Not a Dead Communist

While the story Inferno is best remembered for the alternate-history sections, it does also include monsters. Never named on-screen, they a...

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

The golem is a creature of Jewish myth; a man formed of clay, as Adam was said to have been, and brought to life by a skilled rabbi. This us...

Having completed the seven key humanoid aliens of the show (other than the Time Lords themselves), I’m now going to turn to aliens that appe...

The flesh golem, as depicted in D&D, is quite clearly based on Frankenstein's Monster. This, of course, has its origin in Mary Shell...

Pixies are a form of fairy originally found in the folklore of southwest England, specifically Devon and Cornwall. They are typically more b...

The final race on my initial list of key humanoid ‘monster’ races is also the only one unique to the modern era of the show. (I’m not curren...