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'''Monster''' was a term for a frightening [[lifeform]]. [[Mickey Smith]] referred to [[bog monster]]s. | '''Monster''' was a term for a frightening [[lifeform]]. [[Mickey Smith]] referred to [[bog monster]]s. | ||
==The Doctor and monsters== | |||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] claimed to fight monsters as he "zoom[ed]" through [[time]] and [[space]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] said to [[Bernice Summerfield]] that he was what monsters had [[nightmare]]s about. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] said to [[Destrii]] that he was not scared of monsters, but that monsters were scared of ''him''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Uroboros (comic story)|Uroboros]]'') He later repeated this claim to [[Elliot Northover]] while in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] said that monsters had nightmares about him. [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson]] realised that one could not have the Doctor without the monsters, but that the Doctor was worth the monsters. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] claimed to fight monsters as he "zoom[ed]" through [[time]] and [[space]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] said to [[Bernice Summerfield]] that he was what monsters had [[nightmare]]s about. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] said to [[Destrii]] that he was not scared of monsters, but that monsters were scared of ''him''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Uroboros (comic story)|Uroboros]]'') He later repeated this claim to [[Elliot Northover]] while in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] said that monsters had nightmares about him. [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson]] realised that one could not have the Doctor without the monsters, but that the Doctor was worth the monsters. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') | ||
Among the life forms which were called monsters were [[dinosaur]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') [[Aggedor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'') [[Kronos]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') [[Linx]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') the [[Exxilon City]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') the [[Muto]]s and the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') [[Erato]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') the [[Process]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible | ==Those named as monsters== | ||
===Species=== | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] called the [[human]] race monsters after [[Harriet Jones]] had the [[Sycorax]] destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') {{Simm|c}} called the human race the "greatest monsters of them all." ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | |||
[[Clara Oswald]] called the [[Time Lord]]s monsters. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | |||
Among the life forms which were called monsters were [[dinosaur]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') [[Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') [[Aggedor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'') [[Kronos]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') [[Linx]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') the [[Exxilon City]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') the [[Muto]]s and the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') [[Erato]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') the [[Process]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') the [[Krafayis (Vincent and the Doctor)|Krafayis]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') the [[Ganger]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'') the [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') the [[Crooked Man (Hide)|Crooked Man]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'') the [[Foretold]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') the [[Boneless]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') the [[Sandman (Sleep No More)|Sandmen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'') a [[sea creature (Thin Ice)|creature]] living in the [[River Thames]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'') and the [[Eater of Light|Eaters of Light]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eaters of Light (TV story)|The Eaters of Light]]'') | |||
In [[1879]], [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] asked [[Sir]] [[Robert MacLeish]] to tell her about monsters, and so he told her of the [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | |||
In [[1930]], [[Lazlo]] believed that he had become a monster after being transformed into a [[pig slave]] by the [[Cult of Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') A [[Hooverville]] [[sentry]] described the pig slaves as monsters. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | |||
In [[1953]], [[Tommy Connolly]] described the [[face]]less human [[victim]]s of [[the Wire]] as monsters. His [[mother]], [[Rita Connolly]], believed [[Grandma Connolly|her mother]] had been replaced by a monster. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | |||
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] recalled meeting [[anti-matter monster]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | |||
In [[1987]], during [[Mickey Smith]]'s [[childhood]], he described the [[Reaper]]s as monsters that had come to eat him. [[Suzie (Father's Day)|Suzie]] asked him if the monsters were aliens. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') | |||
[[Bog monster]] was a term used by Mickey Smith to refer to the [[Slitheen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | |||
===Persons and groups=== | |||
The term was also given to immoral persons or groups. [[Sharaz Jek]] called [[Morgus]] an inhuman monster. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] thought of [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s darkened office as "a cave for a monster." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | |||
[[Ianto Jones]] called [[Jack Harkness]] "the biggest monster of all." ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'') | |||
[[Martha Jones]] described [[Richard Lazarus]] as a monster after he had been transformed by the [[hypersonic soundwave manipulator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') | |||
[[Mr]] [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Copper]] observed to the [[Tenth Doctor]] that anyone who decided who was to live or die would be a monster. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | |||
[[Carla Langer]] called her ex-husband [[Paul Langer|Paul]] a monster. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'') | |||
==In culture== | |||
[[George (Night Terrors)|George]] was terrified of monsters and pleaded for someone to save him from them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'') [[Gilgamesh]] jokingly called [[Enkidu]] a "hairy monster." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') [[Ada Gillyflower]] called the [[Eleventh Doctor]] her "dear monster". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'') [[Erik (It Takes You Away)|Erik]] set up recordings of monsters around his cottage so that his daughter [[Hanne (It Takes You Away)|Hanne]] wouldn't leave it. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') | |||
[[Sea monster]] was an umbrella term for mythological monsters which resided in the [[sea]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | |||
[[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]] called his [[miniscope]] "the monster show" and "a carnival of monsters". ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') | [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]] called his [[miniscope]] "the monster show" and "a carnival of monsters". ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') | ||
The | The [[Loch Ness Monster]] was a [[cryptid|mysterious animal]] claimed to inhabit [[Loch Ness]], a lake in [[Scotland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
In the DVD commentary to ''[[Fear Her]]'', writer [[Matthew Graham]] noted that, according to then-executive producer [[Russell T Davies]], the [[scribble creature]] was never to be called a scribble monster, as the Doctor would never call anything a monster. | |||
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 30 April 2020
Monster was a term for a frightening lifeform. Mickey Smith referred to bog monsters.
The Doctor and monsters
The Fifth Doctor claimed to fight monsters as he "zoom[ed]" through time and space. (TV: Time Crash) The Seventh Doctor said to Bernice Summerfield that he was what monsters had nightmares about. (PROSE: Love and War) The Eighth Doctor said to Destrii that he was not scared of monsters, but that monsters were scared of him. (COMIC: Uroboros) He later repeated this claim to Elliot Northover while in his eleventh incarnation. (TV: Cold Blood) The Tenth Doctor said that monsters had nightmares about him. Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson realised that one could not have the Doctor without the monsters, but that the Doctor was worth the monsters. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)
Those named as monsters
Species
The Tenth Doctor called the human race monsters after Harriet Jones had the Sycorax destroyed. (TV: The Christmas Invasion) The Saxon Master called the human race the "greatest monsters of them all." (TV: Last of the Time Lords)
Clara Oswald called the Time Lords monsters. (TV: Hell Bent)
Among the life forms which were called monsters were dinosaurs, (TV: The Underwater Menace, Invasion of the Dinosaurs) Silurians, (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians) Aggedor, (TV: The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon) Kronos, (TV: The Time Monster) Linx, (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) the Exxilon City, (TV: Death to the Daleks) the Mutos and the Daleks, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) Erato, (TV: The Creature from the Pit) the Process, (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible) the Krafayis, (TV: Vincent and the Doctor) the Gangers, (TV: The Almost People) the Minotaur, (TV: The God Complex) the Crooked Man, (TV: Hide) the Foretold, (TV: Mummy on the Orient Express) the Boneless, (TV: Flatline) the Sandmen, (TV: Sleep No More) a creature living in the River Thames (TV: Thin Ice) and the Eaters of Light. (TV: The Eaters of Light)
In 1879, Queen Victoria asked Sir Robert MacLeish to tell her about monsters, and so he told her of the Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
In 1930, Lazlo believed that he had become a monster after being transformed into a pig slave by the Cult of Skaro. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan) A Hooverville sentry described the pig slaves as monsters. (TV: Evolution of the Daleks)
In 1953, Tommy Connolly described the faceless human victims of the Wire as monsters. His mother, Rita Connolly, believed her mother had been replaced by a monster. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern)
Sarah Jane Smith recalled meeting anti-matter monsters. (TV: School Reunion)
In 1987, during Mickey Smith's childhood, he described the Reapers as monsters that had come to eat him. Suzie asked him if the monsters were aliens. (TV: Father's Day)
Bog monster was a term used by Mickey Smith to refer to the Slitheen. (TV: World War Three, The Christmas Invasion)
Persons and groups
The term was also given to immoral persons or groups. Sharaz Jek called Morgus an inhuman monster. (TV: The Caves of Androzani) The Seventh Doctor thought of Heinrich Himmler's darkened office as "a cave for a monster." (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)
Ianto Jones called Jack Harkness "the biggest monster of all." (TV: Cyberwoman)
Martha Jones described Richard Lazarus as a monster after he had been transformed by the hypersonic soundwave manipulator. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
Mr Copper observed to the Tenth Doctor that anyone who decided who was to live or die would be a monster. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)
Carla Langer called her ex-husband Paul a monster. (TV: The Mark of the Berserker)
In culture
George was terrified of monsters and pleaded for someone to save him from them. (TV: Night Terrors) Gilgamesh jokingly called Enkidu a "hairy monster." (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys) Ada Gillyflower called the Eleventh Doctor her "dear monster". (TV: The Crimson Horror) Erik set up recordings of monsters around his cottage so that his daughter Hanne wouldn't leave it. (TV: It Takes You Away)
Sea monster was an umbrella term for mythological monsters which resided in the seas. (TV: Partners in Crime)
Vorg called his miniscope "the monster show" and "a carnival of monsters". (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
The Loch Ness Monster was a mysterious animal claimed to inhabit Loch Ness, a lake in Scotland. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
Behind the scenes
In the DVD commentary to Fear Her, writer Matthew Graham noted that, according to then-executive producer Russell T Davies, the scribble creature was never to be called a scribble monster, as the Doctor would never call anything a monster.
