Cephalopods were a type of animal which included octopuses, (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"]) squids, (AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan [+]Loading...["The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)"]) and cuttlefish. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology [+]Loading...["T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)"])
Although Channing claimed that the Nestenes had no individual identity, (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"]) the Third Doctor later said that he suspected the Nestenes' basic form was analogous to a cephalopod. (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"])
In what he called the "Vulgar End of Time", the Sixth Doctor complained that "any Tom, Dick or cephalopod" was claiming to be him, "treading" on his reputation. (AUDIO: The One Doctor [+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"])
Ianto Jones described his boyfriend Jack Harkness as being sexually attracted to cephalopods on the same level as both men and woman. (PROSE: The House That Jack Built [+]Loading...["The House That Jack Built (novel)"])
The Bailiffs were cephalopods forms who were weak against ammonia. (COMIC: Mr Nobody [+]Loading...["Mr Nobody (comic story)"])
Most cephalopods could change their colour using chromatophores. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology [+]Loading...["T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)"])