Meteorite

An meteorite is an object from space, usually rock, that survives an impact with Earth's surface. Some fraction of them are vessels for alien energies and/or entities.

Liz Shaw was an expert on meteorites. (DW: Spearhead from Space)

It was believed a meteor wiped out the Dinosaurs but it was infact Briggs' freighter. (DW: Earthshock)

Known Meteorites

 * In 1283, a meteorite from the Jeggorabax Cluster landed in the Weserbergland Mountains of Lower Saxony, in present-day Germany. The Weserbergland Meteorite housed an energy entity that would become known as the Pied Piper. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)
 * In 1913, the Family of Blood arrived at Farringham in an invisible spaceship. John Smith dismissed it as a meteorite. (DW: Human Nature)
 * In the 1970s, the Nestene Consciousness fashioned plastic meteorites and sent them to Earth to prepare for an invasion. (DW: Spearhead from Space)
 * In 2007, Sex Gas came to Earth in an meteorite which fell near Cardiff. (TW: Day One)
 * In 2008, the meteorite K67 almost impacted with the Earth, but this was averted. (SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)
 * In the late 21st century, Space Station W3 warned spacecraft of meteorite storms. (DW: The Wheel in Space)
 * In the late 22nd century, the Daleks used meteorites to spread a plague on Earth prior to their invasion six months later. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)