Isn't it about time Moffat brought back the Vervoids?
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One of the truly frightening monsters from the class series, yet it seems other classic monsters/enemies are given the priority.
Just face it, the Sontarans are never going to work in NuWho. Neither will the Ice Warriors. They are not scary enough. Granted, Commander Strax is a good character especially with Vashta and Jenny, but as an alien race, I don't know why the Sontarans were ever brought back.
The Vervoids, The Sea Devils, and the Axons need to be reinstated. The Vervoids in particular can be made very scary and the NuWho generation will remember them fondly.
Vervoids from classic series have not much back story, and lots can be done with their story arc. Whereas, you feel the likes of Sontarans were done and dusted in the 70s. We cannot show their true purpose in life (i.e. war with the Rutans) because of budget constraints, so why just have one or two Sontarans turn up on Earth? Waste of time.
Just face it, the Sontarans are never going to work in NuWho. Neither will the Ice Warriors. They are not scary enough. Granted, Commander Strax is a good character especially with Vashta and Jenny, but as an alien race, I don't know why the Sontarans were ever brought back.
The Vervoids, The Sea Devils, and the Axons need to be reinstated. The Vervoids in particular can be made very scary and the NuWho generation will remember them fondly.
Vervoids from classic series have not much back story, and lots can be done with their story arc. Whereas, you feel the likes of Sontarans were done and dusted in the 70s. We cannot show their true purpose in life (i.e. war with the Rutans) because of budget constraints, so why just have one or two Sontarans turn up on Earth? Waste of time.
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I wouldn't mind a plant killing monster as I always think things like that are more scary for kids - real life things that attack you.
Please, we need the Voord, they're long overdue for a comeback.
#BringBackTheVoord2014
But I'm afraid the Vervoids cannot come back as they were wiped out in the story. End of.
(Unlike the Daleks, The Cybermen, The Master, etc etc.
The Daleks were wiped out in the Time War. Didn't stop some timey wimey happening though did it?
Yeah, I was joshing! Think the Daleks were 'completely wiped out' for the first time in 'Evil of the Daleks'? Not sure. I'm waiting for the DVD.
Well, one can dream.
That being an Alien race created (Veroids) or adapted (Ood) to be slaves to Humanity.
Personally, I thought Bonnie Langford was far scarier than the Vervoids but each to their own.
In that case, the Androgums are more than ready for a return. Can you see Matt Smith with bushy red eyebrows? Destined for classic status.
Monsters:
1. Vervoids
2. Axons
3. Sea Devils
Humans:
1. The Celestial Toymaker (get Christopher Lee in before he pops his clogs)
2. The Meddling Monk
They somehow managed to incorporate both types of genitalia into a single design
I would prefer they don't resort to lazy returns to past 'glories' that weren't ever actually that glorious and move forward with original and surprising ideas. Especially post Anniversary I would love it if there was something of a full stop placed on what's gone before. Time to move on. We don't need Rani. We don't need Sea Devils. We need the future.
That would be good
You stole my thunder! Would LOVE to see the Androgums return. A wonderful creation and very much maligned!
A big eye, a curtain for a dress and a silly voice.
Peladon was cool, though.
Not Matt Smith, no. Peter Capaldi, on the other hand, might suit bushy (bushier) red eyebrows.
Have you not been watching the SJA? :sleep:
Rani from SJA isn't the Rani.
Have you not been watching Moffat's timey wimey?
As soon as she becomes of adult age, she will be shoehorned into DW. :cool:
Would love to see more classic monsters come but I agree Moffat has already ruined those 2. In classic, the masks were genuinely alien and scary (sontarans looked like talking potatoes) but with nuwho prosthetics, they (sontarans, silurians, davros, zygons) all have human faces, human expressions and human voices so it just doesn't work! But surely we would get proper masks for vervoids and sea devils.
Although obviously the original Alpha CENTURI would have died by now, so it could be one of his/her descendants, which might look slightly different.
Perhaps they could have evolved to be pink instead of green?
Granny, are you out there?