Tigella

Tigella was a jungle planet in the Prion system that neighbored Zolfa-Thura. Native flora included the carnivorous Bell Plants.

	Planet
	Prion system
	Tigellans, Bell Plant
	Meglos

It was inhabited by the humanoid white-haired Tigellans, who utilized the Dodecahedron as a power source. The structure of Tigellan society was based on two castes: the scientific Savants led by Deedrix, and the religiously fanatical Deons led by Lexa, who worshipped the god Ti. (TV: Meglos ^[+]Loading...["Meglos (TV story)"])

History

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II visited the planet in 1980 and fought Gaztaks while Meglos retrieved the Dodecahedron. The Doctor had visited the planet some time previously, where he first became acquainted with the Tigellan leader Zastor. (TV: Meglos ^[+]Loading...["Meglos (TV story)"])

The Sixth Doctor once sang about his adventures, mentioning Tigella among the planets he'd saved. (AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Pirates (audio story)"])

It had at least three moons. The Twelfth Doctor was in the middle of trying to find the third moon's hidden Sea of Disquiet when he wrote his first letter to the readers of Doctor Who Adventures. (PROSE: Dear Readers 1 ^[+]Loading...["Dear Readers (DWA15 1 short story)","''Dear Readers'' 1"])

All life was wiped out on Tigella by Sutekh, but was restored when the Doctor dragged the God of Destruction through the Time Vortex. (TV: Empire of Death)