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|affiliation = [[Nanogene]]s | |affiliation = [[Nanogene]]s | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|appearances = [[ | |appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]] | ||
|mentions = <ul><li>[[ | |mentions = <ul><li>[[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''</li><li>[[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]''</li><li>[[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]</li></ul> | ||
|individuals = [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]] | |individuals = [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]] | ||
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The Empty Child compulsively searched for his mother, and in doing so contaminated other humans with the nanogenes. Those who were infected did likewise so that the nanogenes spread in a fashion similar to a virus. The child, and all victims of it, were infamous for repeating the phrase "Are you my Mummy?" endlessly. | The Empty Child compulsively searched for his mother, and in doing so contaminated other humans with the nanogenes. Those who were infected did likewise so that the nanogenes spread in a fashion similar to a virus. The child, and all victims of it, were infamous for repeating the phrase "Are you my Mummy?" endlessly. | ||
All of the victims grew faces like gas masks and developed the same wounds as the original child, as well as the same compulsion. This plague was finally stopped when the Doctor reunited the Empty Child with his mother and the nanogenes recognised the proper sequence for a human in [[1941]] [[London]]. ([[ | All of the victims grew faces like gas masks and developed the same wounds as the original child, as well as the same compulsion. This plague was finally stopped when the Doctor reunited the Empty Child with his mother and the nanogenes recognised the proper sequence for a human in [[1941]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* When given a gas mask, during [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]] the [[Tenth Doctor]] states "Are you my mummy?", a reference to these events. ([[ | * When given a gas mask, during [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]] the [[Tenth Doctor]] states "Are you my mummy?", a reference to these events. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
* <!--can someone please write out the exact reference from The Next Doctor -->This occurs again in ''[[The Next Doctor]].'' | * <!--can someone please write out the exact reference from The Next Doctor -->This occurs again in ''[[The Next Doctor]].'' | ||
== Known victims == | == Known victims == | ||
* [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]] ([[ | * [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'') | ||
* [[Constantine (The Empty Child)|Doctor Constantine]] ([[ | * [[Constantine (The Empty Child)|Doctor Constantine]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'') | ||
* [[Algy (The Empty Child)|Algy]] ([[ | * [[Algy (The Empty Child)|Algy]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
{{Series 1 aliens}} | {{Series 1 aliens}} | ||
[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||
[[Category:Diseases and illnesses]] | [[Category:Diseases and illnesses]] | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 17 September 2012
- See also Jamie, the first individual affected, see The Empty Child for the television story
The Empty Child plague was a technological plague which spread around a part of London in 1941. The Ninth Doctor and Rose encountered the Empty Child and helped play a part in its cure.
History
Chula nanogenes, who had never previously encountered humans, infected a dying human boy named Jamie caught in the London Blitz. assuming the gas mask he was wearing was part of his face, they created the "Empty Child", a zombie with a gas mask for a face. The nanogenes also gave the child the standard abilities of Chula soldiers, specifically super-human strength, telepathic abilities and the ability to communicate using other items. The Empty Child still had a child-like mentality and escaped to search for its mother.
The Empty Child compulsively searched for his mother, and in doing so contaminated other humans with the nanogenes. Those who were infected did likewise so that the nanogenes spread in a fashion similar to a virus. The child, and all victims of it, were infamous for repeating the phrase "Are you my Mummy?" endlessly.
All of the victims grew faces like gas masks and developed the same wounds as the original child, as well as the same compulsion. This plague was finally stopped when the Doctor reunited the Empty Child with his mother and the nanogenes recognised the proper sequence for a human in 1941 London. (TV: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances)
References
- When given a gas mask, during Sontaran invasion of Earth the Tenth Doctor states "Are you my mummy?", a reference to these events. (TV: The Poison Sky)
- This occurs again in The Next Doctor.
