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'''Snakes''' were a variety of reptiles of the suborder ''Serpentes'' on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.
'''Snakes''' were a variety of reptiles of the suborder ''Serpentes'' on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.{{fact}}


== Known species ==
== Known species ==
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On [[Thoros Beta]], sand snakes were consumed by the [[Mentor]]s, such as [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'')
On [[Thoros Beta]], sand snakes were consumed by the [[Mentor]]s, such as [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]'')


== References ==
==Emotive responses==
According to [[Greek]] [[mythology]], [[Medusa]] had snakes for hair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'')
[[Styre]]'s experiments into fear on [[Sarah Jane Smith]] caused her to hallucinate a snake on her arm. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') [[Polly Wright]] was also always afraid of snakes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[House of Cards (audio story)|House of Cards]]'')


In the [[Arizona]] desert, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] encountered an alien which had [[mutation|mutated]] into a giant rattlesnake. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sting of the Serpent]]'')
When the [[Mara]] took physical form away from [[Dark Places of the Inside]] it took the form of a giant snake, both as a tattoo and as a physical snake. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance]]'')  
 
[[Styre]]'s experiments on [[Sarah Jane Smith]] caused her to hallucinate a snake on her arm. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'')
 
The [[Fourth Doctor]] angrily referred to [[Calib]] as a "rattlesnake" for having stabbed [[Leela]] with a [[Janis thorn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'')
 
The [[Mara]] took the form of a giant snake. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance]]'')
 
[[Polly Wright]] was always afraid of snakes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[House of Cards (audio story)|House of Cards]]'')


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Snakes were a variety of reptiles of the suborder Serpentes on Earth. They were often seen as fearsome and representative of evil.[source needed]

Known species

A snake from Brazil was one of the animals on board the Ark. (TV: The Ark)

A type of giant snake was native to Metebelis III at some point in its history. (TV: The Green Death)

Giant purple Ice Snakes lived on Centuria. (COMIC: Enemy Mine)

The Church once fought Lava Snakes. (TV: The Time of Angels)

A giant species of snake called the Oroborus was able to consume time. (TV: Oroborus)

Another giant species of snake known as the Sythaks were native to the swamps of Palliox, a planet near Trion. In 1905, the travelling showman Thaddeus P. Wrinklemeyer had two Sythaks in his freakshow. (AUDIO: Freakshow)

In a jungle on an unnamed planet, Gillian was threatened by a hooded snake, but the First Doctor saved her by throwing his coat over it. (COMIC: The Didus Expedition)

Food

On Thoros Beta, sand snakes were consumed by the Mentors, such as Kiv. (TV: Mindwarp)

Emotive responses

Styre's experiments into fear on Sarah Jane Smith caused her to hallucinate a snake on her arm. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment) Polly Wright was also always afraid of snakes. (AUDIO: House of Cards)

When the Mara took physical form away from Dark Places of the Inside it took the form of a giant snake, both as a tattoo and as a physical snake. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance)

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