List of minor Doctor Who villains

This is a list of fictional villains from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who.

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Animus

The Animus was an alien intelligence from an unknown planet which landed on the planet Vortis. It could take over any living creature which had come into contact with gold and had already taken control of the ant-like Zarbi when the Doctor and his companions arrived on Vortis in the serial The Web Planet.

Related Topics:
Vortis - Ant - Zarbi - The Doctor - The Web Planet

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At the end of the story, the Animus's true form was revealed, as resembling an octopus with some arachnid features. The First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki help the Menoptra to destroy the Animus using the Menoptra's secret weapon, the Isop-tope. After that, it is assumed that natives of Vortis managed to resolve their differences peacefully.

Related Topics:
Octopus - Arachnid - First Doctor - Ian - Barbara - Vicki - Menoptra

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The Animus has returned or been mentioned in several spin-off stories. In the Missing Adventure Twilight of the Gods by Christopher Bulis, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria return to Vortis and encounter a seed of the Animus which had survived. The New Adventure All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane identified the Animus with the Great Old One Lloigor from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Finally, an article by Russell T. Davies in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 says that the "Greater Animus perished" in the Time War, "and its Carsenome Walls fell into dust." These references, like the rest of the spin-off media, are of unclear canonicity.

Related Topics:
Spin-off - Missing Adventure - Second Doctor - Jamie - Victoria - New Adventure - Andy Lane - Great Old One - Lloigor - H.P. Lovecraft - Cthulhu mythos - Russell T. Davies - Time War - Canonicity

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