Talk:Shapeshifter

What even is this page?
Does this have any in-universe precedent, or is it just a loose list of "individuals who happen to have changed shape"?

So much of this page has issues too.


 * Some metamorphs had the ability to take on a wide variety of forms, with few limitations. These included Rutans (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot), Aubertides (PROSE: Human Nature), Brancheerians (COMIC: Meteorite Meeting), Gizou (COMIC: Agent Provocateur), Gwanzulum (COMIC: Planet of the Dead), Kymbra Chimeras (COMIC: Changes) and Whifferdills (COMIC: The Shape Shifter).


 * Other metamorphs seemed to be only able to take on humanoid forms, such as multi-forms (TV: The Eleventh Hour), Nostrovites (TV: Something Borrowed) and Vespiforms (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp).

Prisoner Zero and the Vespiform don't even look non-humanoid in their normal state. Also, when was Prisoner Zero ever stated to only take on humanoid shapes? Same with the Nostrovites for that matter.


 * Still other metamorphs were limited to shifting between a default form and an alternate form. These included Axons (TV: The Claws of Axos), Carrionites (TV: The Shakespeare Code) and Vardans (TV: The Invasion of Time) Werewolves could change from humans into wolves, while some vampires could change into bats.

What does this even mean from an in-universe perspective? This is unbelievably vague. -- Tybort (talk page) 16:28, September 26, 2014 (UTC)

Although most metamorphs changed form voluntarily, others could not. Time Lords changed form whenever they regenerated (TV: The Tenth Planet), as did Kastrians (TV: The Hand of Fear). The Solonians changed form when they went through their natural life cycle (TV: The Mutants). The Yend became involuntary shapeshifters after exposure to radiation from the rogue star Mortain (PROSE: The Sons of the Crab).


 * How has someone healing and renewing themselves or evolving got to do with metamorphs?


 * Mutant humans changed form whenever they touched another living being, becoming identical to the person or Alien they touched (TV: Time Heist).

We saw ONE. Not to mention it's plausibly one of several forms of mutation, and not necessarily part of any "species" per se.


 * Some species were only able to change their shape through the use of advanced technology.


 * Cell 114 sleeper agents were apparently modified to resemble the native species of the planets they invaded, and could change back and forth once they were activated. (TV: Sleeper) The Chameleons used technology to assume the identities of other beings after losing their own. (TV: The Faceless Ones) Usurians exposed themselves to particle radiation to assume humanoid form. (TV: The Sun Makers) Zolfa-Thurans could change the appearance of any humanoid they possessed, but only to a similarly shaped being. (TV: Meglos) Zygons used body-prints to augment their limited natural shapeshifting abilities. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)

Again, very vague, and with the exception of maybe the Zygons, how do we even know the difference in-universe between "biological" and "technological"? The Cell 114 one sounds very speculative as well.


 * It is unclear if the Abzorbaloff was a metamorph or merely using technology to disguise himself as a human.

Utter gibberish. -- Tybort (talk page) 16:28, September 26, 2014 (UTC)