Rutan

The Rutan Host were a race of amorphous green blobs who waged a war with the Sontarans which lasted millions of years.



Physical characteristics
The Rutans (singular Rutan) are shaped somewhat like jellyfish, with a green, glowing body and many light-green tendrils. These tendrils have surprising strength and they can climb sheer walls or overpower Humans with them. Rutan host can control and absorb electricity, which they can then use for defense and attack. A Rutan can kill a Human with their bio-electricity. Rutans can see, despite having no true eyes, but their vision is limited and monochromatic. They can also speak Human languages in a bubbling voice.

Rutan host are amphibious and native to the cold planet Ruta III. They have trouble dealing with climates unlike the ones on Ruta III, such as in warm environments. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)



Technology
The Rutan Host have unknown types of technology, though they are apparently less advanced then the Sontarans. Rutan spaceships are crystalline in structure and have the appearance of glowing balls of fire. These ships can control the weather to a degree. Individual Rutans can also shapeshift into other forms, but they need to know this form very well, usually after careful study and dissection. This skill was discovered and implemented in the early 1900s. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)

History
The Rutan Host is engaged in a destructive war with the Sontaran Warburg. and has been millions of years (though they had brief alliance during the Millenium War). (DW: The Quantum Archangel)

Though they originally controlled most of Mutter's Spiral, by the 1900s, they were starting to lose the war and were forced to retreat to more fortified locations. During this time period, a Rutan scout landed on the coast of England and took over the Fang Rose lighthouse while attempting to assess the planet's usefulness as a base to figh off the Sontarans. All their actions have been to advance the war, such as scouting out new planets to use as bases. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)

During the Rassilon Era, the Rutan Host and the Sontaran Warburg convened on Gallifrey to make diplomatic overtures. (PDA: The Infinity Doctors).


 * We do not know when the Rassilon Era took place, relative to the history of Earth or other worlds. Also, we do not know when this conference took place relative to events in the known history of the Time Lords, such as the Sontarans' brief invasion of Gallifrey.

=Appearances=

Television

 * DW: Horror of Fang Rock

Audio plays

 * BBV: In 2 Minds
 * BFBS: Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident

Comics

 * DWM: Pureblood

Novels

 * NA: Shakedown (novelization of the video)
 * MA: Lords of the Storm
 * PDA:The Infinity Doctors

Video

 * Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Television

 * DW:The Time Warrior
 * DW:The Sontaran Experiment
 * DW:The Invasion of Time
 * DW:The Two Doctors