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'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' were [[mammal]]s common to [[Australia]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' were marsupial [[mammal]]s common to [[Australia]].


== History ==
== History ==
In [[1979]], a young [[Western Australia]]n boy named [[Harvey (Bennelong Point)|Harvey]] met the [[Tenth Doctor]] soon after stumbling across a kangaroo with glowing eyes. It turned out that the animal had been affected by the recently-fallen ''[[Skylab]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bennelong Point (short story)|Bennelong Point]]'')
In [[1979]], a young [[Western Australia]]n boy named [[Harvey (Bennelong Point)|Harvey]] met the [[Tenth Doctor]] soon after stumbling across a kangaroo with glowing eyes. It turned out that the animal had been inhabited by a [[Parasite|parasitic]] [[Zalphon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bennelong Point (short story)|Bennelong Point]]'')


On at least one adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Abigail Pettigrew]] went to [[Uluru]] and was photographed in front of a kangaroo crossing sign. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')
On at least one adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Abigail Pettigrew]] went to [[Uluru]] and was photographed in front of a kangaroo crossing sign. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'')

Revision as of 10:27, 10 October 2023

Kangaroo

Kangaroos were marsupial mammals common to Australia.

History

In 1979, a young Western Australian boy named Harvey met the Tenth Doctor soon after stumbling across a kangaroo with glowing eyes. It turned out that the animal had been inhabited by a parasitic Zalphon. (PROSE: Bennelong Point)

On at least one adventure with the Eleventh Doctor, Abigail Pettigrew went to Uluru and was photographed in front of a kangaroo crossing sign. (TV: A Christmas Carol)

Kangaroos were among the animals on board the Ark in circa 10,000,000. (PROSE: The Ark)

In the 42nd century, there was a TV show based off Iris Wildthyme's autobiography, Ugg Boots and Catsuits: My Fabulous Life, and Panda was replaced by an Australian kangaroo, Hoppy. (AUDIO: The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society)

Other references

Immediately after regeneration, the Seventh Doctor's brain was addled, and he unwittingly altered several common metaphors. He claimed that Melanie Bush had the "mind of a kangaroo" before she reminded him that people with great memories were said to have the "mind of an elephant." (TV: Time and the Rani)

The planet Aridus had blue kangaroo-like creatures. (PROSE: Warmonger)