Cobra

Cobra
Biological type:	Snake
First mentioned in:	Peril in Mechanistria [+]Loading...["Peril in Mechanistria (short story)"]
First appearance:	All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]
Appearances:	PROSE: Trading Futures [+]Loading...["Trading Futures (novel)"] PROSE: Ghosts of India [+]Loading...["Ghosts of India (novel)"]

A cobra was a type of snake.

History

In ancient Egypt, Miral planned to use cobras to kill Pharaoh Amenhotep II, but accidentally killed Mentu instead. (PROSE: The Coming of the Queen ^[+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"])

In India in 1887, John Watson shot and killed a cobra in the bathroom while taking a bath. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire ^[+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]) St John Philby, the father of Kim Philby, also once shot and killed a cobra in a bath. (PROSE: Endgame ^[+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])

In 1947, Cameron Campbell encountered a cobra which had been mutated by zytron energy, but drove it off with his catapult. (PROSE: Ghosts of India ^[+]Loading...["Ghosts of India (novel)"])

A zoo visited by Fitz Kreiner had a cobra in the reptile house. (PROSE: Trading Futures ^[+]Loading...["Trading Futures (novel)"])

References

On Mechanistria, the First Doctor watched an approaching Grukker "like a hypnotised rabbit watches the approach of the cobra." (PROSE: Peril in Mechanistria ^[+]Loading...["Peril in Mechanistria (short story)"])

A wooden cobra statuette was one of the psionic focal points Nephthys required to fully restore herself. (PROSE: The Sands of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Sands of Time (novel)"])