- Vampire (Doctor Who)
Vampire s have been featured a number of times in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who " and its other media tie-ins. The canonicity of the non-television stories in relation to the television series is open to interpretation, and the various media may not be consistent with respect to each other.Television series
"The Chase"
In the fourth episode ("Journey into Terror") of the
First Doctor serial "The Chase" (1965), the Doctor,Ian Chesterton , Barbara Wright andVicki encounterCount Dracula andFrankenstein's Monster , who make short work of a pursuing party ofDalek s. The Doctor speculates that the monsters and the haunted mansion that they inhabit are the products ofnightmare s created from the human psyche. As theTARDIS and the Daleks' time capsule leave, it is revealed that the monsters are, in fact, funfair robots."The Claws of Axos"
An entity known as Axos attempts to invade and consume the Earth in the
Third Doctor serial "The Claws of Axos ". Extending itself into the forms of either beautiful golden-skinnedhumanoid s or many-tentacled monsters, Axos is referred to by the Doctor as "a kind of space vampire". (A working title for this serial, dropped close to transmission, was "Vampires from Space".)"State of Decay"
The
Fourth Doctor encountersvampire s whilst travelling in E-Space in the serial "State of Decay " (1980). On a nameless planet, the Doctor,Romana ,Adric and K-9 encounters three vampires, Aukon, Camilla and Zargo. It is revealed that the three are servants of the giant King Vampire, a member of the Great Vampires who once fought a great war against theTime Lord s but were eventually defeated. By escaping to E-Space, the King Vampire was the sole surviving member of its race. The Doctor defeats the King Vampire by launching the lesser vampires' tower — actually the command module of the ship piloted by the originally human trio — and using it as a stake to pierce the giant vampire's heart. The three servant vampires perish along with their king."The Curse of Fenric"
In the 1989 serial "
The Curse of Fenric ", theSeventh Doctor and Ace encounter sea-dwelling vampiric creatures called Haemovores. One Haemovore, called the Ancient One, has been transported by Fenric from a possible future in which millennia of pollution had caused human beings to evolve into Haemovores. Eventually the Ancient One kills Fenric, stopping that future from existing. Over the course of centuries, he transformed many humans into Haemovores. Like traditional vampires, the Haemovores can be killed by a stake through the heart. An individual with strong faith (in anything) can also protect themselves from the Haemovores by focusing on the object of their belief."Smith and Jones"
The
Tenth Doctor andMartha Jones encounter an intelligent vampric creature known as a Plasmavore in the 2007 episode "Smith and Jones". Using the name Florence Finnegan, she submits herself to a London hospital where she can feed on blood whilst on the run from the Judoon, a mercenary police force who are after her for the murder of a princess. Within her employ are two Slabs, solid leather drones, who can hold people down whilst her weak form feeds off them. Ultimately, she is killed by the Judoon laser guns whilst tampering with an MRI scanner that she hoped to use to kill the Judoon in order to facilitate her escape.Novels
"Goth Opera"
The
Fifth Doctor ,Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa encounter vampires in theVirgin Missing Adventures novel "Goth Opera " byPaul Cornell . During the course of this adventure, both Nyssa and the Doctor are temporarily turned into vampires. This story is both a sequel and a prequel to "Blood Harvest "."Blood Harvest"
The
Seventh Doctor , Ace andBernice encounter vampires in theVirgin New Adventures novel "Blood Harvest " byTerrance Dicks . This story is a sequel to "State of Decay ", and both a sequel and prequel to "Goth Opera "."Managra"
The
Fourth Doctor andSarah Jane Smith encounter vampires (allegedly descended from the main vampires of "Goth Opera") andElizabeth Báthory in theVirgin Missing Adventures novel "Managra " by Stephen Marley."Damaged Goods"
The
Seventh Doctor ,Chris Cwej andRoz Forrester encounter an N-form, a weapon created by theTime Lord s to fight the Great Vampires of "State of Decay ", in theVirgin New Adventures novel "Damaged Goods " byRussell T Davies ."The Eight Doctors"
The
Fourth Doctor segment of this story features vampires, as it is set straight after "State of Decay ". It directly contradicts authorTerrance Dicks ' earlier story "Blood Harvest "."Vampire Science"
The
Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones encounter vampires in theEighth Doctor Adventures novel "Vampire Science " byKate Orman .Audio plays
"Death Comes to Time"
The Seventh Doctor encounters the vampire Nessican in London in the
BBCi webcast "Death Comes to Time " by Colin Meek."Project: Twilight"
The
Sixth Doctor andEvelyn Smythe become embroiled in a struggle between a vampire hunter and artificially created vampires in theBig Finish Productions audio drama "" byCavan Scott and Mark Wright. Scientists working for ablack operations organisation known as the Forge created a virus which would turn human beings into vampires to be used as super-soldiers during theFirst World War . When the test-subjects escaped, the Forge's chief scientist Dr William Abberton injected himself with the virus, and became a vampire hunter going by the name of Nimrod. In the late 20th Century, the Doctor finds the Twilight vampires running a casino in South London, but Nimrod has also discovered their hideout. Most of the vampires are killed, but not before converting Cassie, a young waitress secretly working for Nimrod, into a vampire herself. The Doctor takes Cassie toNorway in hopes that she will find a way to survive until he can discover a cure for her vampirism.The Doctor reveals that the Time Lords were first responsible for unleashing vampires upon the universe."Project: Lazarus"
In the two episodes of the
Big Finish Productions audio drama "" byCavan Scott and Mark Wright, the Doctor and Evelyn are tricked and trapped by Cassie and Nimrod when the Doctor returns to give her the cure for her vampirism. Cassie, having been brainwashed by Nimrod, now works for Nimrod and the Forge. When Evelyn reminds Cassie of her son, she recovers from the brainwashing and challenges Nimrod, who kills her, much to Evelyn's horror.The Doctor reveals that Rassilon ordered that every TARDIS, since the type 0, be fitted with Vampire hunting technology."Zagreus"
In the
Big Finish Productions audio drama "Zagreus", a vampire appears and confronts confrontingRassilon , claims that the vampires were a peaceful race, who were provoked into a war with theTime Lords . However, the vampire was an illusion created by theTARDIS , so whether this is true is unclear.
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