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|type= [[Humanoid]] slug | |type= [[Humanoid]] slug | ||
|aka= | |aka= Sectom | ||
|affiliation= [[Azmael]] | |affiliation= [[Azmael]] | ||
|first = The Twin Dilemma (TV story) | |first = The Twin Dilemma (TV story) | ||
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|individuals= [[Mestor]] | |individuals= [[Mestor]] | ||
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The ''' | The '''Sectoms''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') better known simply as '''Gastropods''', were a race of humanoid slugs that devoured the vegetation of the [[planet]] [[Jaconda]], led by [[Mestor]] the Magnificent. | ||
== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] [[slug]]s. They left a {{w|Snail slime|sticky trail}} behind them when they moved, and laid [[egg]]s which could remain fertile in [[space]]. Apparently only the leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally; the rest obeyed his commands without question. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | The Gastropods resembled [[humanoid]] [[slug]]s. They left a {{w|Snail slime|sticky trail}} behind them when they moved, and laid [[egg]]s which could remain fertile in [[space]]. Apparently only the leader, Mestor, could communicate verbally; the rest obeyed his commands without question. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
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=== 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 [[telepathic]]ally. Their leader Mestor managed to open the doors of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through its psychic power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | 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. Their leader Mestor managed to open the doors of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through its psychic power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
[[File:Gastropod powers.jpg|left|thumb|A Gastropod using its mental powers against [[Azmael]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|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. | Jaconda, once a verdant paradise, became a despoiled wasteland once the Gastropod appeared and made the [[Jacondan]]s slaves in their own world. In [[2310]], 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. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
