<p>This Easter the Doctor Who special &#8220;Planet of the Dead&#8221; will introduce a new monster the BBC hopes to be as iconic as the Daleks. The Tritovore are described as &#8220;half-man half-fly&#8221; creatures according to the Daily Mirror.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are disgusting and will last long in the memory,&#8221; and were designed in the hope of becoming as iconic Doctor Who monsters as the Daleks or the Cybermen.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignright" style="float: right;" src="http://www.kasterborus.com/tardis/blog/wp-content/uploads/10th-doctor-christina.jpg" alt="David Tennant and Michelle Ryan from Planet of the Dead" width="160" height="120" />The Doctor will face the Tritovore alongside new companion Lady Christina de Souza, who is played by Michelle Ryan of &#8220;Bionic Woman&#8221; and &#8220;Eastenders&#8221;.  It has been rumored that Ryan&#8217;s character will not just appear in the special, but may become the ongoing companion in future specials or series five in 2010. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kasterborus.com/tardis/blog/2009/01/the-tritovore-the-new-doctor-who-monsters-in-the-easter-special-hoped-to-rival-the-daleks/" title="Permanent Link: The Tritovore &#8211; the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks" rel="bookmark">Read full The Tritovore &#8211; the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks...</a> <i>(247 words, 1 image, estimated 59  secs reading time)</i></span></p>{"id":21,"date":"2009-01-30T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2018-11-09T00:37:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:37:03","slug":"the-tritovore-the-new-doctor-who-monsters-in-the-easter-special-hoped-to-rival-the-daleks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/2009\/01\/the-tritovore-the-new-doctor-who-monsters-in-the-easter-special-hoped-to-rival-the-daleks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tritovore &#8211; the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Easter the Doctor Who special &#8220;Planet of the Dead&#8221; will introduce a new monster the BBC hopes to be as iconic as the Daleks. The Tritovore are described as &#8220;half-man half-fly&#8221; creatures according to the Daily Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are disgusting and will last long in the memory,&#8221; and were designed in the hope of becoming as iconic Doctor Who monsters as the Daleks or the Cybermen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10th-doctor-christina.jpg\" alt=\"David Tennant and Michelle Ryan from Planet of the Dead\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/>The Doctor will face the Tritovore alongside new companion Lady Christina de Souza, who is played by Michelle Ryan of &#8220;Bionic Woman&#8221; and &#8220;Eastenders&#8221;.\u00a0 It has been rumored that Ryan&#8217;s character will not just appear in the special, but may become the ongoing companion in future specials or series five in 2010. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/2009\/01\/the-tritovore-the-new-doctor-who-monsters-in-the-easter-special-hoped-to-rival-the-daleks\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Tritovore &#8211; the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read full The Tritovore &#8211; the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks...<\/a> <i>(247 words, 1 image, estimated 59  secs reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,3,57,4,33],"tags":[61,162,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kasterborus.com\/tardis\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}