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A scarecrow was a man-like figure designed to deter [[crow]]s from eating crops.  
|image = [[Image:DuelingScarecrows.jpg|250px]]
|Object name = Scarecrow
|type = Animated [[humanoid]] construct
|origin = [[Mr. Glenlock-Hogan]], [[Clark|Mr. Clark]]<br>(later animated by the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Family of Blood]])
|appearances = [[TVC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]''
}}
Ordinary, English '''scarecrows''' have been animated at least twice by aliens to flush out a Doctor hidden on Earth.  They were animated by the [[Time Lord]]s in order to find the [[Second Doctor]] in exile on Earth.  Later, they were controlled by the [[Family of Blood]] and used to pressure the [[Tenth Doctor]] to come out of hiding.


==The Second Doctor==
==Overview==
According to [[TV Comic|at least one source]], the two parts of the Second Doctor's sentence at the end of ''[[The War Games]]'' were not carried out simultaneously.  He was sent to begin his exile on Earth a significant period of time before he was forced to undergo [[regeneration]].  During this time he lived on Earth in the [[Carlton Grange Hotel]], and generally enjoyed a relatively luxurious life of considerable fame.
[[The Master (Tremas)|The Master]] briefly dressed himself up as one in order to spy on [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mark of the Rani]]'')


One night, while appearing on the game show, ''[[Explain My Mystery]]'', the Doctor was asked to consider the case of the farmer with the walking scarecrows.  He wasn't able to do so.  Thus, he arranged for an off-camera visit to the farm.  When he arrived, the scarecrows duly began to walk around.  Eventually, they captured him and revealed that they had been animated by the Time Lords in order to carry out the remaining part of his sentence.  They then took him back to the TARDIS and forced him to regeneration.  While he was undergoing his metamorphosis, they set the TARDIS to dematerialize, and quickly left, thus setting up the opening moments of the [[Third Doctor]]'s existence. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers]]'')
At other times, the [[Time Lord]]s ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers]]'' and the [[Family of Blood]] [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'') have made animated scarecrows.


==The Tenth Doctor==
:''For more information on [[animated scarecrows (Time Lords)|the former]], see separate article. For more information on the latter, [[animated scarecrows (Family of Blood)|the latter]], see its article.''
{{Quote|Do you like them, Mr. Phillips? I made them myself. I'm ever so good at science, sir. Molecular fringe animation, fashioned in the shape of straw men, sir. My own private army. Ever so clever, sir.|Son of Mine.|The Family of Blood}}


The [[Family of Blood]] also use scarecrows as soldier, animated through "molecular fringe animation". These scarecrows kidnapped [[Human]]s and took them to [[Family of Blood's Ship|their spaceship]] to be used as bodies for the incorporeal Family. They were also used as an army to attack a boys school in 1913, where many were shot down. Eventually, they re-animated to do more of the Family's bidding. They were again inanimate after the family's defeat. [[Son of Mine]] was placed in suspended animation inside one of the scarecrows. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
After his defeat by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Son of Mine]] was made into an [[immortal]] living scarecrow by him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
 
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==Abilities==
[[Category:Cultural Refeences]]
Neither of the two groups of scarecrow were either living creatures or cybernetic in any way.  They were both just ordinary scarecrows made of burlap and straw.  Both groups were animated by an outside force.  The distinction between the two can be said to be their relative abilities.  The ones encountered by the Second Doctor could talk, induce regeneration in a Time Lord, and skillfully use a TARDIS console. 
[[Category:British culture]]
 
The ones encountered by the Tenth Doctor did not have the ability to speak, nor any apparent skill with electronics.  They were simple servants, bound to do whatever their masters required.
 
Both groups were used as tools of convenience by their hidden masters.  There is no indication that either the Time Lords or the Family of Blood use scarecrows on a regular basis, or, really, on any other occasion but the ones depicted.
{{Series 3 aliens}}
[[Category:Tenth Doctor enemies]]
[[Category:Second Doctor enemies]]

Revision as of 19:39, 2 June 2009

A scarecrow was a man-like figure designed to deter crows from eating crops.

Overview

The Master briefly dressed himself up as one in order to spy on the Doctor. (DW: Mark of the Rani)

At other times, the Time Lords (TVC: The Night Walkers and the Family of Blood DW: Human Nature/The Family of Blood) have made animated scarecrows.

For more information on the former, see separate article. For more information on the latter, the latter, see its article.

After his defeat by the Doctor, Son of Mine was made into an immortal living scarecrow by him. (DW: The Family of Blood)

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