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The '''Dido people''' were a peaceful [[humanoid]] race native to [[Dido]].
The '''Didoans''' (also known as '''Dido people''') were a peaceful [[humanoid]] race native to [[Dido]].


== History ==
== History ==
When the spaceship ''[[UK-201]]'' crashed on the planet in [[2493]], the Dido people met with the surviving passengers, but were killed along with them in an explosion engineered by [[Bennett (The Rescue)|Bennett]] to cover up a murder he had earlier committed aboard the ship. At least two of the Dido people survived, and when they confronted him, he backed away in fear and fell from a rock ledge to his death.
When the spaceship ''[[UK-201]]'' crashed on the planet in [[2493]], the Didoans met with the surviving passengers, but were killed along with them in an explosion engineered by [[Bennett (The Rescue)|Bennett]] to cover up a murder he had earlier committed aboard the ship. At least two Didoans survived, and when they confronted him, he backed away in fear and fell from a rock ledge to his death.


After the [[First Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] left Dido, the Dido people wrecked the spaceship's communications system so that the approaching Earth rescue ship would never find the planet. ([[TV]]: "[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]")
After the [[First Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] left Dido, the Didoans wrecked the spaceship's communications system so that the approaching Earth rescue ship would never find the planet. ([[TV]]: "[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]")


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'' doesn't give us a clear, one-word {{w|demonym}} for "a being from the planet Dido". The name ''Dido people'' is what the [[First Doctor]] directly called them in "[[Desperate Measures]]". ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' refers to them as ''Didoi''. In ''[[The Crash of the UK-201 (audio story)|The Crash of the UK-201]]'', they are referred to as Didoans.
* ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'' doesn't give us a clear, one-word {{w|demonym}} for "a being from the planet Dido". The name ''Dido people'' is what the [[First Doctor]] directly called them in "[[Desperate Measures]]". ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' refers to them as ''Didoi''. In ''[[The Crash of the UK-201 (audio story)|The Crash of the UK-201]]'', they are referred to as Didoans.
* The appearance of the two Dido people in "Desperate Measures" is never explained.  
* The appearance of the two Didoans in "Desperate Measures" is never explained.  
* The two Dido people were played by [[John Stuart]] and [[Colin Hughes]], who remained uncredited both on-screen and in ''[[Radio Times]]''. ([[DWM 325]])
* The two Didoans were played by [[John Stuart]] and [[Colin Hughes]], who remained uncredited both on-screen and in ''[[Radio Times]]''. ([[DWM 325]])
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[[Category:Humanoid species]]

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The Didoans (also known as Dido people) were a peaceful humanoid race native to Dido.

History

When the spaceship UK-201 crashed on the planet in 2493, the Didoans met with the surviving passengers, but were killed along with them in an explosion engineered by Bennett to cover up a murder he had earlier committed aboard the ship. At least two Didoans survived, and when they confronted him, he backed away in fear and fell from a rock ledge to his death.

After the First Doctor's TARDIS left Dido, the Didoans wrecked the spaceship's communications system so that the approaching Earth rescue ship would never find the planet. (TV: "The Rescue")

Behind the scenes