Fomal was the Chief Yend and lead biologist in the installation in which the First Doctor was held as a specimen during his time on the planet Wengrol.
Fomal told the Doctor the history of the mutants and requested that he take with him a case of un-mutated Yend embryos. As the Doctor left, Fomal was overcome by mutants. (PROSE: The Sons of the Crab [+]The Dr Who Annual 1966 (Doctor Who annual, 1965).)