Tenza

The Tenza were a species of alien chameleons with powerful psychic abilities. == Biology == === Life cycle === The Tenza had similar behaviour patterns to a cuckoo bird. Shortly after birth, they drifted in space looking for the nearest habitable world and a family that wanted a child (but could not naturally achieve one). After locating such a family, the Tenza infant would adapt itself to perfectly suit its environment and alter the surrogate parents' memory and the memories of those around them to believe the child was always part of the family. After that the alien would live out its life as a member of that species, without consious realization of their true nature. Despite their ability to mimic another species perfectly they posessed certain odd "tics" that drew attention; especially if they were distressed. Alex noted some of these to the Doctor, saying that George blinked too much when he was frightened or would stare off in to space at odd times. However, should a Tenza be rejected by their surrogate parents, their telepathic abilities would start to play havoc with their environment. This was the case with George, a Tenza who had disguised himself as a human child of Alex and Claire, who believed his parents wanted to get rid of him because they were struggling to help him cope with his phobias. This caused his powers to bring his phobias to life in a doll house that was governed by the Peg Dolls, who would terrorise him and abduct anyone who terrified him. (DW: Night Terrors). The matter was resolved when the Doctor was able to help George's father realise that, despite what George was, there was still a paternal bond between them. == Culture == to be added ==Abilities== The Tenza posessed incredibly powerful psychic abilities but due to the nature of the race individuals are most likely not consciously aware of said powers. Their abilities worked more on a subconscious level and tended to increase in strength depending on the emotional state of the the Tenza. For example a terrified George was able to reach out to the Doctor from the other side of several Galaxies. The Tenza were able to create their own personal worlds in a small space and in George's case this world was made as a form of storage space for his various fears. One such fear manifested it self in living psychic constructs that took the form of walking Peg Dolls that fed on the child's fear's to grow in strength. While their very presence terrified George they also seemed to protect him in their own way; they would abduct anyone who threatened/scared George or his surrogate family. They were also temporarily stopped when George entered their world but threatened him when they felt his fear of being taken from his parents. They were completely stopped when Alex ran to defend George from them, proving to the child his fear of his parents sending him away was unfounded. == Behind the scenes == *The Tenza are similar to several other creaturers that the doctor encountered including the Isolus, the Malus, both of whom were strong enough to bring psychic projections to life.