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|image = [[Image:Doctor Who - Dalek motherships.jpg|250px]]<br /><small>Post-[[Time War]] [[Dalek]] flying saucers.</small> | |image = [[Image:Doctor Who - Dalek motherships.jpg|250px]]<br /><small>Post-[[Time War]] [[Dalek]] flying saucers.</small> | ||
|Object name = Flying saucer | |Object name = Flying saucer | ||
|type = Spacecraft | |type = [[Spacecraft]] | ||
|origin = Various | |origin = Various | ||
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''</li><li>[[DW]]:''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' / ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''<li>[[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]'' (minor)</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]''</li></ul> | |appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''</li><li>[[DW]]:''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' / ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''<li>[[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]'' (minor)</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]''</li></ul> | ||
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'''Flying saucers''' are a form of disc-shaped [[spacecraft]] which have been used by many species throughout the [[Universe]] for many millennia. The term "flying saucer" was often used as a joking synonym for [[alien]] [[spacecraft]] by [[Human]]s, like "[[Martian]]" for | '''Flying saucers''' are a form of disc-shaped [[spacecraft]] which have been used by many species throughout the [[Universe]] for many millennia. The term "flying saucer" was also often used as a joking synonym for [[alien]] [[spacecraft]] by [[Human]]s, like "[[Martian]]" for any kind of alien. | ||
==Dalek flying saucers== | ==Dalek flying saucers== | ||
One of the most commonly used type of '''[[Dalek]]''' ship was their flying saucer, of which the fleet of the [[Dalek Empire]] during the [[Time War]] was composed of about ten million, including the [[Dalek Emperor]]'s flagship.<br /> | One of the most commonly used type of '''[[Dalek]]''' ship was their flying saucer, of which the fleet of the [[Dalek Empire]] during the [[Time War]] was composed of about ten million, including the [[Dalek Emperor]]'s flagship.<br /> | ||
The normal saucers contained about two thousand Daleks each and were small and bronze-coloured, the same colour as the drone Daleks of that time. The flagship was the same colour but much larger, containing up to two million Daleks (both [[Dalek variants#Standard Dalek|standard ones]] and [[Dalek Supreme|black-domed ones]]) and could fire projectile weaponry.<br /> | The normal saucers contained about two thousand Daleks each and were small and bronze-coloured, the same colour as the drone Daleks of that time. The flagship was the same colour but much larger, containing up to two million Daleks (both [[Dalek variants#Standard Dalek|standard ones]] and [[Dalek Supreme|black-domed ones]]) and could fire projectile weaponry.<br /> | ||
At the end of the Time War, [[the Doctor]] caused all of the fleet to burn away except one, the flagship, which [[time travel|fell through time]] to the 200th century, and rebuilt 200 ships of his fleet and half a million of his Daleks. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'') | At the end of the Time War, [[the Doctor]] caused all of the fleet to burn away except one, the flagship, which [[time travel|fell through time]] to the [[200th century]], and rebuilt 200 ships of his fleet and half a million of his Daleks. ([[DW]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
The pre-Time War Daleks also used saucers when invading [[planet]]s, such as | The pre-Time War Daleks also used saucers when invading [[planet]]s, such as during the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] of Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
==Cyberman flying saucers== | ==Cyberman flying saucers== | ||
The '''[[ | The '''[[Mondasian Cybermen|Cybermen]]''' used a saucer-shaped landing craft to land on [[the Moon]] in [[2070]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') | ||
==Jathaa sungliders== | ==Jathaa sungliders== | ||
The '''[[Jathaa]]''' | The '''[[Jathaa]]''' had sungliders, large, black, saucer-shaped craft which moved via a smaller rotating platform of sorts underneath. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]''). When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') The sungliders powerful weapons system, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam which can destroy an asteroid - and indeed distintegrated a [[Sycorax]] asteroid ship into ash. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
[[Category:Spacecraft]] | [[Category:Spacecraft types]] | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 17 February 2007
Flying saucers are a form of disc-shaped spacecraft which have been used by many species throughout the Universe for many millennia. The term "flying saucer" was also often used as a joking synonym for alien spacecraft by Humans, like "Martian" for any kind of alien.
Dalek flying saucers
One of the most commonly used type of Dalek ship was their flying saucer, of which the fleet of the Dalek Empire during the Time War was composed of about ten million, including the Dalek Emperor's flagship.
The normal saucers contained about two thousand Daleks each and were small and bronze-coloured, the same colour as the drone Daleks of that time. The flagship was the same colour but much larger, containing up to two million Daleks (both standard ones and black-domed ones) and could fire projectile weaponry.
At the end of the Time War, the Doctor caused all of the fleet to burn away except one, the flagship, which fell through time to the 200th century, and rebuilt 200 ships of his fleet and half a million of his Daleks. (DW: Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways)
The pre-Time War Daleks also used saucers when invading planets, such as during the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
Cyberman flying saucers
The Cybermen used a saucer-shaped landing craft to land on the Moon in 2070. (DW: The Moonbase)
Jathaa sungliders
The Jathaa had sungliders, large, black, saucer-shaped craft which moved via a smaller rotating platform of sorts underneath. (DW: Army of Ghosts, TW: End of Days). When the Cardiff rift fractured, mixing time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the Taj Mahal. (TW: End of Days) The sungliders powerful weapons system, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam which can destroy an asteroid - and indeed distintegrated a Sycorax asteroid ship into ash. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
