Kandalinga (species)
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The Kandalinga, (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"]) also known as the Fishmen (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"], Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"]) or Kandalingans, (PROSE: Plight of the Monkrah [+]Loading...["Plight of the Monkrah (short story)"]) were the native species of Kandalinga.
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Fishmen were short humanoids, less than four feet tall. As their name suggested, they were fish-like in appearance, with green scales, webbed feet, gills around the neck and waist and bulging eyes. Though amphibious, they needed to spend much of their time in water to survive. The Fishmen had small tendrils around their body, which they used to telepathically communicate. The Fishmen also bred quickly, a trait that was useful to the Voord. (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
When the Voord came to Kandalinga, they enslaved the native Fishmen as workers. The Fishmen were kept docile telepathically and were kept in concrete pits filled with water when not used. The Voord used them to try to create land, eating them when they had no more use for them. They planned to wipe them out after they were done. Though they attempted several uprisings, thousands of Fishmen were wiped out to put them in their place.
Many thousands of years later, the First Doctor came to Kandalinga. When he saw the Fishmen, he was curious about why they were there and waited to see what they were working on, which allowed him to be captured by the Voord. Later, when he was taking the Voord leader to see his ship, he was able to stop the Voord's leader's telepathic control. The Fishmen were able to overpower the leader, then rose up against the Voord to take back the planet. (PROSE: The Fishmen of Kandalinga [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Kandalinga (short story)"])
Two Fishmen visited the Dalek Dome on Earth on 2323. (COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"])
When the Sixth Doctor came to Marinus at the eve of its evolution into Mondas, he visited a region resembling Kandalinga. Though his memories of his first incarnation's life were hazy, he believed that he had met the Fishmen of Kandalinga on Marinus, and that the Fishmen must have gone extinct by the era that he visited. (COMIC: The World Shapers [+]Loading...["The World Shapers (comic story)"])
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
One Fishman shopped at the Frenko Bazaar. (COMIC: Bazaar Adventures [+]Loading...["Bazaar Adventures (comic story)"])
Another Fishman was among the aliens stuck on Denossus when it was transported to the Time Vortex by the Vortexians. They remained trapped for over twenty years until the Vortexians were expelled by the Second Doctor. (COMIC: Land of the Blind [+]Loading...["Land of the Blind (comic story)"])
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
When Dr Who encountered some human divers, he was reminded of the "true fishermen" he'd encountered on Kandalinga. (PROSE: Ten Fathom Pirates [+]Loading...["Ten Fathom Pirates (short story)"])
Donna Noble considered the Fishmen to be among the Doctor's scariest enemies. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])
