Mantrap

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Mantrap
Main aliases:	Thing
Biological type:	Slug
Affiliated with:	Dot
Place of origin:	The Homeworld, Finetime
Appearance:	Dot and Bubble [+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"]

Man-traps, or Things, were large slug-like creatures created by the Dots that killed and ate the residents of Finetime, and were seen standing in the ruins of Homeworld. (TV: Dot and Bubble ^[+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"])

A resident of Finetime strolls past a man-trap, oblivious. (TV: Dot and Bubble ^[+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"])

Behind the Scenes

• While not named in the episode itself, the accompanying episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed identifies them as "man-traps". DWM 606, however, states that they are called Things, and that "Mantraps" was simply the nickname given to them on-set.