ooc for my reference
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more_flexibleGiven that RTD "forgot" about the amnesia thing (WTF) and is possibly jerking the viewers around with the Face of Boe reference (Writer Russell T Davies, in the episode's commentary, called the implication of this scene "a theory" as to the Face of Boe's origins, prompting Executive Producer Julie Gardner to urge him to "stop back-pedaling" about the two characters being the same), I'm compiling things already known, spoilers for Torchwood, and pure speculation.
I am well aware that New Who may nod to the old series, but I have no illusions that I'm reading stuff into this.
Feel free to comment.
Boeshane Peninsula--in the Silver Devastation (where the Face of Boe is from)--part of the Isop Galaxy.
The other canonical body in the Isop Galaxy is Vortis. Two races are native:
The Menoptra (spelled Menoptera in the novelisation of the serial) appeared in the First Doctor story The Web Planet, by Bill Strutton (1965). They are an intelligent, bipedal insectoid species from the planet Vortis. In appearance, they resemble a cross between giant butterflies and bees, with each Menoptra possessing four large wings. They have yellow and black stripes around their bodies and appear to be around six feet tall, but do not seem to have typical insect body parts (such as mandibles or an abdomen).
Peaceful and kindly by nature, the Menoptra move in a unique, stylised way and their vocal inflections are stilted. They were very welcoming of the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki; but showed an animosity towards their fellow insectoids, the Zarbi, as well as an abhorrence for the Animus, a hostile alien intelligence that had taken over the originally passive Zarbi and almost all of Vortis. Once it was clear that the Doctor was willing to help them defeat the Animus, they were only too glad to assist in any way they could.
The assumption is that once the Animus was defeated, the Menoptra, Zarbi and the rest of the inhabitants of Vortis were able to live together in peace.
The Zarbi appeared in the 1965 First Doctor story The Web Planet written by Bill Strutton, and are an (ant-like) insectoid species, with some characteristics associated with beetles, from the planet Vortis, which were controlled by the power of the Animus. They are roughly eight feet long, and the Menoptra claim, perhaps a little callously, that they are "little more than cattle".
They possess little intelligence but were not at all aggressive until the Animus arrived. They were enslaved to the alien consciousness and considered the butterfly-like Menoptra (with which they once lived peacefully) their mortal enemies. Only they could control the woodlouse-like venom grubs (also known as larvae guns).
They returned to their normal ways after the Animus was defeated by the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki. It is presumed that the various species on Vortis are now living peacefully together.
Also known:
Jack is initially a 51st century "Time Agent" (although what a Time Agent does remains unclear), a former prisoner of war, the go-to guy for torture, and later a con artist with stolen memories and a stolen name. Exterminated by a Dalek, he is resurrected by Rose (infused with the time vortex) and s now immortal.
Jack expresses concern about how he might look if he lives "for a million years," because although he can't die, he is still aging, albeit slowly. He tells the Doctor and Martha that it's a matter of vanity, because he "used to be a poster boy when [he] was a kid in the Boeshane Peninsula," as "the first one ever to be signed up for the Time Agency ... the Face of Boe, they called me."
Bits of interest:
Grey
January 16th on BBC2
Captain John Hart
Memory Thief...How the Time Agency did it to begin with? Episode 3 or 4
I am well aware that New Who may nod to the old series, but I have no illusions that I'm reading stuff into this.
Feel free to comment.
Boeshane Peninsula--in the Silver Devastation (where the Face of Boe is from)--part of the Isop Galaxy.
The other canonical body in the Isop Galaxy is Vortis. Two races are native:
The Menoptra (spelled Menoptera in the novelisation of the serial) appeared in the First Doctor story The Web Planet, by Bill Strutton (1965). They are an intelligent, bipedal insectoid species from the planet Vortis. In appearance, they resemble a cross between giant butterflies and bees, with each Menoptra possessing four large wings. They have yellow and black stripes around their bodies and appear to be around six feet tall, but do not seem to have typical insect body parts (such as mandibles or an abdomen).
Peaceful and kindly by nature, the Menoptra move in a unique, stylised way and their vocal inflections are stilted. They were very welcoming of the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki; but showed an animosity towards their fellow insectoids, the Zarbi, as well as an abhorrence for the Animus, a hostile alien intelligence that had taken over the originally passive Zarbi and almost all of Vortis. Once it was clear that the Doctor was willing to help them defeat the Animus, they were only too glad to assist in any way they could.
The assumption is that once the Animus was defeated, the Menoptra, Zarbi and the rest of the inhabitants of Vortis were able to live together in peace.
The Zarbi appeared in the 1965 First Doctor story The Web Planet written by Bill Strutton, and are an (ant-like) insectoid species, with some characteristics associated with beetles, from the planet Vortis, which were controlled by the power of the Animus. They are roughly eight feet long, and the Menoptra claim, perhaps a little callously, that they are "little more than cattle".
They possess little intelligence but were not at all aggressive until the Animus arrived. They were enslaved to the alien consciousness and considered the butterfly-like Menoptra (with which they once lived peacefully) their mortal enemies. Only they could control the woodlouse-like venom grubs (also known as larvae guns).
They returned to their normal ways after the Animus was defeated by the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki. It is presumed that the various species on Vortis are now living peacefully together.
Also known:
Jack is initially a 51st century "Time Agent" (although what a Time Agent does remains unclear), a former prisoner of war, the go-to guy for torture, and later a con artist with stolen memories and a stolen name. Exterminated by a Dalek, he is resurrected by Rose (infused with the time vortex) and s now immortal.
Jack expresses concern about how he might look if he lives "for a million years," because although he can't die, he is still aging, albeit slowly. He tells the Doctor and Martha that it's a matter of vanity, because he "used to be a poster boy when [he] was a kid in the Boeshane Peninsula," as "the first one ever to be signed up for the Time Agency ... the Face of Boe, they called me."
Bits of interest:
Grey
January 16th on BBC2
Captain John Hart
Memory Thief...How the Time Agency did it to begin with? Episode 3 or 4
