Minion

Minion was a diminutive term used by individuals with perceptions of power or authority to describe those who had a lower rank or status or those they believed were of lower rank or status to them. (TV: Earthshock ^[+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"], Inferno ^[+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"], Time and the Rani ^[+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge ^[+]Loading...["The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)"])

In some contexts minion instead referred to followers of a deity like Ishtar. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"]) Also the Devil, Lucifer and Beelzebub were said to have minion followers. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet ^[+]Loading...["Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)"], The Empire of Glass ^[+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"], Unnatural History ^[+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

In 1909 Jared Khan countered Bernice Summerfield's derision of The New Dawn telling her that it had no minions. (PROSE: Birthright ^[+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])

Professor Eric Stahlman referred to Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart's UNIT soldiers as "ape-like minions" at the Inferno Project in the 1970s. (TV: Inferno ^[+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"])

In a deception against the Scourge the Seventh Doctor welcomed him "to this universe, where he and his minions can feast" at the Pinehill Crest Hotel, Kent on 15 August 2003. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge ^[+]Loading...["The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)"])

Missy considered Clara Oswald one of her scariest "minions". (PROSE: Meet Missy! ^[+]Loading...["Meet Missy! (short story)"])