Flying saucer
Flying saucers, also known as space saucers, (PROSE: Birth of a Legend [+]Loading...["Birth of a Legend (short story)"]) were a form of disc-shaped spacecraft used by many species throughout the universe for many millennia and was as common as rocket technology. On pre-first contact Earth, it was often used as a general term for alien spacecraft, much the same way the term Martian was used for any kind of alien. In this usage, it was more or less interchangable with the term UFO.
By the year 2400, flying saucers were considered a myth of the 20th century. (COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)"])
Dalek flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Dalek flying saucer
The Daleks made extensive use of flying saucers of several types throughout their history. During the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth of Earth, they used of saucers for planetary transport. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"]) During the Last Great Time War, the Daleks' fleet consisted of about ten million flying saucers, including the Dalek Emperor's flagship. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
Astran flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Astran space fleet which engaged the human Tenth Space Fleet in battle in 2065 was made up of flying saucers with a silver underside as well green rims and domes. (COMIC: Space Border Battle [+]Loading...["Space Border Battle (comic story)"])
Dominator flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Dominator ship
The Dominators also made use of flying saucers, which were powered by negative mass flux absorption. These ships could absorb radiation and convert it into propulsion. They were crewed by Dominators and Quarks, and they had facilities to test other races intelligence. (TV: The Dominators [+]Loading...["The Dominators (TV story)"])
Cyberman flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Cybermen used a saucer-shaped landing craft when landing on the Moon in 2070. These ships contained the technology to take control of others while containing Neurotrope X. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
Adiposian nursery ships[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Nursery ship
The Adipose used nursery ships to carry young Adipose from the planet on which they were seeded to the Adipose homeworld. These ships were large enough to carry several million Adipose and were equipped with levitation beams to transport the Adipose safely surface into the craft. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])
Jathaa sungliders[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Jathaa sunglider
These saucer-like crafts, apparently capable of interstellar travel and possessing powerful weapon systems, were a major mode of transportation for the Jathaa when visiting Earth. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], End of Days [+]Loading...["End of Days (TV story)"], The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
Nedenah flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Nedenah were a species of explorers that frequently visited Earth using flying saucers. These were large, featureless, pale-coloured discs. They could move thirty times the speed of sound, stop in a second and were highly manoeuvrable. Though they were opaque and windowless, the Nedenah would navigate by the ship telepathically, beaming the view from outside. The hull could be shed if it was damaged, leaving an undamaged hull underneath. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])
One of their crafts crashed near Roswell in 1947 and was salvaged by the United States Army, who reversed engineered many technologies from it. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])
Krillitane craft[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Krillitane craft
During the 2007 Krillitane infiltration of Deffry Vale High School in London, saucer-like craft were spotted in the area. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
Foo Fighters[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1945, the Doctor witnessed a jellyfish-like saucer craft he said was the source of the Foo Fighter rumours amongst air force pilots of the time. (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues [+]Loading...["Atom Bomb Blues (novel)"])
King Hydroflax[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 5343, the Twelfth Doctor was tasked by River Song with operating on King Hydroflax aboard his flying saucer, which crashed on Mendorax Dellora. (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"])
Other flying saucers[[edit] | [edit source]]
While trying to make his way back to Earth, the Ship and its inhabitants may have seen a flying saucer. (GAME: Journey Back to Earth [+]Loading...["Journey Back to Earth (game)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Flying saucers are the stereotypical alien spaceship in the real world. They were first reported in June 1947 (and had a history of similar forms recorded in tapestries and paintings) and have appeared in science fiction and alleged real world sightings since.
