Not a Dead Communist

The next few stories, taking us through the remainder of season 15 and into season 16 are: Underworld – the enemy here is a unique one, a c...

The primary antagonist in The Masque of Mandragora is not only a unique entity, but one that’s more of an abstract threat than something we...

The third story in the revised series is The Unquiet Dead , for which the alien menace are the Gelth. They are a one-off monster in the TV s...

Xorns are an original creation of D&D, with no particularly obvious antecedents. The name was almost certainly chosen so that the 1E Mon...

Salamanders are, of course, real creatures - long-tailed amphibians with a vaguely lizard-like appearance. The Ancient Greeks and Romans att...

Ifrit are a type of demon in Islamic folklore, associated with the jinn, and in some cases having similar powers (such as the ability to gra...

The djinn originate in Middle Eastern mythology; they are typically associated with Islamic beliefs today, but pre-date that religion. They ...