaurans created poetry. The Eighth Doctor's TARDIS contained various unfinished drafts of Alpha Centauran poetry. (PROSE: Longest Day [+]Loading...["Longest Day (novel)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Alpha Centaurans developed skills in politics due to their home planet not having any natural predators. (PROSE: The Monster Vault [+]Loading...["The Monster Vault (novel)"])

Alpha Centaurans sent a spaceship to Mars in 1881. (TV: Empress of Mars [+]Loading...["Empress of Mars (TV story)"])

In Shanghai in 1941, the Doctor, "a couple of centuries" prior to his fourth incarnation, helped a group of stranded Alpha Centaurans return home. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])

The Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones saw an Alpha Centauran on holiday on Kursaal. (PROSE: Kursaal [+]Loading...["Kursaal (novel)"])

Though Alpha Centaurans could be found in the Earth Empire, (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"], Shakedown [+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"], PROSE: Mean Streets [+]Loading...["Mean Streets (novel)"]) on worlds such as Earth, (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"]) and Proxima 2, (PROSE: Tomb of Valdemar [+]Loading...["Tomb of Valdemar (novel)"]) they became full members of the Galactic Federation. (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"])

Some Alpha Centaurans performed archaeological digs on Proxima 2. (PROSE: Misplaced Spring [+]Loading...["Misplaced Spring (short story)"])

In 2679, the Alpha Centaurans benefitted from the Chalnoth Hegemony and the Teklarn Incorporation remaining at war as neither they nor the Draconians wanted them eyeing up their territories. (AUDIO: The Havoc of Empires [+]Loading...["The Havoc of Empires (audio story)"])

On the ship Piri Reis, the cultural advisor was an Alpha Centauran named Epilira. It was later removed from existence by the Darkheart. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"])

During the entrance of Peladon into the Galactic Federation, Alpha Centauri acted as a diplomat. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"]) It later stayed on during the later war with Galaxy 5. (TV: The Monster of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"])

On the planet New Old Detroit, an Alpha Centauran named Hecto Shellac was such a brilliant lawyer that countless gangsters sought to use it to escape justice. Desperate for retirement, it prepared a World Bomb — capable of altering the whole planet according to the user's mind — to keep them off its back. Its dangerous actions were stopped when the Doctor activated the bomb and created a beautiful world with grass fields, supposedly because he "thought of England". Hecto survived, albeit somewhat humiliated. (COMIC: The Deep Hereafter)

In the 26th century, the Alpha Centaurans had a presence on Megerra. (PROSE: Shakedown, Mean Streets)

An Alpha Centauran appeared at the grand opening of the Oriel art gallery in the 37th century. (COMIC: Art Attack)

In 4010, Alpha Centaurans were on board the Cressida to watch a rare chemical reaction in the atmosphere of Uranus. (PROSE: Uranus)

Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]

A drawing of the Alpha Centauran from an Anubian book. (TV: Curse of Anubis)

At some point in their history, the Alpha Centaurans held an annual Alpha Centauri Olympics. (AUDIO: A Requiem for the Doctor)

The Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly Wright encountered Venusians, Draconians and Alpha Centaurans at a spaceport bar. (PROSE: The Murder Game [+]Loading...["The Murder Game (novel)"])

Fitz Kreiner once saw two Alpha Centaurans playing a game of multidimensional chess. (PROSE: The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"])

An Alpha Centauran was present on Paradost. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead [+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

Alpha Centaurans had a presence on Coralee. (PROSE: Storm Harvest [+]Loading...["Storm Harvest (novel)"])

An Alpha Centauran was present in the Frenko Bazaar. (COMIC: Bazaar Adventures [+]Loading...["Bazaar Adventures (comic story)"])

As shown in the Anubian Book of Deliverance, the Anubians attacked the Alpha Centaurans. (TV: Curse of Anubis [+]Loading...["Curse of Anubis (TV story)"])

An Alpha Centauran was exhibited in the Space Museum when the Vashta Nerada invaded. (WC: Hall of Monsters [+]Loading...["Hall of Monsters (webcast)"])

Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Centauran&oldid=3852740"