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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Larvae guns measured approximately two metres in length and half a metre high. The Larvae ejected jets of venom from a pointed orifice located beneath their eyes. A plated shell covered their backs, protecting that area from attack. They were helpless if overturned. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'')
Larvae guns measured approximately two [[metre]]s in length and half a metre high. The Larvae ejected jets of venom from a pointed orifice located beneath their eyes. A plated shell covered their backs, protecting that area from attack. They were helpless if overturned. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Web Planet]]'')


== History ==
== History ==
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* ''[[Doctor Who and the Zarbi]]'', the [[Bill Strutton]] novelisation of his script for ''[[The Web Planet|The Web Planet,]]'' refers to the creatures as [[Venom Grub]]s. They do not receive this name in the televised story.
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Zarbi]]'', the [[Bill Strutton]] novelisation of his script for ''[[The Web Planet|The Web Planet,]]'' refers to the creatures as [[Venom Grub]]s. They do not receive this name in the televised story.
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Revision as of 20:56, 6 May 2012

Larvae guns were the living weapons of the Zarbi.

Biography

Larvae guns measured approximately two metres in length and half a metre high. The Larvae ejected jets of venom from a pointed orifice located beneath their eyes. A plated shell covered their backs, protecting that area from attack. They were helpless if overturned. (DW: The Web Planet)

History

A Larvae gun firing. (DW: The Web Planet)

As the Larvae guns served the Zarbi, they were in turn subservient to the Animus. They served in the war against the Menoptera. (DW: The Web Planet)

Behind the scenes