Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)
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The Venusians were the ancient inhabitants of Venus.
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Venusians lifeforms had twelve eye-stalks in pairs. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby, Bad Therapy) They had five arms and five legs. (PROSE: Bad Therapy, First Frontier, Venusian Lullaby) They were capable of eating the brains of other Venusians to gain their memories in the ceremony of remembering.
Almost all metals were deadly to Venusians, except for gold, with platinum and titanium also being somewhat tolerable, albeit rare. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby)
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Venusians used Venusian aikido. (PROSE: First Frontier) When the Venusians learned of the fate of their world, they fractured. There were various factions, known as anti-Acceptancers, who tried to find alternatives to their civilisation's fate. These included the Below the Sun Believers, the Rocketeers, the Water-breathers, the Volcano People, the Magnetologists and the Cave-makers. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early in its history, Venus supported life, including the Venusians. The battle of the Puri'pinidhall took place. When the planet became uninhabitable, the Venusians planned to escape to Earth, but were unsuccessful. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby)
The Venusians taught the Doctor Venusian aikido. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby) After using a aikido technique during his exile on Earth, the Eighth Doctor had a vision of a many-armed glowing-eyed monster in a misty cavern. (PROSE: Endgame)
Near the First City, Héloïse and Zaleena met a large green creature with five eyestalks, five manipulating tentacles, and five legs with tough hooves. It told Zaleena that it had martial arts moves "like you wouldn't believe." House Xianthellipse had hired it to retrieve a cache of the Celestis' data on the enemy. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sometime after 2022, (TV: The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"]) Ian Chesterton told the companion support group of his adventure with the Venusians. After Ian's passing, the group reminsced about Ian and his tales. Ryan was skeptical of his claim, but Mel assured him that Ian was telling the truth. (PROSE: Loose Ends 5: Ian Memoriam [+]Loading...["Loose Ends 5: Ian Memoriam (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- These Venusians also appear in the third Señor 105 novella, Blair Bidmead's By the Time I Get to Venus, which was reprinted in its entirety in the Obverse Sextet release The Rise and Fall of Señor 105.
