Thanatos (weapon)

The Thanatos, also known as the World Bane, was a machine that was noted as the greatest superweapon that was ever created.

Powers
The Thanatos was a weapon capable of destroying whole planets. It was capable of probing people who approached it through tentacles that interfaced with the individual on a mental and physical level. A judgement engine inside the machine also decides on whether to exterminate a race or not; it determined whether a species was at an evolutionary dead end. It produced the Inuk to serve as antibodies for itself and was intelligent enough to herd enemies into traps. (DWM: The Betrothal of Sontar)

History
The Sontaran Colonel Snathe searched for the weapon in order to return glory to his name. He was searching for it on the planet Serac, using the Betrothal of Sontar. After encountering The Doctor, he claimed he would help the Sontaran find the machine.

They found the Thanatos under the ice, where it was gaurded by the transformed Inuk. They destroyed his aircraft, but the Doctor was able to reprogram a drone and was able to use it to escape. Though they believed that they were escaping, they were just being chased deeper in the Thanatos. Rose Tyler and Lerox were able to catch up with the Doctor and Snathe, just when Snathe began to interface with the Thanatos. Unfortunately, Thanatos judged that the Sontarans were a stagnant race and Sontar needed to be destroyed. Lerox was shown to be capable of self-sacrifice, so the Sontarans were spared, but Snathe was ejected from the Thanatos during the middle of a Silverfire, killing him. (DWM: The Betrothal of Sontar)