Not a Dead Communist

Mk V The Cybermen are surely second only to the Daleks as iconic Doctor Who monsters. It also seems to me that they are most significant su...

There has been some speculation that the otyugh is based on the tentacled monster in the trash compactor in the first Star Wars film (refer...

The roper is another of the "does what it says on the tin" monsters that are original to D&D. Alongside such creatures as trap...

It’s arguably a bit of a stretch to describe the autons as a “humanoid race”, but nonetheless, they are the fifth race I’m going to describe...

The mind flayer is a creature original to D&D and, like many of Gygax's early creations has a "does what it says on the tin...

The origins of the D&D umber hulk are not clear. It predates what we'd now call 1E, first appearing in the Greyhawk supplement, and ...

The fourth race on my list of the seven key humanoid ‘monster’ races are the shape-shifting Zygons. Appearances The Zygons have a slightly u...