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==Biology==
==Biology==
In their natural forms, the Rutans were shaped somewhat like jellyfish, with a green glowing body and many light-green tendrils. They were amphibious and could cling to sheer vertical surfaces, with considerable mobility out of the water despite their shape. Rutans could see, even without visible eyes, but their vision was limited and monochromatic. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') They could also speak by forming vocal apparatuses ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'') which gave them a harsh, tinny, male voice ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''). Rutans reproduced by binary fission, with two identical Rutans being produced. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
In their natural forms, the Rutans were shaped somewhat like jellyfish, with a green glowing body and many light-green tendrils. They were amphibious and could cling to sheer, vertical surfaces. They had considerable mobility out of the water, despite their shape. Rutans could see, even without visible eyes, but their vision was limited and monochromatic. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') They could also speak by forming vocal apparatuses ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'') which gave them a harsh, tinny, male voice ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''). Rutans reproduced by binary fission, with two identical Rutans being produced. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')


Rutans were formidable fighters, even when they did not have weapons. Rutans could generate lethal [[wikipedia:bioelectromagnetism|biolelectrical]] shocks to defend themselves and seemed to be able to absorb [[electricity|electrical energy]] directly for sustenance. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') They could also use this energy to produce a [[force field]] to absorb energy from weapons, though this required great effort. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') Though they preferred colder environments ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''), Rutans could survive almost anywhere, including the [[vacuum]] of [[space]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'').
Rutans were formidable fighters, even when they did not have weapons. Rutans could generate lethal [[wikipedia:bioelectromagnetism|biolelectrical]] shocks to defend themselves and seemed to be able to absorb [[electricity|electrical energy]] directly for sustenance. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') They could also use this energy to produce a [[force field]] to absorb energy from weapons, though this required great effort. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') Though they preferred colder environments ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''), Rutans could survive almost anywhere, including the [[vacuum]] of [[space]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'').
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The [[Seventh Doctor]] described the Rutans as "infinitely adaptable". ([[DWM]]: ''[[Pureblood]]'')
The [[Seventh Doctor]] described the Rutans as "infinitely adaptable". ([[DWM]]: ''[[Pureblood]]'')


Rutans never referred to themselves as individuals, preferring the first person plurals "we", "us" and "our(s)". They also had no individual names. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' onwards) The Rutan hive mind was co-ordinated by a [[Rutan Queen|Queen]] who lived on Ruta III. Without her influence the Host would fall apart. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
Rutans never referred to themselves as individuals, preferring the first person plurals "we", "us" and "our(s)". They also had no individual names. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' onwards) The Rutan hive mind was co-ordinated by a [[Rutan Queen|Queen]] who lived on Ruta III. Without her control the Host would fall apart. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')


===Military tactics===
===Military tactics===
Rutans were able to operate independently (and like the Sontarans, often dispatched scout units consisting of a single soldier), but they did not see individuals as important and all individual desires were subsumed by the general desire to win the war with the "Sontaran rabble" (as they often unflatteringly call them).
Rutans were able to operate independently (and like the Sontarans, often dispatched scout units consisting of a single soldier), but they did not see individuals as important and all individual desires were subsumed by the general desire to win the war with the "Sontaran rabble" (as they often unflatteringly called them).


They often used [[Metamorph|shapeshifting]] technology to adapt to alien environments and infiltrate alien cultures; Rutans were consummate spies. A Rutan usually killed specific individuals and then impersonated them. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[Pureblood]]'')
Rutans used [[Metamorph|shapeshifting]] technology to adapt to alien environments and infiltrate alien cultures; they were consummate spies. A Rutan usually killed specific individuals and then impersonated them. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[Pureblood]]'')


[[file:Rutan_on_Bellotron.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Bernice Summerfield]] and a Rutan on [[Bellotron]], [[26th century]]. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Bellotron Incident]]'')]]
[[file:Rutan_on_Bellotron.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Bernice Summerfield]] and a Rutan on [[Bellotron]], [[26th century]]. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Bellotron Incident]]'')]]


==Technology==
==Technology==
The Rutan Host had unknown types of technology, though they were apparently less advanced than the Sontarans. Rutan spaceships were crystalline in structure and had the appearance of glowing balls of fire. These ships could control the weather to a degree. Individual Rutans could also [[metamorph|shapeshift]] into other forms, but they needed to know this form very well, usually after careful study and dissection. This skill was discovered and implemented in the early [[1900s]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'')
The Rutan Host had unknown types of technology, though they were apparently less advanced than the Sontarans. Rutan spaceships were crystalline in structure and looked like glowing balls of fire. These ships could control the weather to a degree. Individual Rutans could also [[metamorph|shapeshift]] into other forms, but they needed to know the form very well, usually after careful study and dissection. This skill was discovered and implemented in the early [[1900s]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'')


Circa [[1880]] in [[England]], [[Percival Ross]] managed to obtain Rutan healing salve and experimented with its ability to merge together normally incompatible kinds of animal tissue, creating hybrids. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'')
Circa [[1880]] in [[England]], [[Percival Ross]] managed to obtain Rutan healing salve and experimented with its ability to merge normally incompatible kinds of animal tissue, creating hybrids. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'')


Rutan [[biotechnology]] was sufficiently advanced to "[[uplift]]" a species to sentience. By the [[26th century]], they had done this at least once, on the planet [[Sentarion]], where they are worshipped by the [[insectoid]] [[Sentarii]] as "the Shining Ones". ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') They also created the [[Octopod]] as a biological weapon. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Cyclops (comic strip)|Cyclops]]'')
Rutan [[biotechnology]] was sufficiently advanced to "[[uplift]]" a species to sentience. By the [[26th century]], they had done this at least once, on the planet [[Sentarion]], where they were worshipped by the [[insectoid]] [[Sentarii]] as "the Shining Ones". ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'') They also created the [[Octopod]] as a biological weapon. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Cyclops (comic strip)|Cyclops]]'')


At some unknown point in the future, the Rutans were developing a new weapon that was capable of destroying any planet by converting it from matter to anti-matter. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'') At some point, they also used [[Rutan Analysis Engine|analysis engines]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel]]'')
At some unknown point in the future, the Rutans were developing a new weapon that could destroy any planet by converting it from matter to anti-matter. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'') At some point, they also used [[Rutan Analysis Engine|analysis engines]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel]]'')


==History==
==History==
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In [[1880]], a human found and experimented with Rutan biotechnology. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'')
In [[1880]], a human found and experimented with Rutan biotechnology. ([[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'')


Though the Rutans originally controlled most of the [[Mutter's Spiral]], by the [[1900s]], they were starting to lose the war and were forced to retreat to more fortified locations. During this time period, a Rutan scout landed on the coast of [[England]] and took over the [[Fang Rock]] [[lighthouse]] while attempting to assess the planet's usefulness as a base to fight off the Sontarans. All their actions have been to advance the war, such as scouting out new [[planet]]s to use as bases. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'')
Though the Rutans originally controlled most of the [[Mutter's Spiral]], by the [[1900s]], they were starting to lose the war and were forced to retreat to more fortified locations. During this time period, a Rutan scout landed on the coast of [[England]] and took over the [[Fang Rock]] [[lighthouse]] while attempting to assess the planet's usefulness as a base to fight the Sontarans. All their actions were to advance the war, such as scouting out new [[planet]]s to use as bases. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'')


In [[1918]], a Rutan [[Octopod]] crashed onto [[Earth]]. It attacked the ''[[USS Cyclops]]'', but was driven back by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Heather McCrimmon]]. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Cyclops (comic strip)|Cyclops]]'')
In [[1918]], a Rutan [[Octopod]] crashed onto [[Earth]]. It attacked the ''[[USS Cyclops]]'', but was driven back by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Heather McCrimmon]]. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Cyclops (comic strip)|Cyclops]]'')


During the [[26th century]], a Rutan known as [[Karne]] was working undercover as a Sontaran. When he learned that the Sontarans knew of the wormhole over Sentarion, he tried to return to the Rutans, but was wounded and stranded in space. Becoming known as "the Ripper", Karne started killing rich individuals, stealing their money and identity and using the cash to buy a flight to somewhere else. After being wounded on [[Megerra]], Karne stowed away on the ''[[Tiger Moth]]''. Commander [[Steg]], who was tracking him down, was able to kill him on the ''Tiger Moth'', but not before Karne was able to reproduce. The second Karne was able to get to Sentarion, where he intended to use the wormhole to escape to Ruta III. Unfortunately for him, the Doctor closed the wormhole to stop a Sontaran [[War-Wheel]] from reaching Ruta III and Karne was later killed by Steg. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
During the [[26th century]], a Rutan known as [[Karne]] was working undercover as a Sontaran. When he learned that the Sontarans knew of the wormhole over Sentarion, he tried to return to the Rutans, but was wounded and stranded in space. Becoming known as "the Ripper", Karne started killing rich individuals, stealing their money and identity and using the cash to buy a flight to somewhere else. After being wounded on [[Megerra]], Karne stowed away on the ''[[Tiger Moth]]''. Commander [[Steg]], who was tracking him down, was able to kill him on the ''Tiger Moth'', but not before Karne was able to reproduce. The second Karne was able to get to Sentarion, where he intended to use the wormhole to escape to Ruta III. Unfortunately for him, the Doctor closed the wormhole to stop a Sontaran [[War-Wheel]] from reaching Ruta III. Karne was later killed by Steg. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')


During the [[Rassilon Era]], the Rutan Host and the Sontaran Warburg convened on [[Gallifrey]] to make diplomatic overtures. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')
During the [[Rassilon Era]], the Rutan Host and the Sontaran Warburg convened on [[Gallifrey]] to make diplomatic overtures. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')

Revision as of 23:44, 31 July 2011

The Rutan Host (or Rutans) were a race of amorphous green blobs who waged a millennia-long war with the Sontarans.

Biology

In their natural forms, the Rutans were shaped somewhat like jellyfish, with a green glowing body and many light-green tendrils. They were amphibious and could cling to sheer, vertical surfaces. They had considerable mobility out of the water, despite their shape. Rutans could see, even without visible eyes, but their vision was limited and monochromatic. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock) They could also speak by forming vocal apparatuses (PDA: The Infinity Doctors) which gave them a harsh, tinny, male voice (DW: Horror of Fang Rock). Rutans reproduced by binary fission, with two identical Rutans being produced. (NA: Shakedown)

Rutans were formidable fighters, even when they did not have weapons. Rutans could generate lethal biolelectrical shocks to defend themselves and seemed to be able to absorb electrical energy directly for sustenance. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock) They could also use this energy to produce a force field to absorb energy from weapons, though this required great effort. (NA: Shakedown) Though they preferred colder environments (DW: Horror of Fang Rock), Rutans could survive almost anywhere, including the vacuum of space (NA: Shakedown).

Culture

The Seventh Doctor described the Rutans as "infinitely adaptable". (DWM: Pureblood)

Rutans never referred to themselves as individuals, preferring the first person plurals "we", "us" and "our(s)". They also had no individual names. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock onwards) The Rutan hive mind was co-ordinated by a Queen who lived on Ruta III. Without her control the Host would fall apart. (NA: Shakedown)

Military tactics

Rutans were able to operate independently (and like the Sontarans, often dispatched scout units consisting of a single soldier), but they did not see individuals as important and all individual desires were subsumed by the general desire to win the war with the "Sontaran rabble" (as they often unflatteringly called them).

Rutans used shapeshifting technology to adapt to alien environments and infiltrate alien cultures; they were consummate spies. A Rutan usually killed specific individuals and then impersonated them. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock, DWM: Pureblood)

Technology

The Rutan Host had unknown types of technology, though they were apparently less advanced than the Sontarans. Rutan spaceships were crystalline in structure and looked like glowing balls of fire. These ships could control the weather to a degree. Individual Rutans could also shapeshift into other forms, but they needed to know the form very well, usually after careful study and dissection. This skill was discovered and implemented in the early 1900s. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)

Circa 1880 in England, Percival Ross managed to obtain Rutan healing salve and experimented with its ability to merge normally incompatible kinds of animal tissue, creating hybrids. (MA: Evolution)

Rutan biotechnology was sufficiently advanced to "uplift" a species to sentience. By the 26th century, they had done this at least once, on the planet Sentarion, where they were worshipped by the insectoid Sentarii as "the Shining Ones". (NA: Shakedown) They also created the Octopod as a biological weapon. (DWAM: Cyclops)

At some unknown point in the future, the Rutans were developing a new weapon that could destroy any planet by converting it from matter to anti-matter. (PDA: The Infinity Doctors) At some point, they also used analysis engines. (EDA: The Quantum Archangel)

History

The Rutan Host had been engaged in war with the Sontarans for thousands, if not millions, of years, though the two species had a brief alliance during the Millennium War. (PDA: The Quantum Archangel)

At some point in their early history, the Rutans discovered a wormhole that linked Ruta III with Sentarion. The Rutans planned to use it as an escape route in emergencies and so modified the native species as guardians. The Rutans were considered to be "the Shining Ones" and the technology to open the wormhole was hidden in a temple and guarded by Harrubtii assassins. (NA: Shakedown)

In 1199, a Rutan was inhabiting the Stockbridge Castle on Earth. (BFA: Castle of Fear)

In 1880, a human found and experimented with Rutan biotechnology. (MA: Evolution)

Though the Rutans originally controlled most of the Mutter's Spiral, by the 1900s, they were starting to lose the war and were forced to retreat to more fortified locations. During this time period, a Rutan scout landed on the coast of England and took over the Fang Rock lighthouse while attempting to assess the planet's usefulness as a base to fight the Sontarans. All their actions were to advance the war, such as scouting out new planets to use as bases. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)

In 1918, a Rutan Octopod crashed onto Earth. It attacked the USS Cyclops, but was driven back by the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon. (DWAM: Cyclops)

During the 26th century, a Rutan known as Karne was working undercover as a Sontaran. When he learned that the Sontarans knew of the wormhole over Sentarion, he tried to return to the Rutans, but was wounded and stranded in space. Becoming known as "the Ripper", Karne started killing rich individuals, stealing their money and identity and using the cash to buy a flight to somewhere else. After being wounded on Megerra, Karne stowed away on the Tiger Moth. Commander Steg, who was tracking him down, was able to kill him on the Tiger Moth, but not before Karne was able to reproduce. The second Karne was able to get to Sentarion, where he intended to use the wormhole to escape to Ruta III. Unfortunately for him, the Doctor closed the wormhole to stop a Sontaran War-Wheel from reaching Ruta III. Karne was later killed by Steg. (NA: Shakedown)

During the Rassilon Era, the Rutan Host and the Sontaran Warburg convened on Gallifrey to make diplomatic overtures. (PDA: The Infinity Doctors)

It was unknown when the Rassilon Era took place, relative to the history of Earth or other worlds or when this conference took place relative to events in the known history of the Time Lords, such as the Sontarans' brief invasion of Gallifrey.

The Doctor stated, perhaps jokingly, that his money is "on the Rutans" when it came to the Rutan-Sontaran War. (DW: The Two Doctors)

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