Tardis:DYK nominations

The DYK nominations process is one by which users of this site recommend interesting factoids to appear on the the main page in the "Did you know" section.

Purpose
The DYK section is a chance to highlight little factoids from within articles on the main page. This will give users a chance to hop directly from the main page to articles to which they may never have thought of navigating. It also gives a chance for us to feature smaller articles which really aren't long enough to feature in the article of the month feature.

Number and periodicity
Each week, five new factoids will appear in the DYK section. Ideally, the five factoids will be of five different types:
 * A minor character from any Whoniverse story
 * A behind-the-scenes individual from a past series of a Whoniverse show
 * A race, technological item or concept from a past series of a Whoniverse show
 * Anything about a story within the most current series of a Whoniverse range. This can be from any media.
 * Anything about a behind-the-scenes individual related to the most current story a Whoniverse series. This series can be from any media.

What should be in the factoid
A factoid will be worded so as to obviously highlight one article, although it may contain additional links. The subject of the factoid will be bolded, and it should, grammatically, be the subject of the clause which begins with " . . . that". In-universe factoids should include a reference to the story from which the factoid is derived. Finally, the factoid should only include information that is actually in the article implied by the bolding.

It's probably easiest to understand all this by looking at an example. Take the following:


 * . . . that there were two different kinds of abominable snowman controlled by the Great Intelligence? (DW: The Web of Fear)

Note that the clause begins with " . . . that". Also, "abominable snowmen" (or Robot Yeti) is the subject of the factoid. It's in bold, and the first thing linked in the factoid. The article, Robot Yeti does indeed make clear that there were two different kinds of Robot Yeti. And this point comes from The Web of Fear, which is cited at the end of the factoid.

Nominations
Put your nominations in the appropriate category below. The process of choosing a factoid isn't as formal as the Quote of the Week and Article of the month ("Featured article") procedures. There's no "voting", per se, as it's often a matter of fitting together factoids to make the overall DYK section the correct length. However, strong objections to a factoid (on the basis that the "fact" is untrue or unsubstantiated by an article) may be entered, and may be used to disqualify a nomination. An active editor will then rotate the nominations into the DYK template each week.

Minor characters

 * ...that a tyrannical caveman called Kal was the first villain in Doctor Who. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * ...that the Daleks were first faught by the Doctor to save the Thals.I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * ...that the only mainstream enemy-less story was The Edge of Destruction.I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me''') 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * ...that the main villain from Marco Polo was the non-appearing Noghai.I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * ...that the Voords and Marinusians fought for control of Marinus. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit (talk to me) 05:15, March 10, 2010 (UTC)