Not a Dead Communist
Saturday, 21 May 2022
DW Monsters: Primords
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While the story Inferno is best remembered for the alternate-history sections, it does also include monsters. Never named on-screen, they a...
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
D&D Monsters: Djinn
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The djinn originate in Middle Eastern mythology; they are typically associated with Islamic beliefs today, but pre-date that religion. They ...
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
D&D Monsters: Golems
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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...
Saturday, 30 April 2022
DW Monsters: The Ambassadors
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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...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
D&D Monsters: Flesh Golems
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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...
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
D&D Monsters: Pixies
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Pixies are a form of fairy originally found in the folklore of southwest England, specifically Devon and Cornwall. They are typically more b...
Saturday, 16 April 2022
DW Monsters: Ood
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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...
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