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|affiliation = [[Galactic Federation]] | |affiliation = [[Galactic Federation]] | ||
|origin = [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]] | |origin = [[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]] | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]''[[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''[[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]''[[DWM]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks!]]''[[DWM]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead]]''[[DWM]]: ''[[Art Attack (comic story)|Art Attack]]'' (cameo)[[DWM]]: [[The Deep Hereafter|''The Deep Hereafter'']][[K9TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis]]'' (Drawing)[[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]'' (flashback; archive footage) | ||
|mentions = | |mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''[[NA]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]''[[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]''[[BNA]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]''[[VD]]: ''[[Heritage (short story)|Heritage]]'' | ||
|individuals = | |individuals = [[Alpha Centauri]][[Hecto Shellac]][[Epilira]][[Legion]]}} | ||
The '''Alpha Centaurans''' were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperaments. | The '''Alpha Centaurans''' were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperaments. | ||
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The Alpha Centaurans were a hexapod species, known for their nervous temperaments.
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)
- Though hexapods, none of the six limbs are used for walking. A full view of them suggests they have a pair of prolegs.
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. (DW: The Monster of Peladon) Every few years, they would develop certain urges and, if convenient, they would create an offspring. (NA: Legacy)
Culture
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 Table Tennis Club. (DW: Robot)
History
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)
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)
During the entrance of 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)
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. (DWM: The Deep Hereafter)
