KRAALS: HUNCHBACKED RHINOS

Species: Kraal

Home Planet: Oseidon

First Appearance: The Android Invasion (1975)

Biological Type: Humanoid

First Performing Actors: Martin Friend, Roy Skelton, Stuart Fell

Notable Individuals: Styggron (The Android Invasion), Chedaki (The Android Invasion), Tyngworg (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure), Grinmal (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure)

Notable Appearances: COMIC: Happy Deathday; AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure; AUDIO: The Difference Office; PROSE: Extinct Point 

Notable Affiliations: The Decayed Master (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure)

Notable References: PROSE: The Monsters Inside 

Behind-the-Monsters

• The Kraals were originally meant to be insectoid in design, but the production team and final design settled on a rhino sort of look for the alien menaces.

Culture

• Kraals who are high ranking in armadas go by titles. Styggron was Marhsall and Chief Scientist, whilst Chedaki was the Military Leader. When a Kraals died another Kraals is promoted to the position.

• The masters of deception. Kraals took in Guy Crawford and made him believe they had reconstructed his entire body that was badly damaged; apart from one eye. They kept the deception by placing an eye-patch on Crawford covering the undamaged eye.

Technology

• Developed Kraal androids through a pattern analyser which could imbed memories and intelligence of an individual into the blank state android. This technology extended to that of tracker dogs used by earth military personnel.

• Created a deadly virus which was lethal to all biological life. Virus could render an individual helpless and kill them in a matter of seconds.

• The ability to create ‘fake villages from nothing but memories from individuals. These fake villagers can be destroyed with special bomb which emitted a wave length cancelling out the false image. Everything inside the village and all physical objects are able to be brought into the real universe.  

• Data banks that held important information that Kraals could later use for further invasions. They had the ability to add the knowledge and experience of a Time Lord to these data banks.

  
  

Weapons

• Small pistol like weapons which emit a red glow, killing individuals instantly.

• Service Mechanic androids who are build solely for the purpose of security. These androids had built in pistols in their fingers which fired deadly sjots.

Unanswered Question: Despite their strong armadas and supposedly indestructible androids, Kraals seem to ‘give up’ invasion plans when a leader is killed. Styggron is killed, leaving Chedaki and the rest of the fleet hanging on. Did they turn around and go somewhere else?  

Fear Factor Score: 4/10 (Menacing)