Scout ship

Scout ships or scout craft were reconnaissance craft that could be detached from a mothership. The Hydrax had three scout ships fronted with bolts of steel. One of these was used by the Fourth Doctor to impale and kill the King Vampire. (TV: State of Decay)

According to the Time Lords' Dalek Combat Training Manual, the Dalek space capsule which crashed on Vulcan was a scout craft used for reconnaissance missions. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual, The Power of the Daleks)

The Sontarans had spherical scout ships that each contained a single Sontaran. (TV: The Time Warrior)

The CyberMondans Bremm and Gramm from Mondas were sent in a scout craft on a mission to find Earth. Their craft crash-landed in the mountains of Austria in 19th century. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk) Another scouting party was sent out, finding planets whose lifeforms were incompatible to receive cyber-conversion, only to hit a time storm when they found Earth, preventing them from signalling Mondas. (AUDIO: Way of the Burryman)

A Dalek scout ship once crashed on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)