It’s ten years today since the Ninth Doctor’s second episode The End of the World first aired. To celebrate, I thought the episode was ideal for an edition of Doctor Who Unlocked where I look into minor bits of continuity and the extended Whoniverse that are easy to miss.
So, The End of the World introduces us to a lot of new aliens so I’ve taken a look at all those that appear on Platform One.
The Crew
The crew appear to be fairly normal humanoids, although with blue skin. They are from the Crespallion. Raffalo tells Rose Tyler that Crespallion is not a planet but part of the Jaggit Brocade, affiliated to the Scarlet Junction, Convex 56. Whatever that means. It appears in the episode that many of the Crespallions are much smaller than humans and the Doctor Who Encyclopedia says that whilst make Crespallions are about human-size, females are the size of a human child.
Trees from the Forest of Cheem
Three individuals from the Forest of Cheem are present on Platform One- Jabe, the female with the wealth and her associates Lute and Coffa. Cheem is the planet they live on. They are humanoids made of wood and evolved from trees- Jabe explains to the Doctor that they are actually descendants from the tropical rainforests of Earth. They have retractable lianas on their arms which they aren't supposed to show in public.
The Moxx of Balhoon
A diminutive blue alien who travelled on a fast-moving anti-gravity chair. He was present aboard Platform One representing the solicitors Jolco and Jolco.
The Adherents of the Repeated Meme
Sinister-looking hooded robots that were controlled by the Lady Cassandra. Their purpose was to give the robotic spiders to the guests and divert suspicion from Cassandra herself. They weren’t entirely robotic, being composed of organic strands connected to their hand. The Doctor works out the name simply means they are an idea rather than real aliens.
The Brothers Hop Pyleen
Reptilian humanoids from the planet Rex Vox Jax. They became rich and famous by inventing the Hyopslip Travel Systems. Due to being cold-blooded, they wear fur clothes in order to keep warm on Platform One.
The Face of Boe
The Doctor meets the Face of Boe several times. It is a large face which usually communicate by telepathy, although can speak verbally. The Face was the main sponsor of the Earth Destruction event and was later believed to be the oldest being in the universe. It is reported by Bad WolfTV that he had fallen pregnant with children and he seemed to spend much of his time on New Earth dying of old age. Captain Jack Harkness said that he was known as the Face of Boe as a child and as he cannot die the Doctor and Martha wondered if Harkness and the Face were one and the same. This has never been confirmed but equally there has been no other explanation to how the Face knew the Master was still alive.
Lady Cassandra
The last “pure” human being. She was born a male and presumably underwent surgery to change to female at some point. By the time she arrives on Platform One she has undergone 708 surgical procedures and is nothing more than a piece of skin with eyes and a mouth stretched on a frame, connected to a brain in a jar below.
Ambassadors from the City State of Binding Light
The ambassadors are creatures with pointed ears, multiple eyes and four-fingered hands with claws. They wear long robes and are oxygen sensitive so oxygen levels on board Platform One were constantly monitored. A member of their species can be spotted enjoying the festivities in The Rings of Akhaten.
Scholars of the University of Rago Rago 56 Rago
The four scholars visited the end of the Earth as a result of receiving 27 A++ scores at their university. They appear to be of two-different species. One species had faces of golden metal whilst the other resemble tree stumps and appear to be made of wicker. They all wore white robes.
Cal MacNannovich and Noxwen Van Coofen
Cal is a cybernetic film star and Noxwen was his plus one. They wore large hooded cloaks and cybernetic face masks which pumped some form of special air into their faces.
Mr and Mrs Pakoo
Avian humanoids which look almost identical.
That’s all for today but come back each week as I continue my look-back over Series 1!
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