Minion was a diminutive term used by individuals with perceptions of power or authority to describe those who had a lower rank or status or those they believed were of lower rank or status to them. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"], Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"], Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge [+]Loading...["The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)"])
In some contexts minion instead referred to followers of a deity like Ishtar. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"]) Also the Devil, Lucifer and Beelzebub were said to have minion followers. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet [+]Loading...["Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)"], The Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"], Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])
In 1909 Jared Khan countered Bernice Summerfield's derision of The New Dawn telling her that it had no minions. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
Professor Eric Stahlman referred to Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart's UNIT soldiers as "ape-like minions" at the Inferno Project in the 1970s. (TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"])
In a deception against the Scourge the Seventh Doctor welcomed him "to this universe, where he and his minions can feast" at the Pinehill Crest Hotel, Kent on 15 August 2003. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge [+]Loading...["The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)"])
Missy considered Clara Oswald one of her scariest "minions". (PROSE: Meet Missy! [+]Loading...["Meet Missy! (short story)"])