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The '''Gastropods''', led by [[Mestor]], devoured the vegetation of the [[planet]] [[Jaconda]]. | The '''Gastropods''', led by [[Mestor]], devoured the vegetation of the [[planet]] [[Jaconda]]. | ||
[[File:Gastropod powers.jpg|left|thumb|A Gastropod using | [[File:Gastropod powers.jpg|left|thumb|A Gastropod using its mental powers against [[Azmael]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'')]] | ||
== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] slugs. They left a sticky trail. | The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] slugs. They left a {{w|Snail slime|sticky trail}} behind them when they moved. They laid [[egg]]s which could remain fertile in [[space]]. Since apparently only their leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally, and they obeyed his commands without question, it is possible that they possessed only vestigial intelligence. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
=== Abilities === | === Abilities === | ||
Gastropods had a form of mental powers which they could use to either kill individuals or take over their mind and communicate through them. They could also communicate | Gastropods had a form of mental powers which they could use to either kill individuals or take over their mind and communicate through them. They could also communicate [[telepathic]]ally. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Jaconda, once a verdant paradise, became a despoiled wasteland once the Gastropod appeared and made the [[Jacondan]]s slaves in their own world. The [[Sixth Doctor]] killed Mestor and ended the reign of the Gastropods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'') | Jaconda, once a verdant paradise, became a despoiled wasteland once the Gastropod appeared and made the [[Jacondan]]s slaves in their own world. Their leader, Mestor, planned to make the Jaconda's sun go [[supernova]] so as to scatter Gastropod eggs into space. The [[Sixth Doctor]] killed Mestor and ended the reign of the Gastropods. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* According to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]],'' a book that contains [[Tardis:Canon policy|non-narrative]] based information | * According to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]],'' a book that contains [[Tardis:Canon policy|non-narrative]] based information, there was a [[fossil]]ised Gastropod in [[Dr Henry Fizzog's Museum of the Macabre]] on [[Sardicktown]]. | ||
* The name for this monster obviously derives from {{w|Gastropod}}s, the biological class of slugs and snails. | * The name for this monster obviously derives from {{w|Gastropod}}s, the biological class of slugs and snails. | ||
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