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|type        = [[Primate]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|first      = The God Complex (TV story)
|appearances = [[Gorillas - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
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{{looks like|Sabre-toothed gorilla}}
'''Gorillas'''<ref>This article generally concerns itself with gorillas whose exact breed was not known. You may be looking for information [[#Breeds|about more specific sub-species]]</ref> were a type of [[ape]] native to [[Earth]].


== Earth gorillas ==
The term '''"gorilla"''' was an epithet or insult, indicating a person — usually male — who was ugly or brutish. [[Rose Tyler]] described [[Darren Pye]] as looking like a shaved [[gorilla]], "only not as handsome." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'')
[[The Doctor]], his [[companion]]s and associates occasionally ran across gorillas in their travels. For instance, the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] once visited the [[London Zoo]] at a time when its animals were running free. They saw a gorilla grooming one of the zoo keepers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stanley (short story)|Stanley]]'')


In [[1911]], [[Nathaniel Whitlock]] had a gorilla on his property in [[Suffolk]]. He paid £150 for it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moonflesh (audio story)|Moonflesh]]'')
In [[Charnage Hospital]] in [[1917]], [[Ace]] comtempuously referred to the soldiers under [[Burridge|Lance-Corporal Burridge]]'s command as his "trained gorillas". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]'')


In [[1936]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]] described the [[Slavering]]s as a "cross between a silver-backed gorilla and [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Mr Hyde]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow at the Edge of the World (audio story)|The Shadow at the Edge of the World]]'')
In [[Monte Carlo]] in [[1966]], [[Peri Brown]] compared [[Gavin Walker]]'s security guards to gorillas. This confused Erimem, who believed that she was talking about the [[Gorilla|animal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]'')


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Rory Williams]] visited [[New York City]] in the [[1930s]] and found it was being menaced by a giant gorilla. However, the Doctor said that it wasn't a giant gorilla, but the city itself had been shrunk. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)|The Doctor and the Nurse]]'')
[[Category:Derogatory names and insults from the real world]]
 
=== Breeds ===
Amongst the specific breeds of gorilla known were [[mountain gorilla]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'')
 
== Cultural references to gorillas ==
Gorillas were often the subject of [[fiction]]. One of the more popular [[film]]s of the [[20th century]] was ''[[King Kong]]'', which depicted the adventures of a giant gorilla. This movie spawned imitations, such as ''[[Mighty Joe Young]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'')
 
In an [[Alternate timeline (The Death of Captain Jack)|alternate]] [[1887]], [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] saved [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] from an [[alien]] that was passed off in the press as an escaped gorilla. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)|The Death of Captain Jack]]'')
 
There was also some literary use of gorillas. [[Lucy Hayward]] developed a life-long fear of gorillas from a [[book]] which she had read as a child. It was this fear which eventually killed her in a room on the [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur's]] [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|"hotel"]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')
 
It was also common for people to dress up as gorillas. [[Harry Sullivan]], for instance, used a gorilla [[costume]] from [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to help fool a tribal [[shaman]] in [[Nyasaland]] into believing that the tribal chief had captured a mythical "[[Nandi Bear]]" inside the ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[To Kill a Nandi Bear (short story)|To Kill a Nandi Bear]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
The gorilla from ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'' that frightened Lucy Hayward in the hotel room was a role played by actor [[Roger Ennals]].
 
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Creatures from the real world]]
[[Category:Apes]]
[[Category:Humanoid species]]

Revision as of 17:26, 3 September 2020

This page should be merged.

It should be relocated at Gorilla because the insult isn't a separate term, it's just instances of people comparing someone to a gorilla. Or would we create Dalek (insult) because of the Doctor's "the little Daleks!" line in Series 7?…
Talk about it here or check the revision history for additional comments.

You may be looking for the Earth mammal.

The term "gorilla" was an epithet or insult, indicating a person — usually male — who was ugly or brutish. Rose Tyler described Darren Pye as looking like a shaved gorilla, "only not as handsome." (PROSE: Winner Takes All)

In Charnage Hospital in 1917, Ace comtempuously referred to the soldiers under Lance-Corporal Burridge's command as his "trained gorillas". (AUDIO: No Man's Land)

In Monte Carlo in 1966, Peri Brown compared Gavin Walker's security guards to gorillas. This confused Erimem, who believed that she was talking about the animal. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard)

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