Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)

A Slitheen craft was used by the Passameer-Day Slitheen. It had faster-than-light travel capability in the form of a slipstream engine.

History
It was the ship that crashed into Big Ben and the River Thames in 2006, (TV: Aliens of London) the Slitheen using the crash as a diversion for their bigger plans, namely, their attempt to destroy Earth. Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen claimed that it wasn't crashed, but parked "barely two minutes away" from 10 Downing Street for the Slitheen to escape to when World War III started. (TV: World War Three) To further the hoax of an alien invasion, the Slitheen genetically modified a pig into a biped and placed it aboard the craft as its "pilot". (TV: Aliens of London)

The crash of the craft and its pig slave pilot was dicussed in an operations board by various UNIT officers. According to this account, the crash took place on 28 June 2006, and Corporal J Frinkstein and his men investigated the ship, and he took photographs of the interior of the craft and the pig slave. However, both Frinkstein and Lieutenant David Judd agreed there was nothing of use to be understood from the craft. (PROSE: Operation London)

Behind the scenes

 * This ship was released in Character Options' Micro Universe range as the "Slitheen Cruiser". The product description makes the "fair assumption" that the Torchwood Institute ultimately took possession of the craft.