Kamelion (species)

The Kamelions were a race of shapeshifting androids used as tools of invasion. They appeared as gleaming silver humanoids.

Different accounts stated that the Kamelions were either created by the Gelsandorans (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure) as decoys and weapons of war during their invasion of Xeriphas, (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus) or by the Kamille on Mekalion as servants through which they could experience the physical plane after transferring their minds to the Locus. (AUDIO: The Kamelion Empire)

The Kamelions were created from structure mathematics via Block Transfer Computations, (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus) a complex mass of artificial neurons, controlled by simple concentration and psychokinetics, meaning they could change their appearance and form at will. (TV: The King's Demons) They could even apply the same transformative energies to other individuals, one Kamelion appearing to turn people to stone in the guise of Medusa. (PROSE: Mark of the Medusa) Kamelions could change their mass via a pseudo-metabolic extension into the fifth dimension, where they stored or drew on mass to suit varied body forms, (PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure) allowing them to take non-humanoid forms such as a Gubbage Cone with many tendrils and a fifty-foot tall version of their standard body. Their hands could also change into weapons. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus)

In spite of their capabilities, however, Kamelions were still susceptible to water damage, (AUDIO: Devil in the Mist) and ultimately differed to the strongest will around them, resulting in no fixed loyalty. (TV: The King's Demons)

Kamelion was part of the invasion force sent to Xeriphas to wipe out the Xeraphin; either the Gelsandorans left the planet and Kamelion, not knowing why his masters had left him, shut down his consciousness, (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus) or the command signal from Mekalion stopped transmitting and he entered a dormant state. (AUDIO: The Kamelion Empire) After which he was found by the Master and later became a companion of the Fifth Doctor. (TV: The King's Demons)