Voord

	Voord The Voord are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants portrayed in the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who''. Both "Voord" and "Voords" have been used as the plural form. The Voord were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1964 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Keys of Marinus''. They later appeared in ''Doctor Who'' stories in other formats. In one of those stories, written by Grant Morrison, the Voord are revealed to have evolved into the iconic ''Doctor Who'' villains the Cybermen. ''The Keys of Marinus'' The Voord were conceived as the villains for the season 1 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Keys of Marinus'' by writer Terry Nation, who previously conceived of the Daleks for an earlier season 1 Doctor Who story. As with the Daleks, Nation's script left the description of the Voord vague, and the design was developed by costume designer Daphne Dare. Freelance contractors Dave and John Lovell created the three heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Keys Of Marinus ''The Keys of Marinus'' is the fifth serial in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC TV/BBC1 in six weekly parts from 11 April to 16 May 1964. Written by Terry Nation and directed by John Gorrie, the serial takes on a "mini-adventures" format, in which the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton ( William Russell), and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) search for four keys to restore the Conscience of Marinus, a computer which maintains law and order. The group travel to two cities, a jungle, and an icy wasteland in search of the keys. ''The Keys of Marinus'' was written to replace a different script which was deemed problematic. When commissioned to write the script, Nation was intrigued by the idea of the TARDIS crew searching for pieces of a puzzle; he and script editor David Whitaker decided to construct the serial around a series of "mini-ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Menoptra This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and spin-offs:''Torchwood'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Class'', '' K-9'' and ''K-9 and Company''. Note that this list only covers alien races and other fictional creatures and not specific characters, for individual characters see the lists in the separate articles below: * List of ''Doctor Who'' villains * List of ''Doctor Who'' henchmen * List of ''Doctor Who'' robots 0–9 The 456 The 456 served as the main antagonists during the third series of ''Torchwood''. They are unnamed aliens with whom the government of the United Kingdom made a deal in 1965; the 456 extorted twelve children in return for a cure to an Earth-bound virus which was about to mutate, although one child, Clement MacDonald, ran away and escaped at the last minute. When asked for their species name by John Frobisher, they chose to use the frequency th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]