Filbik storage ship

Filbik storage ships were unmanned survey spacecraft connected to a mothership which were used by the Filbik to store and transport collected samples from alien planets.

In the early 21st century, the Filbik sent an expedition to gather samples from Earth. When a Filbik colour coder fell to Earth and was broken, its colour-coding light escaped, and a number of humans and animals who accidentally touched it were transported to a nearby storage ship. The Tenth Doctor and Bobby were sent to this storage ship, where Bobby explained the mishap to the Filbik via a telephone-like device, and the Filbik very politely agreed to return all of the samples they had taken by accident. (PROSE: The End of the Rainbow)