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[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] had records of vampire legends on at least seventeen [[planet]]s, particularly [[Earth]], but myths of vampires existed on almost every civilised world. Common traits were that they drank [[blood]], could turn others into vampires, feared [[star|sunlight]], had [[mirror|no reflections]], feared [[cross]]es, couldn't cross running water and could only be killed by a stake to the [[heart]] or beheading. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'', [[REF]]: ''[[Monster Files|Monster Files: Vampires]]'') | [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] had records of vampire legends on at least seventeen [[planet]]s, particularly [[Earth]], but myths of vampires existed on almost every civilised world. Common traits were that they drank [[blood]], could turn others into vampires, feared [[star|sunlight]], had [[mirror|no reflections]], feared [[cross]]es, couldn't cross running water and could only be killed by a stake to the [[heart]] or beheading. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'', [[REF]]: ''[[Monster Files|Monster Files: Vampires]]'') | ||
Vampires were represented differently across various cultures. [[Chinese]] vampires had long fingernails. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') | Vampires were represented differently across various cultures. [[Chinese]] vampires had long fingernails. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'') In a [[1992]] survey, the thing that frightened [[Russia]]ns the most was vampires, specifically ones that lived on life energy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | ||
== Vampire-like creatures == | == Vampire-like creatures == | ||
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* The [[Vampire Warrior]]s were another vampire-like species. ([[WC]]: ''[[Snowfall]]'') | * The [[Vampire Warrior]]s were another vampire-like species. ([[WC]]: ''[[Snowfall]]'') | ||
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== Types == | |||
There were a variety of vampiric-creatures such as... | |||
*[[Psychevore]]s, which fed on the mind/life energy | |||
*[[Datavore]], which fed on information | |||
[[Category:Vampires| ]] | [[Category:Vampires| ]] | ||
