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The '''[[Jathaa]] Sungliders''' were large, black, [[Flying saucer|saucer]]-shaped craft employed by the [[Jathaa]] when visiting [[Earth]]. They moved via a smaller rotating platform of some sort underneath, and contained powerful weapon systems, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam capable of disintegrating a [[Sycorax]] asteroid ship into ash. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | The '''[[Jathaa]] Sungliders''' were large, black, [[Flying saucer|saucer]]-shaped craft employed by the [[Jathaa]] when visiting [[Earth]]. They moved via a smaller rotating platform of some sort underneath, and contained powerful weapon systems, utilising five energy beams that converge into one powerful beam capable of disintegrating a [[Sycorax]] asteroid ship into ash. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
In [[1996]] the [[Torchwood Institute]] shot down one of these crafts over the [[North Sea]] and by [[2006]] they had managed to reverse-engineer the weapons system. At [[Christmas]] of that year they were ordered by [[British Prime Minister|prime minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] to use the weapon against the [[Sycorax]] spaceship that threatened Earth at the time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | In [[1996]] the [[Torchwood Institute]] shot down one of these crafts over the [[North Sea]] and by [[2006]] they had managed to reverse-engineer the weapons system. At [[Christmas]] of that year they were ordered by [[British Prime Minister|prime minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] to use the weapon against the [[Sycorax]] spaceship that threatened Earth at the time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing space and time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing space and time periods, Jathaa ships appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | ||
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==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
The Jathaa Sunglider's weapons system is similar to the [[w:c:starwars:Death Star I|Death Star]]'s superlaser from ''[[Star Wars]]'', which disintegrated the planet Alderaan into ash and meteors. | The Jathaa Sunglider's weapons system is similar to the [[w:c:starwars:Death Star I|Death Star]]'s superlaser from ''[[Star Wars]]'', which disintegrated the planet Alderaan into ash and meteors. | ||
The technology of the weapon systems might have been incorporated into the [[UNIT]] ship [[Valiant]] later, as the beam that was seen shot from it in ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' looks very similar. | |||
[[Category:Spacecraft types]] | [[Category:Spacecraft types]] | ||
