Vortexian

The Vortexian Union were a species of harsh and powerful law-enforcers who inhabited the Time Vortex.

They wished to "unify" all life by assimilating it with the Vortex. As a case study for this aim, the Vortexians brought Denossus into the Vortex for twenty years with the aim of eventually arrested all of its inhabitants and punishing them with assimilation. (COMIC: Land of the Blind)

A Vortexian was among many memories of the Doctor's enemies conjured by a Vortex parasite when it invaded the Doctor's TARDIS. (COMIC: A Life of Matter and Death)

The Eighth Doctor once mentioned the Vortexians to Charlotte Pollard as one of several species, also including the Vormatoda, who lived in the Vortex. (AUDIO: The Slaying of the Writhing Mass)

Behind the scenes

 * The Zrontaks were created by 16-year-old Paul Fisher for Doctor Who Magazine's Design a Monster competition. As the winner, the Vortexians got to feature in Land of the Blind, which featured elements from Fisher's notes on the Vortexians. (DWM 224)