Werewolf

Home Planet: New Earth
Life Form: Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform
Episodes: Tooth and Claw

This alien werewolf fell to Earth in Scotland, in 1540, where it landed in St. Catherine’s Glen, near a monastery. Upon impact, only a single cell survived. It was passed down centuries by incubating in hosts, by biting them. Monks at the monastery kidnapped young boys to make them into hosts for the werewolf to bite. This group of monks were called the Brethren, and worshipped the Werewolf instead of God! At the full moon, the host would transform into the werewolf and go rampaging around. The Werewolf seemed to show an aversion to mistletoe. Whether this was forced on by the Brethren or an allergy is unclear. In 1879, they diverted Queen Victoria to Torchwood House, where the Werewolf would be waiting to bite her and pass on the cell, to make her the new host, leading to the creation of the ‘Empire of the Wolf’. The plot was foiled by the Doctor and Rose, when they used a telescope, which was actually a light amplifiation chamber and the Koh-i-Norr diamond to focus the moonshine on the wolf, dispelling it from Earth. Whether the Werewolf bit Queen Victoria or not is unclear.