Bat
Bats were nocturnal, flying mammals found on Earth. They were feared by some humans, who believed that they sucked the blood of others. However few species of bats actually did so. (AUDIO: The Caves of Erith)
Many vampire legends told of vampires turning themselves into bats and back into their true forms.
The sentient species called the Erithians was related to bats. (AUDIO: The Caves of Erith)
Bats were listed in the Avalonian Bestiary of all animal life on the Earth colony Avalon. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Encounters with bats[[edit] | [edit source]]
Whilst on the run from the Daleks, the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki landed in a faux-haunted house. Built for the Festival of Ghana, the building housed replicas of classic fictional monsters like Dracula. The house was also infested with bats, groups of whom occasionally took flight so as to add to the general spooky environment of the "haunted house". (TV: "Journey into Terror")
During the time he travelled with John and Gillian, the First Doctor again encountered bats. Soon after landing on the Haunted Planet, bats attacked John. The Doctor successfully shooed them away with a big stick, but he surmised that the bats were being controlled by someone evil. (COMIC: The Haunted Planet)
The First Doctor, John and Gillian briefly encountered a bat in a cave on a desolate planet. (COMIC: Shark Bait)
Florence Stoker had the ability to control bats and used them to block the sunlight, allowing her to go outside during the day. (COMIC: Bat Attack!)
Melanie Bush once got a baby bat caught in her hair and had to have it cut free. The incident gave her a fear of bats. (PROSE: Business Unusual)
A colony of bats inhabited the second floor of the building that Bilis Manger rented. Piers Meadows hired Bob to exterminate them, which was illegal as they were a protected species. (AUDIO: Dead Man's Switch)
Aukon used bats as servants on the vampire planet. He sent them to attack the Fourth Doctor and Romana II. The Doctor claimed they were harmless shortly before he was bitten. They travelled in a flock of many thousands. Later, Romana was also bitten by a bat while in a trance. (TV: State of Decay)
A kind of bat lived in the caves of Androzani Minor. The milk from the queen bat worked as an antidote to Spectrox toxaemia; the Fifth Doctor descended there in order to earn it. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
Lebenswelt was home to red bats which constantly fought each other. When the colony on that planet began experiencing power failures, the bats began attacking the people, sensing that they had become more vulnerable. (PROSE: The Book of the Still)
Giant albino bats were among the native lifeforms of Tiermann's World. (PROSE: Sick Building)
The console room in Doctor' black TARDIS had bats in its belfry. (AUDIO: Black and White)
There were at least three bats living in the Hollow Childe's stately but decrepit home in Auteur's Town. (PROSE: White Canvas)
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
Alice O'Donnell described the year 1980 as being "Pre-the Moon exploding and the big bat coming out." (TV: Before the Flood)
The Sixth Doctor claimed to have "the acute directional hearing of a bat with a SatNav". (AUDIO: Absolute Power)
