Doctor Who & Spin-Offs A-Z Game

[Guest]

F ~ Fenric - Fenric a.k.a. Hastur the Unspeakable was an immensely powerful sentient force, at least as old as the universe itself and an intelligence of pure evil. Appeared in the serial 'The Curse of Fenric'.

The being known as Fenric was one of two forces, one good, one evil, which were present at the Dawn of Time. Some sources state that Fenric originated not in the beginnings of this universe but, like the other Old Ones, in a universe before this one. These accounts state that Fenric bore (and still bears) the name of Hastur the Unspeakable. The name Fenric came from a mythic figure in Norse mythology. The myths described a monstrous wolf which would, during the final battle between gods and beasts, destroy the world at the end of time.

[Alan]

G ~ Gallifrey - Gallifrey was the homeworld to the Gallifreyans and to the Time Lords, amongst them the Doctor. It was destroyed in the Last Great Time War.

Gallifrey was located in the constellation of Kasterborous, at galactic co-ordinates 10-0-11-0-0 by 0-2 from Galactic Zero Centre. Varying accounts were given of its position. It was said to be either located at the edge of the Mutter's Spiral galaxy or closer to the core. It was believed to be somewhere between 30,000 and 29,000 light years from Earth (a good ten minutes away travelling via a Type-40 TARDIS).

Kasterborous was also known as the Seven Systems, so that Gallifrey had the alternative name, The Shining World of the Seven Systems.

[Guest]

H ~ Huon particles - Ancient particles from the Dark Times, created independently by Time Lords and later the Torchwood Institute. They are potentially deadly and contain a great amount of energy. Huon particles will magnetise with other sets of Huon particles, causing people to inadvertently teleport. A remnant of them exists in the heart of the TARDIS.

[Alan]

I ~ Invasion, The - 1968 story starring Patrick Troughton as "The Doctor", Frazer Hines as "Jamie McCrimmon", & Wendy Padbury as "Zoe Heriot", with Nicholas Courtney as "Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart", & John Levene as "Corporal John Benton".

Synopsis
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When the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie investigate the mysterious disappearance of an eminent scientist, their search takes them to International Electromatics, a powerful firm run by the sinister Tobias Vaughan. Under surveillance by the Brigadier's top secret United Nations Intelligence Task Force (UNIT), it soon becomes apparent that there is more to Vaughan's activities than meets the eye.

Just who are his mysterious allies? What is lurking down the sewers of London? Soon the Doctor discovers his ultimate horror - that the Cybermen are in league with Vaughan. As they begin bursting from the sewers onto the streets of London and cities around the world it is clear that their plan is the total invasion of planet Earth.

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• Second appearance of Lethbridge-Stewart. He last appeared in The Web of Fear holding the rank of Colonel.
  
• First appearance of John Benton. He would go on to appear as a Sergeant and later a Warrant Officer alongside the 3rd and 4th Doctors.
  
• First appearance of the organisation United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (U.N.I.T.). They would become a mainstay during the 3rd Doctor's exile on Earth from 1970 - 1974.

[Cold Fuzz]

J - Jagrafess

Sometimes the Jagrafess is more formally known as The Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe. This ancient and immense gelatinous creature does not appear to have eyes but does sport a large number of sharp teeth.

The Jagrafess was clandestinely in control of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire near the year 200,000. It was revealed later that the Jagrafess was secretly placed in charge of the Empire by the Dalek Emperor and his minions in their attempt to alter the timeline. Despite controlling the Empire through other humans like the Editor, the Jagrafess was thwarted by the Ninth Doctor and Rose.

[Girlbot]

k-9 mechanical dog

[Alan]

L ~ Long Game, The - 2005 story starring Christopher Eccleston as "The Doctor", Billie Piper as "Rose Tyler", and Bruno Langley in his second and last appearance as "Adam Mitchell".

Synopsis
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New companion Adam Mitchell takes his first trip in the TARDIS. The ship materialises in Satellite 5, a space station that broadcasts across the entire Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire in the year 200,000. However, those who are promoted to Floor 500 simply disappear; humanity might be being manipulated by the news — and who exactly is the sinister Editor's employer?

Trivia
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• The Face of Boe briefly appears on Bad Wolf TV.
  
  
• First appearance of the station Satellite 5. It would return renamed as Game Station.
  
  
• The events of this story would be continued in the story Bad Wolf.
  
  
• Adam Mitchell becomes the first companion to be forcibly removed from the TARDIS.

[Cold Fuzz]

M - Matron Casp

The leader of the the Sister of Plenitude, Casp and the other members of her order were conducting experiments in the secret ICU ward beneath New New York on New Earth near the year 5 billion. The Sisters' plans were ultimately foiled by the Tenth Doctor and Rose. The remaining sisters were arrested by the NNYPD.

[Guest]

M ~ Macra - The Macra first appear in the 1967 Second Doctor story 'The Macra Terror'. They are an intelligent, giant crab-like species from an unnamed planet colonised by humanity in the future. The Macra invade the control centre of the colony and seize the levers of power without the colonists — including their Pilot — knowing what had happened. Thereafter the Macra only appear at night, when the humans are in their quarters, observing a curfew. They have strong hypnotic powers which alter human perception. They also have the ability to ensure messages are vocalised through electronic apparatus such as television or sensor speakers. Both these tools are used to keep the human colonists under control, believing they are blissfully happy. This provides a cover for the Macra to use the colonists as miners in a vast gas mine. The gas is deadly to the miners but vital to the Macra, enabling them to move more quickly and rejuvenating their abilities. The Second Doctor effects a revolution on the Macra planet and helps engineer an explosion in the control centre, destroying the Macra in charge.

The Macra also feature in the 2007 episode 'Gridlock'. In the episode, some Macra are found to be alive below New New York, a city of New Earth. They live in the thick fog of exhaust gases on the main motorway under the city, tracking the flying cars by their lights and snatching at them when they get too close. The Doctor says that the species is billions of years old and once developed a mighty empire as "the scourge of this galaxy", but the Macra beneath New New York must have devolved into nothing more than beasts.

[Alan]

N ~ New Earth - 2006 story starring David Tennant as "The Doctor" and Billie Piper as "Rose Tyler".

Guest starring Noel Clarke as "Mickey Smith".

Synopsis
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In the year five billion and twenty-three, after the destruction of the Earth, the Doctor takes Rose to the New Earth. There, in a hospital facility, the feline Sisters of Plenitude can cure any disease, but in the basement an old enemy of the Doctor is out for revenge.

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• Second and final appearance of Lady Cassandra.
  
  
• Second appearance of The Face of Boe.
  
  
• First appearance of Novice Hame.
  
  
• First story set on New Earth.

[Guest]

O ~ Ogron - The Ogrons are low-intelligence, ape-like hominids who live in scattered communities on an unnamed planet on the outer fringes of the Milky Way, far from the central spaceways. The dominant lifeform on their home planet is a giant slug-like lizard named the Eater, and the Ogrons both pray to and are preyed on by it.

Ogrons are hired mercenaries. Those who have employed their services include the Master and the Daleks. On some human planets, Ogrons are employed as police officers, usually led by a mentally augmented leader.

[Alan]

P ~ Planet of the Dead - 2009 TV movie starring David Tennant as "The Doctor" and Michelle Ryan as "Lady Christina de Souza".

Synopsis
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The Doctor, along with the Lady Christina de Souza and other passengers, finds himself transported to a barren desert planet on a double-decker bus. As the Doctor and Christina struggle to uncover the mysteries beneath the sand, the Swarm draws closer.

Trivia
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• UNIT appear. They'd last been seen in the 2008 story The Stolen Earth.
  
  
• Captain Erisa Magambo of UNIT returns. An alternate timeline version of her had been seen in the 2008 story Turn Left.
  
  
• The Doctor is forewarned that "It is returning. He will knock four times." The meaning of this warning would become clear in the 2010 TV movie The End of Time, Part Two.

[Guest]

Q ~ Quark - The Quarks appeared in the Second Doctor serial 'The Dominators' (1969).

The Quarks were used on Dulkis by the Dominators to enslave and terrorise the indigenous Dulcian population to ensure the drilling of bore holes through the planet's crust. The Dominators planned to use their technology to fire seeds down the holes which would force the core to erupt, thus providing a new fuel source for their fleet.

The Quarks were rectangular in shape, with four arms: one pair which folded into the body, the other pair being retractable. On the end of each arm was a solitary claw. The legs extended out below the Quark body. The spherical head was visibly divided into octants; the upper four octants formed the sensory hemisphere, which detected changes in light, heat and motion. At five of the corners of the octants were directional crystal beam transmitters (the sixth corner joined with the robot's extremely short neck). Quarks communicated by means of high-pitched sound waves. Their major weakness was a tendency to run out of energy rather quickly.

[Alan]

R ~ Regeneration - Regeneration was the process by which the Time Lords (and a few other life-forms) could renew themselves physically by changing themselves if worn out by age or has suffered some life-threatening injury or infection or even at will.

The Doctor himself has regenerated ten times and has just started his eleventh life. His first regeneration was brought about by natural causes and his most recent tenth regeneration was brought on by high levels of radiation. Past regenerations for the Doctor have been brought on by force, severe bodily injury caused by a great fall, poisoning, severe head trauma, and gunshot wounds. For the Doctor, regeneration has never been a smooth process and has resulted in disorientation, lapses and complete loss of memory, mood swings, and instability of character like by acting as a past incarnation or displaying moments of violence to name but a few. Other Time Lords such as the Doctor's companion Romana seemed to display a greater control of regeneration as she was able to move between bodies at will before finally deciding on one she liked and showed no after effects of regeneration trauma.

Regeneration was first seen in the 1966 story The Tenth Planet which showed the change from the 1st to the 2nd Doctor.

Trivia
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• When actor William Hartnell decided to leave the writers and producers wanting the show to continue and so the idea of regeneration was created and Patrick Troughton was brought in to continue playing the Doctor. The idea of regeneration has allowed 9 other actors to follow on from William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton and, by extension, has allowed Doctor Who to continue going strong 40 odd years later

[Guest]

S ~ Scaroth - Appeared in the serial 'City of Death', also known as Count Carlos Scarlioni and Captain Tancredi, was the last of the Jagaroth and the saviour of his species. He was originally the pilot of the Jagaroth ship that landed on Earth in prehistoric times.

Roughly 4 billion years ago, the Jagaroth ship piloted by Scaroth landed on Earth. Advising not to take off at warp power three, the ship launched and became distraught from the power overload. Being in the warp control cabin, Scaroth was splintered in time when the ship exploded.

Twelve selves of him were scattered across time, though they could communicate through telepathy. The explosion, however, allowed the radioactivity that the primordial ooze needed for the Human race to exist. All throughout time, his selves pushed the Human race forward, showing Humanity fire, inventing the wheel, mapping the stars, and causing the pyramids to be built, all so that his twelfth self could have the technology to go back in time and prevent his splintering in time as well as the death of his race.