Living metal
Living metal was a metal which was able to grow.
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In an example of a naturally-occurring living metal lifeform, the Magnedons, one of the lifeforms native to Skaro, was a crocodilian reptile with living metal flesh. It was, as a result, magnetic. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe [+]Loading...["Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)"])
On Earth, living metal was discovered by Professor J. P. Kettlewell. He used it to create the Experimental Prototype Robot K1. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"])
The Founders of the Time Lords utilised the living metal validium to construct Nemesis. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) The outer plasmic shells of Battle TARDISes were living metal, able to morph into shields or any number of predetermined gun emplacements. (PROSE: Engines of War [+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"]) The architectural reconfiguration system of the Doctor's TARDIS was also built from a type of living metal. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"])
Caw was made entirely from living metal. (TV: The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"])
The Panjistri used living metal in the construction of their spaceship Kandasi and their hovercraft. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])
K9 Mark 2, the regenerated form of K9 Mark I, (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"]) was composed of a living metal frame, which required downtime to attune to the energy signatures of the Department's weaponry. (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"]) Thorne determined that the simplest way to acquire K9's regeneration unit was to cause K9 to have to regenerate his living metal frame. K9 claimed that the only explosive force capable of destroying him was his own self-destruct function. (TV: Robot Gladiators [+]Loading...["Robot Gladiators (TV story)"]) K9 also possessed living metal antibodies which were able to deal with 99% of terrestrial weaponry in 2050. (TV: The Last Precinct [+]Loading...["The Last Precinct (TV story)"])
