Bane (Invasion of the Bane)


 * This article is about the species. For the ingredient produced by the Bane, see Bane (ingredient).

The Bane were an alien species who attempted to conquer Earth in secret.

Biology
The Bane were split into two types, the children and the Mother Bane.

The Bane children were large, beige, vaguely cephalopod-like creatures. They had 7 ambulatory tentacles; 3 on each side and another on their end. They had a large, single eye on their head and rings of tentacles around their mouths. There were pads on the undersides of their seven tentacles which allowed them to walk across ceilings and floors, and a turtle-like shell on the back. The Bane children had the ability to read and modify the memories of Humans, though only in their true form. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)

The Mother Bane was much larger than her children and a blue-green colour. She showed none of the intelligence of the Bane children. She was the one who secreted the Bane chemical. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane) Mr Smith said the Bane reproduced by laying eggs. (SJA: The Lost Boy)


 * Possibly, Mr Smith was lying about the Bane to help his plan.

The Bane had a physical aversion to cell phone transmissions and even more so to a Butterfly Person's superluminal communications technology. They could also be injured by a spray Sarah Jane Smith kept in her attic. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)



History
Circa 2009, the Bane attempted to invade Earth. They developed a drink, Bubble Shock!, which was highly addictive due to the Bane enzyme. The Bane children took the form of Humans using image translators and ran the factories to produce the Bubble Shock!. Unfortunately for them, 2% of the population was immune to the enzyme. In order to combat this, they scanned all the people who came into the factory and created an archetype to experiment on.

Eventually, Sarah Jane Smith learned about the actions of the Bane. She confronted Mrs Wormwood in the Bubble Shock! factory and was able to escape with the archetype, despite several assassination attempts. The Bane were forced to step up their plans and took control of all the Bubble Shock! drinkers. Sarah Jane, the archetype and Maria Jackson stopped the Mother Bane, though Mrs Wormwood was able to escape. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)