Owl

Owl
Biological type:	Bird
Place of origin:	Earth, Gallifrey
First appearance:	The Man from MI.5
Appearances:	see list

Extraterrestrial lookalikes

Owls were predatory birds native to Earth (PROSE: Just War ^[+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"]) and Gallifrey. (PROSE: The Three Paths ^[+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"])

Owls made hooting or screeching noises and generally lived in woodland areas. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps ^[+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])

Owls were a symbol of Rassilon (PROSE: Goth Opera ^[+]Loading...["Goth Opera (novel)"]) and some owls acted as Rassilon's agents in the wider universe. (PROSE: Human Nature ^[+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])

Range

Earth

Owls were known to inhabit Swallow Woods, (PROSE: The Way Through the Woods ^[+]Loading...["The Way Through the Woods (novel)"]) as well as the Forest of Digne. (TV: The Man from MI.5 ^[+]Loading...["The Man from MI.5 (TV story)"])

Elsewhere

Owls also lived on Avalon. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)"])

Elystrian owls were a variant of the birds native to Elystria. (PROSE: Planet of Paradise ^[+]Loading...["Planet of Paradise (short story)"])

History

Distant past

They evolved on Earth around twelve million years BC. (PROSE: Just War ^[+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

20th century

An owl in the Forest of Digne. (TV: The Man from MI.5 ^[+]Loading...["The Man from MI.5 (TV story)"])

An owl was present in the Forest of Digne in 1965 when Jimmy Bondson arrived in his car. (TV: The Man from MI.5 ^[+]Loading...["The Man from MI.5 (TV story)"])

In the 1970s, Ted Moss owned an owl. (TV: Image of the Fendahl ^[+]Loading...["Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"])

An owl once tried to bite Melanie Bush's hand during her time working at a nature reserve in Scotland. (PROSE: Business Unusual ^[+]Loading...["Business Unusual (novel)"])

21st century

In the early 21st century, a stuffed owl possessed by hornets nearly attacked Mike Yates in Nest Cottage, but was stopped by the Fourth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Stuff of Nightmares ^[+]Loading...["The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)"])

26th century

Humans brought owls with them to Heaven. At one point, Heaven was home to "entire parliaments" of owls, but by 2570, had almost completely died out. The Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield brought one pair to 1980s Lincolnshire and released them. They flew over a car driven by Ace and Julian Milton. (PROSE: Love and War ^[+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])

82nd century

While in the form of a pigeon, Frobisher was attacked by an owl. (COMIC: The Shape Shifter ^[+]Loading...["The Shape Shifter (comic story)"])

References

Sarah Jane Smith holds her stuffed toy owl as she walks away from the TARDIS. (TV: The Hand of Fear ^[+]Loading...["The Hand of Fear (TV story)"])

A stuffed toy owl was among Sarah Jane Smith's belongings when she left the TARDIS. (TV: The Hand of Fear ^[+]Loading...["The Hand of Fear (TV story)"]) The toy owl ended up in Sarah Jane's attic at 13 Bannerman Road. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith ^[+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"], et al.)

The Seventh Doctor had a conversation about owls with Emil Hartung, which inspired him to design a stealth plane for Germany. (PROSE: Just War ^[+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])