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'''Trolls''' were creatures from [[Earth]] myths and legends. They were especially popular in [[Iceland]] | '''Trolls''' were creatures from [[Earth]] myths and legends. They were especially popular in [[Iceland]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Hunting Ground (audio story)}}) and were considered part of [[Norse mythology]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) Trolls existed in the [[Land of Fiction]]. Some of them were [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] into [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)}}) The [[Fomoir]] of [[Tír na n-Óg]] resembled trolls by design. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)}}) The name was also used as an insult; [[Susan Foreman]] called {{Delgado}} a troll. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy of the Daleks (novel)}}) | ||
[[Sontaran]]s were often compared to trolls in terms of appearance. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Time Warrior (novelisation)}}, {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) [[Winston Churchill]] described [[ | [[Sontaran]]s were often compared to trolls in terms of appearance. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Time Warrior (novelisation)}}, {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) [[Winston Churchill]] described [[Brak]], a stranded Sontaran held captive by [[UNIT]], as a troll, something Brak would later mention to [[Captain]] [[Alice Wells]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) [[Nyssa]] called them "a race of troll-like warmongers," and [[Tegan Jovanka]] said they looked like "stumpy, cross-eyed trolls." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Heroes of Sontar (audio story)}}) When the [[Tenth Doctor]] engaged contact with [[General]] [[Staal]] during the [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]], [[UNIT]] [[Colonel]] [[Alan Mace]] likened the appearance of the Sontaran to that of a troll. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}}) | ||
Trolls also formed the basis for a popular brand of [[toy]]s on Earth. When she was a child, [[Jo Grant]] had "an army of [[gonk]]s and trolls" but even then found dolls creepy. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doll of Death (audio story)}}) | Trolls also formed the basis for a popular brand of [[toy]]s on Earth. When she was a child, [[Jo Grant]] had "an army of [[gonk]]s and trolls" but even then found dolls creepy. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doll of Death (audio story)}}) | ||
