List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens

This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, including Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K-9 and K-9 and Company. It covers alien races and other fictional creatures, but not specific characters. Individual characters are listed in separate articles.

Note that some information on the page is taken from spin-off media. The canonicity of this information is often uncertain.

Table of appearances

Further information: List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (0-9) & (A-G) , List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (H-P) , and List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (Q-Z)

The following table is composed of a list of creatures and extraterrestrials that appear in the Doctor Who universe. These come from Doctor Who itself: the classic series, the television movie and the revived series; and in the three spin-off series Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K-9 (TV series) and K-9 and Company. It lists only beings that are living and/or organic. In a few cases only some parts of the species are seen on-screen. These appearances are listed as "Partial". Aliens that are verbally referred to or appear in archive footage and photographs are "Mentioned".

Race	1st-7th	K9C	8th	9th-11th	TW	SJA	K9TV
Time Lord	Yes	Mentioned (The Doctor)	Yes	Yes	Partial (The Doctor's hand)	Yes	No
Dalek	Yes	No	Partial (voices)	Yes	Partial (gunstalk)	Mentioned	No
Thal	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Voord	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sensorite	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Slyther	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dido humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sand beast	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Animus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vortis insectoids	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Morok	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Xeron	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Aridian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mire beast	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gubbage cone	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rill	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Drahvin	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Varga plant	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Visian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Screamer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Monoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Refusian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Celestial Toymaker	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elder	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cyberman (Mondas)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Mentioned	No
Macra	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Chameleon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cybermat	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Great Intelligence	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ice Warrior	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Mentioned	No
Seaweed creature	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dominator	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dulcian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Master Brain	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Land of Fiction beings	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kroton	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gond	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Seed pod	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
War Lord	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Auton	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Nestene Consciousness	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Silurian	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
"Ambassadors"	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Primord	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Keller Machine	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Axos/Axon/Axonite	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	Yes
Uxariean	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Dæmon	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Ogron	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Arcturan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Alpha Centauran	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	Mentioned
Aggedor	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Peladonian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sea Devil	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	Mentioned	No
Solonian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chronovore	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Minotaur	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Anti-matter organism	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lurman	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Drashig	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Inter Minorian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Draconian	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	Mentioned	No
Spiridon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mutated maggots/flies	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sontaran	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Exxilon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Eight Legs	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wirrn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kaled	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Mentioned	No
Vogan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zygon	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Mentioned	No
Skarasen	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Morestran	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Osirian	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Kraal	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Karn humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Krynoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mandragora Helix	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Kastrian	Yes	No	No	No	No	Mentioned	No
Mutated rat	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rutan	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
The Swarm	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fendahl	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Usurian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Minyan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vardan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Guardian of Time	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ribosian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Levithian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Shrivenzale	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Captain	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zanak humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Diblosian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ogri	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Megara	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Taran	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wood beast	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Swampie	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kroll	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Shadow	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mute	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sirian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jagaroth	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chloris humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tythonian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wolfweed	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mandrel	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Mentioned
Skonnan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nimon	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Anethan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Crinothian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Drornidian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Krarg	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Argolin	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Foamasi	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tigellan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zolfa-Thuran	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gaztak	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bell Plant	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Alzarian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Marshman	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Alzarian spider	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Great Vampire	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tharil	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Trakenite	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Logopolitan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Castrovalva humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Urbankan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mara	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kinda	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Terileptil	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Plasmaton	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Xeraphin	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Ergon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Manussan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Trion	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Garm	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Eternal	Yes	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Myrka	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Malus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tractator	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Magma beast	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Androzani bat	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gastropod	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jadondan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cryon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mentor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gee-jee fly	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Androgum	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Karfelon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Morlox	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bandril	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Andromedan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Thoros Alphan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Krontep humanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Posicarian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
The Raak	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vervoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mogarian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lakertyan	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tetrap	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Time Brain	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chimeron	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Navarino	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Proamonian	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Biomechanoid	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hand of Omega	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Stigorax	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pipe person	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Validium	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Psychic Circus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Werewolf	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
The Destroyer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Serpentine defence mechanism	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fenric	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Haemovore	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cheetah person	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kitling	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cassandra O'Brien.∆17	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Face of Boe	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Crespallion	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Platform One guests	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
New Human	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Proto-human	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Digi-human	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Gelth	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Raxacoricofallapatorian	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
"Space Pig"	No	No	No	Yes	Mentioned	No	No
Jagrafess	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Reaper	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Empty Child plague	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Chula	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Sycorax	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Graske	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Catkind	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Force-grown clone	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Krillitane	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Cyberman (Pete's World)	No	No	No	Yes	Partial (half-converted)	No	No
The Wire	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
The Beast	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ood	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Pelushi	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Abzorbaloff	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Isolus	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Flying stingray	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Weevil	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sex gas	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Fairy	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Arcateenian	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Racnoss	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dogon	No	No	No	No	Partial (Sixth eye)	No	No
Abaddon	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Bane	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Xylok	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Judoon	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Plasmavore	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Carrionite	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dalek/Human hybrid	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Richard Lazarus	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Torajii	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Family of Blood	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Scarecrow	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Weeping Angel	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Futurekind	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Malmooth	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Toclafane	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Gorgon	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Uvodni	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
The Trickster	No	No	No	Mentioned	Mentioned	Yes	No
Zocci	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Blowfish	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cell 114	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cash Cow	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Mayfly	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Duroc	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Nostrovite	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Night Travellers	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tumour alien	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cowled figure	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Adipose	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Pyrovile	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ood Brain	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Hath	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vespiform	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vashta Nerada	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Time Beetle	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Shadow Proclamation humanoids	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Melissa Majoria bees	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Jeggorabax energy entity	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Ancient Lights	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Berserker	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Travist Polong	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Cybershade	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Stingray	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tritovore	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Hitchhiker	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
The 4-5-6	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Veil	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Eve	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Jixen	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Erasmus Darkening	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
International Gallery paintings	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
The Flood	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vinvocci	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dauntless Prison inmates	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Korven	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Fear entity	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Gryffen family ghosts	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Bodach	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Anubian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Oroborus	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mede	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Atraxi	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Aeolian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Star Whale	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Winder	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Centuripede	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
The Hunger	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Ukkan	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Saturnyn	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Psychic pollen	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Eknodine	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Etydion	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Krafayis	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vishklar	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Shansheeth	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Groske	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Qetesh	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Dark Hoarde	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Chelonian	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Haemo-Goth	No	No	No	Mentioned	No	No	No
Sky fish	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
The Silence	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Siren	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Patchwork person	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ganger	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Headless monk	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Brain parasite	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tenza	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Peg doll	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Tivoli species	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Metalkind	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Fleshkind	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Hetocumtek	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Skullion	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Androzani tree	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dalek puppet	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kahler	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Shakri	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Memory worm	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Akhaten humanoid	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Pan-babylonian	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Lugal-Irra-Kush	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Lucanian	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Hooloovoo	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Terraberserker	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Ultramancer	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Vigil	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Crooked person	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No

See also

• List of Doctor Who villains
• List of Doctor Who henchmen
• List of Doctor Who robots

External links

• The Bumper Book of Doctor Who Monsters, Villains & Alien Species
• Children of the Earth BBC Torchwood site
• "Every Doctor Who villain since 1963". The Guardian. 16 July 2010.