Massacre
A massacre was a high death toll. In some engagements if more than half the combatants are killed it was a massacre, in other engagements when there are fewer than two combatants from each side left it was called by those remaining a massacre. (TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) "Massacring" could be used to describe relentless destruction. (TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum [+]Loading...["The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)"])
An uneven military engagement with fewer dependants versus combatants was often described as leading into a massacre. (TV: Ascension of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)"], Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"]) Or combatants facing off against a superior military force versus one with simpler militaries. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Occasionally single combatants like a Raston Warrior Robot could counter and massacre whole squads of beings like Cybermen. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
On Mordee when Neeva and Andor led a raid against the Tesh, the Wall closed up leading more than half the of the fighters of the Sevateem being killed, Leela referred to it as a massacre. (TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"]
Kiani asked the Eleven about his massacre of Veltra IX, in which he killed 10,000 people. (AUDIO: Template:The Eleven (audio story)
Abslom Daak was found guilty of, among other crimes, massacre. (COMIC: Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer [+]Loading...["Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)"])
Societal control[[edit] | [edit source]]
Massacres were used by various powers; aliens and ruling governments as a method of instilling fear and control in a population and to show the power of the leaders.
When the Krotons first arrived on the the Gond's planet it was a massacre which affected the development of their society and the fear of the Krotons from that point forward until the Second Doctor arrived to help them challenge the Krotons. (TV: The Krotons [+]Loading...["The Krotons (TV story)"])
On Terra Alpha Helen A instituted massacres, the Happiness Patrol raising depressing downs to the ground. (TV: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (TV story)"])
