User:Vuvuzela2010/List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens
This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens, and also robots, 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[edit]
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. 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 |
TARDIS | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial (heard; coral) | 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 |
Zarbi | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Menoptra | 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 | Mentioned | 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 |
Wallarian | Mentioned | No | No | No | No | Mentioned | 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 | Mentioned | 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 |
K-9 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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 | Mentioned | 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 |
Boekind | 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 |
Adherents of the Repeated Meme | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Metal spider | 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 |
Nanogene | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Chula | No | No | No | Mentioned | No | No | No |
Anne Droid | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Davinadroid | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Trin-E | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Zu-Zana | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Pilot Fish | No | No | No | Yes | 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 |
Clockwork droids | 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 |
Hoix | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Abzorbaloff | No | No | No | Yes | No | Mentioned | 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 | Mentioned | 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 |
Slab | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Carrionite | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Pig slave | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Dalek/Human hybrid | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Lazarus mutant | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Living star | 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 |
Verron | No | No | No | Mentioned | No | Mentioned | No |
Sto humanoid | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Zocci | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Heavenly Host | 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 |
Node | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Vashta Nerada | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Doctor Moon | 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 | Mentioned | 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 |
Face Tendril | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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 |
Smiler | 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 |
Aplan | No | No | No | Mentioned | No | No | No |
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 | Partial (head) | 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 |
Living planet | 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 |
Firebird | No | No | No | No | Mentioned | No | No |
Tenza | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Peg doll | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Apalapucian | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Interface | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Handbot | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Tivoli species | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Viking humanoid | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Carnivorous skulls | 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 |
Hexagonal-mouthed humanoids | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Shakri | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Snowman | 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 |
Time zombie | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Red Leech | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Cybermite | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Whisper men | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Wooden Cyberman | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- 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.