The Doctor worked well with the Slitheen, and this was the only real moment of peril in the two-parter. Director: Keith Boak | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, David Verrey, Camille Coduri. Two of the remaining Slitheen were killed, and the others escaped, including Korst, the first child Slitheen to appear. Members of the Slitheen family have green skin, though there is variation in the skin tone of other Raxacoricofallapatorian families. This issue was overcome by new technology by the time of The Lost Boy, in which the skins of thinner people were used (by the time of "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" short people could also be used). Directed by Joe Ahearne. When they first appeared in "Aliens of London" (set in 2006), the Pasameer-Day branch of the Slitheen had been in Great Britain for some time, having infiltrated various levels of British society, from community leaders and military personnel to mid-level politicians and government officials. When the Doctor and Rose defeat an attempted Blathereen takeover of the system, the Slitheen are pleased to see they can once again become the profit-holders of their race. They are big green monsters who will stop at nothing to make money. 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Members of the government and military reveal themselves to be Slitheen in disguise, and the Doctor needs the help of Rose's mum. It is mentioned that the Judoon have begun to force out the Slitheen, and the various other families have been working against them. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack Harkness are joined by Mickey Smith, Rose's boyfriend. In the later novel, The Last Dodo, when the Doctor is asked if he has ever had a dream, he claims to have a recurring one in which a Slitheen on a rocking horse chases him. With Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, William Thomas, Annette Badland. They pl… The Slitheen secretly celebrate luring the humans into their plan, but are unaware of their conversation being witnessed by Harriet Jones. This gallery is from. However, the credits for Aliens of London, World War Three and Boom Town credit the character by her alias of Margaret Blaine. Rose mentioned the Slitheen Parliament of Raxacoricofallapatorius in "The Christmas Invasion" (though her impromptu speech was a pastiche of phrases she had picked up on her travels with the Doctor). Behind the scenes. At this point, the Doctor was unfamiliar with them. Female Raxacoricofallapatorians can produce poisons within their bodies to use against their enemies. When the Ninth Doctor and Rose are arrested in the Justicia System in the year 2501, the Doctor shares a cell with Dram Fel-Fotch and Ecktosca Fel-Fotch Happen-Bar Slitheen, who claim that after the Earth incident, the remnants of the family went bankrupt and had become historians. In the Series 3 finale of The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Gift, a pair of Slitheen-Blathereen from an intermarried line of the two families attempted to overrun Earth with Rakweed, a plant native to Raxacoricofallapatorius and used as an addictive vegetable. They are also convicted on their home world, not willing to return to their planet due to a death sentence. (TV: Boom Town) In a Slitheen family tradition, she hatched from her egg buried deep underground in a cave, alone and with no food or light, and had to burrow her own way out to survive. In The Gift, Sarah Jane and the gang destroy their source of food, a plant called Rackweed, which is native to Raxacoricofallapatorius, The Rackweed, when digested, sits in their stomach. The families Blathereen and Hostrazeen are mentioned as part of the Raxacoricofallapatorian ruling bodies, the Senate and the Grand Council. A member of the Slitheen was captured by the Graske in the mini-episode "Attack of the Graske". Technically, Margaret Blaine never appeared in Doctor Who, only Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen masquerading as her. Raxacoricofallapatorians are vulnerable to acetic acid, which reacts explosively—and fatally—with their bodies, making Slitheen allergic to vinegar, ketchup and Coca-Cola. There is some disagreement about the age of Margaret Blaine at the time of her death. What is the origin of the spaceship, and where has the Prime Minister gone in this time of crisis? Additional hyphenated forms in Slitheen names suggest family sub-units within the broader Slitheen family. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In "World War Three", when a single Slitheen was electrocuted, the effects were transmitted to other Slitheen, even those across the city. Sylvia Dillane, chairman of the North Sea Boating Club. The Doctor uses the information to determine that the Slitheen ship is presently in the North Sea transmitting a signal. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. The Doctor Who website features a segment called Captain Jack's Monster Files, narrated by John Barrowman, which provides information about alien species. Adult Slitheen are 2.4 metres (8 ft) tall, rather fat with long forearms, powerful claws, and infantile face. They discover that vinegar will kill the Slitheen so, armed with vinegar bottles, they return to the school and destroy the three adult Slitheen and their machine. The scribbled words by the drawing note that "it's always for money." In the 2006 series episode "Love & Monsters", an alien called the Abzorbaloff, whose natural form is similar to that of the Slitheen, claims to be from Raxacoricofallapatorius's twin planet Clom. The Slitheen disguise themselves by fitting into the skins of their victims, using compression fields created by a collar worn around their necks to squeeze their huge size into a slightly smaller space. The Slitheen are mentioned in the audio book Wraith World, when Clyde Langer remarks he cannot understand why Luke and Rani would want to read about made up adventures, when they have faced Slitheen. The first in the two-part story of the Slitheen was the most poorly received episode in the revived first season of Doctor Who.A few interesting ideas are at play at first, with Rose’s disappearance for an entire year kicking things off, before a modified pig driving a ship into Big Ben creates yet more mystery. Doctor Who airs on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US. The kids escape from the Slitheen and meet up with Sarah Jane at her house. An episode focusing on the Slitheen [1] shows a family tree that refers to a number of related families, all with the suffix, -een, with the exception of the 'Absorbalovian Rebels', referring to the Absorbaloff from "Love & Monsters", from the twin planet of Clom. The Slitheen appeared in the New Series Adventures novel The Monsters Inside by Stephen Cole. It introduced the Ninth Doctor who has since become the last of his kind. They staged the crash landing of an alien spaceship in central London, setting up a cybernetically augmented pig as an "extraterrestrial" body. This causes the Slitheen to pass gas and, through the subsequent vibration, cause their stomach's to explode. After the Doctor figures out the Slitheen are weak to acetic acid , Jackie and Mickey use gherkins , pickled onions and pickled eggs from Mickey's flat to kill the Slitheen who was impersonating the police inspector. She regarded them as "wonderful" and "bold… Before the Slitheen could receive the launch codes, the Ninth Doctor arranged for a Harpoon missile to demolish 10 Downing Street, ending the scheme and killing all but one of them who managed to escape through an emergency teleport. The Slitheen appear in John Smith's A Journal of Impossible Things in the episode "Human Nature". The Slitheen have infiltrated Parliament and have the Doctor and his friends trapped as the Doctor works to prevent them from starting World War Three. Read more. If you have The Doctor and his companions, you will of course needs some adversaries. Directed by Keith Boak. While at the court of Emperor Nero, a time traveller named Vicki Pallister befriended Locusta, who told her that she was in constant demand because there was always some kind of intrigue going on at the palace. (AUDIO: Sync) Blon had at least two brothers, Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen as well as another. Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen, who had assumed the identity of Margaret Blaine of MI5, survived and appeared in the episode "Boom Town". The Doctor spots a newspaper article showing Margaret Blaine, a Slitheen, has become Cardiff's new mayor.The four track down and capture Blaine to find out what she is doing there. Locusta was a real-life Roman poisoner who appeared in the Doctor Who serial "The Romans", portrayed by actress Anne Tirard. With the world in a state of heightened alert and panic, and with their commander Jocrassa assuming the role of Acting Prime Minister, they persuaded the United Nations to allow the United Kingdom to use its nuclear arsenal against the alien "massive weapons of destruction". Blon was stopped by the Doctor and his companions, and on exposure to the "heart" of the TARDIS, regressed to an egg. After Commander Glune was killed by Maria Jackson, Luke Smith was able to trick the Slitheen into resetting their machinery, which then malfunctioned and exploded. Known methods of delivery include a poisoned dart that is formed in the finger and then fired, and exhalation of poisoned breath. Stopping off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS, The Doctor, Rose and Jack meet up with Mickey and encounter an old foe in the midst of … It's hard work being a Slitheen. At dinner, the 'Slitheen' gives the Doctor food for thought with a reality check, suddenly a thunderous noise rocks Cardiff the source - The Tardis' (PROSE: The Christmas Inversion) Behind the scenes [edit | edit source] Invalid sources [edit | edit source] Attack of the Graske [edit | edit source] The Slitheen are of the egg-laying calcium-based Raxacoricofallapatorian race native to Raxacoricofallapatorius, though many use "Slitheen" in referring to the race in general. This side-effect is also overcome by the newer technology in The Lost Boy. She was never a weak, vulnerable, screaming companion in Doctor Who and she continues that strong, intelligent, gutsy characterisation. Initially the compression ratio was limited, so the disguises tended to be obese people. Doctor Who - Fury From The Deep [DVD] [2020] BBC Amazon. Votes: 5,775 In the Torchwood episode "Reset", a newspaper clipping of Blon posing as Margaret Blaine, previously seen in "Boom Town", can be seen as Martha Jones enters the Hub. The Ninth Doctor lands the TARDIS in Cardiff, using the energy of the Cardiff Rift to recharge the engines of the time machine. This is a bit less mature and impressive than the best episodes but is quite an entertaining adventure. One of the Raxacoricofallapatorian methods of execution is the lowering of the condemned into a cauldron of acetic acid, which is then heated to boiling. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Slitheen_family_-_list_of_appearances The Doctor returns Rose to her own time - well, sort of - but her family reunion is ruined when a spaceship crashes in the middle of London. Another shorter adult Slitheen appeared in the 2009 "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love", masquerading as a galactic diplomat in an attempt to steal Sarah Jane's robot dog K-9. Using the audio of every audio producing device in the vicinity, Mr Smith triggers a sound in the attic. They do not appear to have eyelids, but have a nictitating membrane. Criminal family from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Their intent was to instigate World War III and sell the radioactive remains of Earth to a depressed galactic economy as fuel for interstellar spacecraft. The Slitheen are also briefly referenced by the Doctor in the same novel while speaking to a member of the Cynrog about hiding under human-like skinsuits. The Slitheen had not actually given up business, and were in conflict with a more influential family, the Blathereen. Ecclestone makes the best of some average material and Rose seems non-existent for the first part. The acidity of the solution is formulated to dissolve the skin, allowing the internal organs to drop into the liquid while the condemned is still alive, reducing them to "soup" in a slow and painful death. One of the factors that helped the Doctor determine the home planet of the Slitheen was the fact that they had a hyphenated surname. They were under the command of Korst from Revenge of the Slitheen, who planned to avenge the deaths of his family. The Slitheen are a fictional family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and are adversaries of the Ninth Doctor and later Sarah Jane Smith. The Slitheen first appeared in the 2005 series episodes "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", and subsequently recur in later episodes of both Doctor Who and spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures. A Slitheen appears briefly in the Tenth Doctor novel The Nightmare of Black Island by Mike Tucker, created from Rose's memories, along with a Dalek and the Nestene Consciousness. The Slitheen returned in The Lost Boy where, using the newer compression technology, two Slitheen named Dax and Bloorm posed as Luke's 'real' parents Jay and Heidi Stafford. Clyde then states that they "farted themselves to death.". With Elisabeth Sladen, Yasmin Paige, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony. Greg Blakeman, headmaster at Park Vale School, Tim Jeffery, a science teacher at Park Vale School, Janine, a secretary at London Coldfire Construction, This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 02:55. On 25 December 2006, Jackie Tyler briefly suspected that the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Mike Yates were Slitheen. Mickey joins the Doctor, Rose, and Jack for lunch. When the Doctor returns to Rose, Jackie discovers the truth about the Doctor and the TARDIS, and calls it in. 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