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'''Kamelion''' was a shape-changing [[android]], a [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]].


'''Kamelion''' was a shape-changing [[android]], a [[companion]] of the [[Fifth Doctor]]. Originally, Kamelion was a tool of the renegade [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Master]]. At the conclusion of the Master's last encounter with [[the Doctor]], he was trapped on the planet [[Xeriphas]]. When the Master returned, he had Kamelion with him, calling it a souvenir he had picked up from there. Although Kamelion was sentient to a degree, it was also extremely weak-willed, and therefore open to manipulation by any strong personalities around it. The Doctor freed Kamelion from the Master's grip, and it joined the Doctor in the [[TARDIS]] ("[[The King's Demons]]").
Kamelion was the creation of [[Gelsandoran]]s. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'')


Kamelion eventually fell under the Master's influence again during the events of ''[[Planet of Fire]]''. In the end, Kamelion begged the Doctor to destroy it, and the Doctor reluctantly honoured that request.  
Kamelion was the tool of an invader of the planet [[Xeriphas]]. When [[the Master]] was trapped on that planet, he discovered Kamelion and used him in his next encounter with the Doctor. Although Kamelion was sentient to a degree, it was also extremely weak-willed, and therefore open to manipulation by any strong personalities around it. The Doctor freed Kamelion from the Master's grip, and it joined the Doctor in [[the TARDIS]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'')


Kamelion preferred to remain in the TARDIS for fear of being taken over by a stronger personality and used against the Doctor. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')


== The Expanded Universe ==
Kamelion eventually fell under the Master's influence again. In the end, Kamelion begged the Doctor to destroy it, and he reluctantly honoured that request. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]'')
Kamelion is also featured in the [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-off]] novels ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus]]'' by [[Craig Hinton]], ''[[Imperial Moon]]'' and ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'' both by [[Christopher Bulis]]. In ''The Crystal Bucephalus'' its absence from the televised stories is explained by saying that it remained in the TARDIS for fear of being taken over by a stronger personality and used against the Doctor. In ''The Ultimate Treasure'' it is stated that Kamelion was the product of a race known as the [[Gelsandoran]]s. Some of Kamelion's personality survived due to interfacing with the TARDIS, and the Gelsandorans gave it a new body only for it to sacrifice itself to save the Doctor and [[Peri]].


Kamelion also features in several short stories set in the ''Doctor Who'' universe, notably ''[[One Perfect Twilight]]'' by Craig Hinton (''[[Perfect Timing]]''), where the Doctor realises that obedience and slavery are built into Kamelion's makeup and ''[[The Reproductive Cycle]]'' by [[Matthew Griffiths]] (''[[Short Trips: Life Sciences]]''). In the latter story, the "child" of Kamelion and the TARDIS, who becomes a double of Peri, takes her place on [[Earth]] while the real Peri travels with the Doctor.
Some of Kamelion's personality survived due to interfacing with the TARDIS. When the ship arrived on [[Gelsandor]], the natives gave it a new body, only for it to sacrifice itself to save the Doctor and [[Peri]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'')


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Kamelion and the TARDIS had a child together, which was raised by [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Peri]]. It developed into a double of Peri and took her place on [[Earth]] while the real Peri travelled with the Doctor. ([[ST]]: ''[[The Reproductive Cycle]]'')
 
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Revision as of 01:06, 25 March 2008

Kamelion was a shape-changing android, a companion of the Fifth Doctor.

Kamelion was the creation of Gelsandorans. (PDA: The Ultimate Treasure)

Kamelion was the tool of an invader of the planet Xeriphas. When the Master was trapped on that planet, he discovered Kamelion and used him in his next encounter with the Doctor. Although Kamelion was sentient to a degree, it was also extremely weak-willed, and therefore open to manipulation by any strong personalities around it. The Doctor freed Kamelion from the Master's grip, and it joined the Doctor in the TARDIS. (DW: The King's Demons)

Kamelion preferred to remain in the TARDIS for fear of being taken over by a stronger personality and used against the Doctor. (MA: The Crystal Bucephalus)

Kamelion eventually fell under the Master's influence again. In the end, Kamelion begged the Doctor to destroy it, and he reluctantly honoured that request. (DW: Planet of Fire)

Some of Kamelion's personality survived due to interfacing with the TARDIS. When the ship arrived on Gelsandor, the natives gave it a new body, only for it to sacrifice itself to save the Doctor and Peri. (PDA: The Ultimate Treasure)

Kamelion and the TARDIS had a child together, which was raised by the Doctor and Peri. It developed into a double of Peri and took her place on Earth while the real Peri travelled with the Doctor. (ST: The Reproductive Cycle)

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