Mummy

A mummy was a corpse whose skin and dried flesh had been preserved.

History
Many cultures, especially the Egyptians, deliberately preserved bodies of important persons as mummies. Circa 2650 BC, the First Doctor wrapped up the Monk as a mummy to get him out of the way. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) Osirian service robots resembled Egyptian mummies. (TV: Pyramids of Mars) Walking mummies were part of the Egyptian section of EarthWorld on New Jupiter. (PROSE: EarthWorld)

On a visit to the National Museum in London during the 1970s, the Third Doctor indicated an Egyptian mummy to Jo Grant, claiming that he knew the person in question in life. (AUDIO: The Doll of Death)

A mummy was kept in the Pyramid of the Rings of Akhaten, and it woke up when Akhaten was not fed. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)

On Jenggel, the mummified bodies of Papul tribal chieftains were called Mumis. (PROSE: Combat Rock)

The Foretold was a mythical mummy that killed those who saw it in sixty-six seconds. The Twelfth Doctor revealed it to be a soldier, waiting to be released from his duties, whose degeneration over time had given it the appearance of a mummy. (TV: Mummy on the Orient Express)