Werewolf



Several types of wolf-like humanoids can be found in the universe.

One, Mags was a young woman who appeared human from the planet Vulpana who travelled with Captain Cook. The Doctor and Ace befriended her while investigating the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax. She was revealed to be a werewolf, her transformation triggered by artificial moonlight. Mags seemed to revile and fear her transformations. Cook triggered her metamorphosis in an attempt to kill the Doctor for the amusement of the Gods of Ragnarok, but the Doctor convinced her that she could control her feral instincts,

No other details about Mags, her species, whether all of her race transform into werewolves, or even if she did originate on Vulpana itself were provided during the story. (DW: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.)

Another werewolf derived from an alien entity that fell to a rural area of Scotland in 1540, where it landed in St. Catherine's Glen, near a monastery. The Doctor surmised that only a single cell survived, which was then incubated in various hosts via biting them, passing down through the centuries until it matured. The Doctor surmised that only a single cell survived, which was then incubated in various hosts via biting them, passing down through the centuries until it matured.

The wolf cell was cultivated in young boys kidnapped by the monks of the monastery, the Brethren, who turned away from worshipping God and began to worship the wolf instead. The Doctor described it as a "lupine wavelength haemovariform".

The werewolf (also known as a lupine wavelength haemovariform) was a large, hairy, wolf-headed humanoid. The infected Human would turn into a werewolf whenever it was exposed to certain wavelengths given off by the moon (though too much moonlight to overload its system). It was nearly twice the size of a Human and had increased strength, resilience and speed. Mistletoe would cause burning and twitches when the werewolf touched it, though this might have been a conditioned response deliberately created by the Brethren or a physical allergy. It's unknown what affect silver would have, since none was used on it. It was also colourblind, but had a stronger sense of smell to compensate.


 * The werewolf was also able to sense Bad Wolf from Rose. It is unknown how he did this, but the message may have accidentally been sent to Rose's future timestream.

Eventually, in 1879, the Brethren arranged for Queen Victoria to be diverted to the nearby Torchwood Estate where the current host would infect her with the wolf cell, leading to the creation of the "Empire of the Wolf". The plot was thwarted by the Doctor and Rose, who used a telescope constructed by the father of Sir Robert MacLeish against the werewolf. The telescope was in actuality a gigantic light amplification chamber, and using the Koh-i-Noor diamond as a focusing element, struck the werewolf with enough moonlight to dispel it from the planet. It is unclear, however, if Victoria was indeed infected in the end. (DW: Tooth and Claw)

Werewolf-like creatures
Stahlman's Gas transformed some humans into degenerated humanoid creatures. (DW:Inferno). Biological experimentation turned King Ycranos's faithful servant into a vulpine humanoid known as the the Lukoser. (DW: Mindwarp).