Forum:Slabs

I recently re-watched Warriors of Kudlak and there is no indication that the black-suited figures were Slabs. They made grunting noises; this was never a feature displayed by Slabs in Smith and Jones. I was just wondering if there was a real world reference to them being Slabs before I rectify this.--Skittles the hog 19:14, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

There were Slabs in Sarah Jane Adventures? It wasnt that long ago since i watched that episode and i cannot recall them being called Slabs, i got the idea they were just brainwashed henchmen of some kind. Revanvolatrelundar 19:19, December 1, 2010 (UTC)

Exactly, the Slab page indicates this though.Skittles the hog 18:09, December 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, they're not called anything in the episode, which is the problem. I know when I watched it, I assumed them to be slabs, "slab" being not even a proper noun, in my book, based on the Doctor's identification of it as "just a slab" and "basic slave drone" in S&J. Tennant plays the lines like he's talking about a piece of hardware: i.e., "it's just a nail". To me, that description fits what we get in Kudlak. I'm not particularly bothered by the grunting; there's nothing to say that these can't be a different type of slab, or even that the S&J ones didn't grunt, since they're in the ep so briefly. I mean all nails don't look exactly alike; why be bothered by a slight difference, since otherwise we're left with a terrible naming problem for them. What would we call the Kudlak thingies if not slabs?


 * Really, I suppose the determinative thing here would be consultation of The Writer's Tale, which talks about SJA episodes at least a bit, and the novelisation of this story. 


 * Without some sort of proof of another name in the novelisation or RTD's notes, I'd be reluctant to call them anything else. For what it's worth, and that may be precisely nothing, Warriors of Kudlak calls 'em slabs too. However that addition to the article was made by an unregistered user. Still, it's been unchallenged and unmodified in that article since 25 June 2008.  Czech Out  ☎ | ✍ 21:16, December 7, 2010 (UTC)

I'll pick up the novelisation if I see it. I think Slab was intended as a species name. I consider the clothing just in-use because lots of Kudlak prosthetics would be expensive.--Skittles the hog 20:38, December 12, 2010 (UTC)