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|affiliation = [[Platform One]] | |affiliation = [[Platform One]] | ||
|origin = [[Crespallion (location)|Crespallion]] | |origin = [[Crespallion (location)|Crespallion]] | ||
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|individuals = [[Steward (The End of the World)|Steward]], [[Raffalo]], [[Dorium Maldovar]] | |individuals = [[Steward (The End of the World)|Steward]], [[Raffalo]], [[Dorium Maldovar]] | ||
}}{{you may|Crespallion (location)|n1=the location}} | }}{{you may|Crespallion (location)|n1=the location}} | ||
{{ImageLink|Crespallion}} | {{ImageLink|Crespallion}} | ||
'''Crespallions''' ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') were a [[blue]]-skinned race of [[humanoid]]s native to the [[Crespallion (location)|place]] of the same name, which was not a [[planet]] but part of the [[Jaggit Brocade]], affiliated to the [[Scarlet Junction]], [[Convex 56]]. | '''Crespallions''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011 reprint|page=71}}, [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') were a [[blue]]-skinned race of [[humanoid]]s native to the [[Crespallion (location)|place]] of the same name, which was not a [[planet]] but part of the [[Jaggit Brocade]], affiliated to the [[Scarlet Junction]], [[Convex 56]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | ||
[[Dorium Maldovar]] was a notable Crespallion and ally of [[the Doctor]]. | [[Dorium Maldovar]] was a notable Crespallion ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)|The Whole Thing's Bananas]]'') and ally of [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'' et al.) | ||
== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
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On Platform One, while the steward interacted with guests, Crespallion workers such as Raffalo required [[permission]] from guests to speak to them. Alternatively, the shorter workers communicated with the [[Ninth Doctor]] through non-verbal means, providing him with a card which read "Have a nice day." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | On Platform One, while the steward interacted with guests, Crespallion workers such as Raffalo required [[permission]] from guests to speak to them. Alternatively, the shorter workers communicated with the [[Ninth Doctor]] through non-verbal means, providing him with a card which read "Have a nice day." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | ||
Crespallions were among the various [[species]] of [[ultramarine]] [[skin colour]] whom [[joy]]fully [[celebrate]]d [[Blue Monday]] on [[24 January]], others including the [[Balhoonian]]s, [[Stenza]] and [[Hooloovoo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* According to ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'', the males were about the size of humans, while the females were no taller than a human child. | * According to ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'', the males were about the size of humans, while the females were no taller than a human child. | ||
* Possible other Crespallions, who both have the similar blue-skin likened to the species, are [[Dahh-Ren]] in ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]] and'' [[Jorj]] in ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]].'' However, both characters are only described as non-human. | * Possible other Crespallions, who both have the similar blue-skin likened to the species, are [[Dahh-Ren]] in ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]] and'' [[Jorj]] in ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]].'' However, both characters are only described as non-human. | ||
* The Crespallions are the first original alien species to appear in the 2005 iteration of the show. | |||
* During production of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2004, [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Phil Collinson]] complained of difficulty in finding actors of small stature to portray the Crespallions in ''The End of the World'' as "bloody [[Harry Potter|Gringotts]] and ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|the Chocolate Factory]]'' are filming at the same time."[https://web.archive.org/web/20050209085209/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15065672&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=exterminute-name_page.html] | |||
[[Category:Humanoid species]] | [[Category:Humanoid species]] | ||
