samedi 29 décembre 2007

BESSAN

A winged species that was conquered and destroyed by the Krillitane.
Source: Doctor Who, "School Reunion"

SEX MONSTER / SEX GAS


A gaseous alien parasite that feeds on orgasmic energy. Composed of vorax and ceranium gases, Earth's atmosphere is poisonous to the alien, so it needs to take a human host to survive for prolonged periods. It vies for control with its host, causing physiological changes that eventually cause the host's internal organs to explode.

The alien also makes its host secrete a blend of ultra-powerful pheromones that cause tremendous sexual attraction in those around it for the purposes of feeding. Coupling with the host is fatal, causing the host's partner to disintegrate into a pile of dust at climax and allowing the alien to absorb the energy from the orgasm.

A specimen came to Earth in a meteorite in the early 21st century and landed near Cardif. Although the technological level of the entitiy is unknown, it refered to the meteorite as his ship and said it came to Earth by design, so it has some knowledge of interstellar scale and has the ability to manoeuver through space in a container of some sort.

Source: Torchwood "Day One"

DOGONS

The Dogons are a space faring reptilian species with thirteen eyes, each of which grant them especially enhanced perceptions in various respects. A Dogon ship crashed near the british town of Cardif in the early 21st century and some dead specimen were dissected by human scientists.
Source: Torchwood "Random Shoes"

EXXILONS

Planet of Origin: Exxilon

A highly advanced civilisation of bald silicon-based humanoids with bulbous eyes and bark-like glowing skin, the Exxilon visited Earth and were mistaken for space gods in ancient Peru. They created the City, a huge complex imbued with artificial intelligence that turned on them, either killing them or casting them out. The surviving Exxilons then either reverted to stone-age savagery, worshipping the city and offering sacrifices to it; or fled the city and the savages but were persecuted by their peers and driven to the planet's lower levels. The mineral parrinium, the only antidote to the disease known as the space plague, was found only on Exxilon.

Source: Doctor Who "Death to the Daleks"

ARGOLINS

Planet of Origin: Argolis

Argolins are yellow skinned humanoid nhabitants of Argolis who developed an nascent interstellar civilisation until 2250, when after a 20-minute nuclear war with the Foamasi, their planet was tunred into a nuclear wasteland and the few surviving Argolins became sterile. The radiation also slowed down their metabolic rate, making them appear ageless for a long period of time, until they suddenly withered away in a matter of hours. The surviving Argolins rebuilt their civilisation around services to other civilisations and became leisure providers. They attempted to renew their race through cloning but with poor results until, in 2290, when they were on the verge of bankrupty, alien input allowed them to perfect a Tachyon Recreation Generator to rejuvenate their race.
Source: Doctor Who “The Leisure Hive”

ARCTURUS


Planet or origin: It is not known if the name of the species related to the star known to humans as Arcturus.
The arcturus are non humanoid multi-strand organisms with a roughly skull shaped mass with two eyes at its center. They cannot survive in Earth-like environments, unless immersed in a container filled with their native life fluids. They often have such containers equipped with traction unit to move around on alien worlds. They have developed an advanced space faring civilisation and, in the future, will be members of the same Federation as Earth and Alpha Centauri.
Source: Doctor Who, 'The Curse of Peladon", "The Beast of Peladon"

dimanche 11 novembre 2007

SIGNORTIYU

A sentient species that existed some 3 billions years ago and was wiped out by the the Sou(ou) shi after the Aveletians but prior to their visit to Venus.
Source: Doctor Who Novel "Venusian Lullaby"

PHILOTIRIANS

A sentient species that existed some 3 billions years ago and was wiped out by the the Sou(ou) shi prior to their visit to Venus.
Source: Doctor Who Novel "Venusian Lullaby"

GOWENN

A sentient species that existed some 3 billions years ago and was wiped out by the the Sou(ou) shi prior to their visit to Venus.
Source: Doctor Who Novel "Venusian Lullaby"

AVELETIANS

Planet of Origin: Aveletia
A sentient species that existed some 3 billions years ago and was wiped out by the the Sou(ou) shi prior to their visit to Venus. The Sou(ou) Shi ate all the Aveletians and used their detritus to fertilize another world (whose identity remains undetermined) where life developed based on the Aveletian's genetic code.
Source: Doctor Who Novel "Venusian Lullaby"

lundi 5 novembre 2007

THE PEOPLE / THE ALSO PEOPLE

Planet of origin: Worldsphere
The People are an ancient highly advanced utopian society probably born of several alien species, living in a Dyson Sphere called the Worldsphere.
They appear to be a combination of biological and artificial beings; having integrating their technology into their very essence, being able to switch their gender, forms or their minds at will, being able to become a humanoid lifeform or part of a spaceship. They do not appear to have developped time travel yet.
Source: Doctor Who "The Also People" novel by Ben Aaronovitch

GREY MAN'S RACE

Humanoid species that was among the first sentient planetbound lifeform of the universe. The developped an advanced civilisation. They are said to be partly responsible for instillating the good versus evil dualism in the structure of life in the universe. When they became exticnt or disappeared remains unknown but one of their survivors devoted his existence to trying to find a way to weaken this dualism.
Source: Doctor Who, "Falls the Shadow" novel by Daniel O’Mahony.

TRANMETGURANS

Planet of Origin: Tranmetgura
Humanoid species which at the end of a long civil war, almost developed a unified planetary civilisation with the help of the Timelords before being invaded and harvested by the Hoothi some four billion years ago.
Source: Doctor Who “Love and War” novel

lundi 29 octobre 2007

LUCIFER HAWKS


Planet of origin: Nemesis

Lucifer Hawks are entities that have been known to visit other worlds, Earth among them in the early 21st century, by either being summoned or by crossing the dimensional barriers.

The most evolved of them have developed sentience and some sort of non-technologically based culture. Those can cross the dimensional barriers on their own, and bring lower-level creatures with them. Low level Entities are usually slug-like in shape. Low-level Entities are driven by basic needs while more evolved ones usually have some sort of purpose or plan, and will work with regards to see that plan completed. They generally have inimical attitudes towards humans. Many have slightly mutable forms, and can change shape to some degree. Most have the ability to sprout extra tentacles, mouths and eyes or crustacean features. Their size have been known to vary from one to 60 feet. In general, sentient Lucifer Folk will tend to change their shape with features of the world they’re on. On Earth, it meant assuming a look as humanoid as possible. They are usually asymmetrical however, having one limb longer than the other or mismatched ones. Very powerful Lucifer Folk can shapeshift into a form that resembles a human.

Source : Kia Asamyia, Silent Mobius

CHARONS

Non-human entities which developped time travel in the distant past. They were so different from all other lifeforms that during the First Time Wars, they were erased from reality by the Timelords along with the Crialans, for fear that the people of the Universe could not co-exist alongside them. In reality, humanoid minds exposed to the works of the Charon cope with it automatically by turning them into jokes. Charons were self-regenerating, and effectively immortal. They had the power to warp suns and built worlds that nothing humanoid could possibly live on. Their bodies are metadimensional and warp space-time.
Source: Doctor Who, novel Sky Pirates

dimanche 21 octobre 2007

CRIALANS / CRIALONS

Planet: Crial
A race of telepathic bacteria that infected hosts and which an advanced civilisation in the distant past and mastered time travel technology at the same tiem as the Timelords. They participated in the event known as the First Time Wars and were erased from history. Crialan bacteria grow a crystalline network inside their hosts which acts as a parallel nervous system and a Crialan intelligence is created spontaneously.
Source: Doctor Who Universe, novel Decalog 3: Timevault

vendredi 19 octobre 2007

TYANNANS

Planet of Origin: Tyanna
The Tyannans are a feline humanoid species that developed an highly advanced interstellar civilisation. They were the first inhabitant of the Negative Zone although hit is not known if they are native from the Zone. They are dedicated to peace and progression of life. Of a naturally naively trusting nature, bad experiences lead them to become more cautious.
They have advanced technology, including faster-than-light space travel, genetic engineering, holoprojection, energy weapons capable of decimating planets and are able to manipulate the dimensional barriers. They manufactured the seeds of life, and they sealed those living spores in golden canisters of power, that they might survive the rigors of an incredible journey: a voyage to seed the stars. They explored the cosmos of the Negative Zone to its furthest limits, charting worlds they felt were capable of supporting life. Seeing the results of their seeding, they decided to retreat in a procket universe.
Source: Marvel Universe: Fantastic Four I#140 (November, 1973)

ANNIHILATION WAVE / ARTHRIANS


Planet of origin: Arthros

The Annihilation Wave is a insectoid species from another universe known as the Negative Zone lead by the Annihilus Alpha male and his queens.

The species is a mutation from spores accidentally seeded by the Tyannans on the volcanic planet of Arthros. Through rapid mutations, the spores matured into an insectoid lifeform which eventually evolved to sentience. The species is highly diversified into specialised subspecies. The most advanced subspecies can, upon their death, release a pod containing a nymph-like clone possessing their memories.

One of them, finding the wreckage of the Tyannan ship that had crash-landed on its world, saw its intelligence enhanced by the use of a Tyannan knowledge transference helmet and was able to master the Tyannan technology and perfect it. Obsessed with survival, the paranoid creature, who came to be known as Annihilus, set out to destroy any other living being he viewed as a possible threat to his existence. Annihilus used his newly acquired power to dominate all other lifeforms on Arthros, and plotted to either conquer or destroy the neighboring worlds in the Negative Zone.

After raiding vast areas of the Negative zone, Annihilus lead his annihilation wave in our universe in 2006, claiming that as the universe is expanding into areas of the Negative Zone, making the universe now rightfully his territory. He wrecked havok in the Andromeda Galaxy before being stopped.

Source: Marvel universe: Fantastic Four Annual #6 (1968), Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

ANTEDEANS


Planet of Origin: Antede III

Species of fish-like humanoids. They are able to enter catatonic state for long period of time, although this requires them to eat large quantities of food before and afterward. As of the 24th century, they had developed an highly advanced civilisation but had not really ventured into space as they found the spaeflight experience to be extremely traumatic.

Source: Star Trek Universe: Star Trek: TNG: "Manhunt”

ALLOSOMORPH / DALEDIAN

Planet of origin: Daled IV
Allasomorphs are a sentient anthropomorphic shapeshifting species capable of altering instantaly their molecular structure, being even able to effectively transform into beings of other species.
Their planet being tidally locked to its star, one side is in continual day while the other is in perpetual night. Their society evolved into two cultures linked to this geographical reality. Both entities had hostile relations until the 2365 when a leader born of parents from both sides came to rule the planet.
Source: Star Trek universe, Start Trek TNG: "The Dauphin"