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== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
Dæmons could use their technology to change their size ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') and shape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memetics: A Morphology]]'') Some appeared as [[satyr]]-like [[humanoid]]s with reddish skin ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising (home video)|Dæmos Rising]]'') or thick fur. These Dæmons often had sharp fangs, pointed ears, thick beards and long horns. Their legs were goat-like, with cloven hooves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | Dæmons could use their technology to change their size ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') and shape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memetics: A Morphology]]'') Some appeared as [[satyr]]-like [[humanoid]]s with reddish skin ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising (home video)|Dæmos Rising]]'') or thick fur. These Dæmons often had sharp fangs, pointed ears, thick beards and long horns. Their legs were goat-like, with cloven hooves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | ||
During war, Dæmons would manifest in spatiodynamic bodies with vast wings, sweptback horns, and long necks, allowing them to glide through [[hyperspace]] with minimal effort. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') | During war, Dæmons would manifest in spatiodynamic bodies with vast wings, sweptback horns, and long necks, allowing them to glide through [[hyperspace]] with minimal effort. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') | ||
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Like a million other worlds "right across the universe", [[Dæmos]] had "the representation of the horned beast" in its myths and legends. [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]] claimed to be this "devil", along with all of the others in every [[religion]] which had such a figure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | Like a million other worlds "right across the universe", [[Dæmos]] had "the representation of the horned beast" in its myths and legends. [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]] claimed to be this "devil", along with all of the others in every [[religion]] which had such a figure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] seemed to initially regard the Dæmons as not evil, but coldly logical and amoral, without sentiment, which [[Azal]]'s actions would bear out. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') They did only what they wished; self-sacrifice would have destroyed them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | The [[Third Doctor]] seemed to initially regard the Dæmons as not evil, but coldly logical and amoral, without sentiment, which [[Azal]]'s actions would bear out. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') They did only what they wished; self-sacrifice would have destroyed them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | ||
However, they also seemed to organise according to the nuclear family structure and care for their mates and children. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'') At a later stage of his life, the [[Seventh Doctor]] had made the acquaintance of a friendly Dæmon known as [[Bonjaxx]] and attended a birthday party in honour of him. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'') | However, they also seemed to organise according to the nuclear family structure and care for their mates and children. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'') At a later stage of his life, the [[Seventh Doctor]] had made the acquaintance of a friendly Dæmon known as [[Bonjaxx]] and attended a birthday party in honour of him. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'') | ||
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Azal offered his powers to the [[Third Doctor]] when the Master, who desired them, had proved himself unworthy. This would suggest that they could give their powers if they chose to. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | Azal offered his powers to the [[Third Doctor]] when the Master, who desired them, had proved himself unworthy. This would suggest that they could give their powers if they chose to. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | ||
Like their peers of the [[Osirian Court]], their technology level qualified them for diplomatic and scientific relations with the [[Great Houses]] of [[the Homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | Like their peers of the [[Osirian Court]], their technology level qualified them for diplomatic and scientific relations with the [[Great Houses]] of [[the Homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Dæmons were an ancient race from [[Dæmos]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') who were powerful [[Distant past|150 million years BC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') They were involved in the [[Millennium War]] and were one of the first species to strike back against the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]], stopping it from using a dark-matter cloud in the [[Rift of Perseus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') A Dæmon was one of the only beings to successfully travel to the [[edge of the universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'') | The Dæmons were an ancient race from [[Dæmos]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') who were powerful [[Distant past|150 million years BC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') They were involved in the [[Millennium War]] and were one of the first species to strike back against the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]], stopping it from using a dark-matter cloud in the [[Rift of Perseus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') A Dæmon was one of the only beings to successfully travel to the [[edge of the universe]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyage to the Edge of the Universe (comic story)|Voyage to the Edge of the Universe]]'') | ||
The Dæmons studied other races, treating the universe as their laboratory. The [[Third Doctor]] said that, circa [[BC#Prehistory|100,000 years BC]], the Dæmons arrived on [[Earth]] and helped the [[human]]s to overcome the [[Neanderthal]]s before trying to lead their [[evolution]] and development ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') in exchange for allegiance, as they often did with [[lesser species]] throughout the cosmos. Successful experiments were brought to be further cultivated in the [[Infernal Sphere]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memeticus: A Morphology]]'') but failed experiments like [[Atlantis]] were dispassionately destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memeticus: A Morphology]]'') According to one account, the Dæmons gave the [[Atlantean]]s the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which later indirectly caused the destruction of Atlantis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | The Dæmons studied other races, treating the universe as their laboratory. The [[Third Doctor]] said that, circa [[BC#Prehistory|100,000 years BC]], the Dæmons arrived on [[Earth]] and helped the [[human]]s to overcome the [[Neanderthal]]s before trying to lead their [[evolution]] and development ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') in exchange for allegiance, as they often did with [[lesser species]] throughout the cosmos. Successful experiments were brought to be further cultivated in the [[Infernal Sphere]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memeticus: A Morphology]]'') but failed experiments like [[Atlantis]] were dispassionately destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memeticus: A Morphology]]'') According to one account, the Dæmons gave the [[Atlantean]]s the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which later indirectly caused the destruction of Atlantis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | ||
The Dæmons' ultimate goal was to cultivate a [[Child of Time]], binding it to them so that they could leave Dæmos of their own free will. They interfered with human history to bring about such a creature. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') | The Dæmons' ultimate goal was to cultivate a [[Child of Time]], binding it to them so that they could leave Dæmos of their own free will. They interfered with human history to bring about such a creature. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') | ||
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However, another Dæmon called [[Mastho]] took over monitorship of Earth after Azal's death. He was summoned to Earth at three different points of time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') Firstly, he was summoned to [[2004]], where [[Kate Stewart]] and [[Douglas Cavendish]] stopped him. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising (home video)|Dæmos Rising]]'') The second time was in [[1586]], where [[the Sodality]] wished to harness his powers for their own benefit. Sensing that a Child of Time had been created by humans in this period, Mastho told the [[Grand Master]] and his [[Emily Blandish|Chancellor]] to eliminate all [[time channeller]]s and [[time sensitive]]s in order to lure it out into the open. He told them, once this was done, to summon him once more in [[2586]]. At the site of the final summoning, Mastho called [[Maria (Child of Time)|Maria]], the Child of Time, to him. Maria refused to obey him and escaped into the [[time vortex]], before committing suicide in [[1949]], the only way she knew of to stop Mastho's plans. Failing in his duty, Mastho self-destructed, consumed by the psionic energies he once commanded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') | However, another Dæmon called [[Mastho]] took over monitorship of Earth after Azal's death. He was summoned to Earth at three different points of time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') Firstly, he was summoned to [[2004]], where [[Kate Stewart]] and [[Douglas Cavendish]] stopped him. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising (home video)|Dæmos Rising]]'') The second time was in [[1586]], where [[the Sodality]] wished to harness his powers for their own benefit. Sensing that a Child of Time had been created by humans in this period, Mastho told the [[Grand Master]] and his [[Emily Blandish|Chancellor]] to eliminate all [[time channeller]]s and [[time sensitive]]s in order to lure it out into the open. He told them, once this was done, to summon him once more in [[2586]]. At the site of the final summoning, Mastho called [[Maria (Child of Time)|Maria]], the Child of Time, to him. Maria refused to obey him and escaped into the [[time vortex]], before committing suicide in [[1949]], the only way she knew of to stop Mastho's plans. Failing in his duty, Mastho self-destructed, consumed by the psionic energies he once commanded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time (novel)|Child of Time]]'') | ||
Near the time of the [[War in Heaven]], the Dæmons were completely wiped out by some sort of massive cataclysmic event. It was believed to be a battle, as the Dæmon corpses were found in their battle form. [[Faction Paradox]] used the skeletal remains of the Dæmons as [[Faction Paradox warship|warships]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') After [[Baphomet]] and [[Byzo]] tried to obtain [[metagenic field]] technology from the [[Great Houses]] in exchange for information about a crashed [[TARDIS|timeship]] on [[Earth]], Lady [[Thelema]] used a hand[[bell]], an ancient book, and a candle to kill them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T.memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T.memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | Near the time of the [[War in Heaven]], the Dæmons were completely wiped out by some sort of massive cataclysmic event. It was believed to be a battle, as the Dæmon corpses were found in their battle form. [[Faction Paradox]] used the skeletal remains of the Dæmons as [[Faction Paradox warship|warships]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') After [[Baphomet]] and [[Byzo]] tried to obtain [[metagenic field]] technology from the [[Great Houses]] in exchange for information about a crashed [[TARDIS|timeship]] on [[Earth]], Lady [[Thelema]] used a hand[[bell]], an ancient book, and a candle to kill them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[T. memeticus: A Morphology (short story)|T. memeticus: A Morphology]]'') | ||
== Minor references == | == Minor references == | ||
