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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. | 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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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]]'')]] | [[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 == | ||
According to the [[Jacondan]]s' legends, a Jacondan queen offended their sun god, who punished her by forcing her to give birth to a Gastropod. The Gastropod had countless children who devoured all of the [[plant]]s, leaving the Jacondans on the verge of [[starvation]] before the sun god sent a [[drought]] which wiped them out. | |||
The [[Sixth Doctor]], believing that there was "more than a grain of [[truth]]" in the story, determined that the Gastropods somehow got to the planet and died out, leaving behind clutches of [[egg]]s which lay dormant for centuries. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (novelisation)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') | |||
Jaconda became a despoiled wasteland once more when the eggs somehow hatched, the Gastropods making the Jacondans their slaves. 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]]'') | |||
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