Minotaur

The Minotaur was a creature from Greek mythology. It was said to have the head of a bull and the body of a man.

The Second Doctor and Zoe encountered the Minotaur in the Land of Fiction. It vanished when they denied its existence. (DW: The Mind Robber)

The Third Doctor learned that the Minotaur was real during a trip to Atlantis. The creature was formerly a member of Dalios's court, a great athlete who desired the strength of a bull and a long life in which to use it. Kronos granted him his wish, and the creature was made guardian of the Kronos Crystal until the Doctor defeated it. (DW: The Time Monster)

The Greek hero Theseus was renowned for fighting the Minotaur. The Fourth Doctor claimed to have given Theseus the ball of string he used to find his way around the labyrinth in which the Minotaur resided. (DW: The Creature from the Pit)


 * It is unknown if this is the same Minotaur from Atlantis or a different one.

The Fourth Doctor and Romana encountered a hostile, beret-wearing Minotaur named Taureau in the catacombs of Paris around the turn of the millennium. Taureau worked with a human-looking mime who lured people into the catacombs through portals and then into the center of the maze where Taureau lived. They would eat raw anyone who could not answer Taureau's riddle. The Doctor stole Taureau's key and he and Romana exited the trap through another portal, which caused the Minotaur's sanctum to self-destruct. (IDW: The Forgotten)

Extraterrestrial life forms which resembled Minotaurs include the Nimon and the Tauride. (DW: The Horns of Nimon, DWBIT: Minor Trouble)

In the God Complex an alien that resembles a Minotaur is encoutered as the soul occupant of a prison ship. The Doctor reveals that the creature is realed to the Nimon species. This creature surrived by feeding on the faith of other lifeorms and would decened on primitive planets and set it self up as a god; feeding on the worship of the natives. Eventualy one planet became advanced enough and captured the creature in a spaceship and set it adrifft. The creature survived thanks to the ships system drawing in aliens with strong belief systems for it to feed on.

Has the eons went by the creature wanted to die but was unable since the ship was programmed to keep it alive with a constant food suply. Eventualy the Doctor along with several other lifeorms were trapped on the ship intending to be the creatures next meal. Intially believing the creature fed on the fear of its victims the Doctor cautioned everyone to avoid the rooms that contained their fear and to fight agaisnt their fears if they were allready exposed to them. Eventualy only Rory and the Doctor remained unaffected by the creature; Rory because he did not strongly belive in anything and the Doctor due to his strong will.