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You may be looking for the ship named Mermaid.

Merfolk, (PROSE: Evolution [+]John Peel, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994)., The Suns of Caresh [+]Paul Saint, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2002).) were a race of aquatic beings that lived in the seas of Earth. Female merfolk were known as mermaids, while males could be referred to as either mermen or merrows. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice [+]Christopher Bulis, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)

Biology[]

Mermen had a fish's tails from the waist down. Their top half appeared human. They had a second set of inner eyelids. Mermen were unable to breath for long periods on land, (AUDIO: Cryptobiosis [+]Elliot Thorpe, Bonus Releases (Big Finish Productions, 2005).) however Magda, a mermaid rescued by Iris Wildthyme, lived on the surface for over thirty years without issue, albeit in a wheelchair for mobility. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Paul Magrs, Iris Wildthyme (Snowbooks Ltd, 2011).)

History[]

King Neptune had mermaid servants. (COMIC: Guests of King Neptune [+]Roger Noel Cook, TV Comic Holiday Special stories (1966).)

Graham Stevens claimed that a mermaid rescued his grandfather from the Marie Celeste. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark [+]Andrew Hunt, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992).)

The Mermen attempted to stay unnoticed by the humans on the surface. Two Mermaids were captured in fishing nets and taken by Jacques De Requin to be sold.

Amphitrite, one of the two, died. Her daughter Galatea, the other captive, was looked after by Peri Brown. Nereus led his people aboard the Lankester where they killed De Requin. Galatea was returned to them. Nereus promised help for the crew who had jumped overboard. (AUDIO: Cryptobiosis [+]Elliot Thorpe, Bonus Releases (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)

In the 20th century Bea Nelson-Stanley and Edgar Nelson-Stanley saw mermaids leaping with dolphins. (PROSE: Eye of the Gorgon [+]Phil Ford, adapted from Eye of the Gorgon (Phil Gladwin and Phil Ford), The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations (Penguin Character Books, 2007).)

In the 1980s, Iris Wildthyme and MIAOW stopped Magda the Mermaid from destroying a nuclear power plant and then recruited Magda into MIAOW. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Paul Magrs, Iris Wildthyme (Snowbooks Ltd, 2011).) In the Obverse, Magda was the Eighth Doctor's mother. (PROSE: The Blue Angel [+]Paul Magrs and Jeremy Hoad, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)

In the 30th century, the First Doctor and Ian Chesterton encountered several mermaids and mermen in the Circle Sea on Avalon. These mermaids were brought into existence on the planet through the nanobot system on the planet, which created the fantasies of 22nd century human colonists into real beings. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice [+]Christopher Bulis, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)

Alternate timelines[]

In an alternate timeline created by the Chronomasticon, Earth was taken over by mermaids. (PROSE: Playing for Time [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

References[]

The Ghostmaker claimed that Pearl was the "closest thing you will see to a living mermaid". (TV: From Out of the Rain [+]Peter J. Hammond, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008).)

Myth[]

Mermen were also creatures of myth in Earth culture. Mermaids existed in the Land of Fiction, some whom were converted into Cybermen. (AUDIO: Legend of the Cybermen [+]Mike Maddox, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2010).) Albert C. Richardson sarcastically asked if Barbara Wright was a mermaid that was lost at sea. (TV: "Flight Through Eternity" [+]Part of The Chase, Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965).) The Eleventh Doctor called an alien doctor who stalked the Fancy a mermaid as she had the appearance of a siren. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).) The Meron, a race native to Gorgol XIII, were also merfolk. (TV: Liberation [+]Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause, K9 series 1 (2010).)

Victorian showmen used to draw the crowds by taking the skull of a cat, glueing it to a fish and calling it a mermaid. The Ninth Doctor compared the Slitheen's genetically modified pig with this trick while explaining the pig's true nature to Toshiko Sato. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

Behind the scenes[]

The Dax featured in the Decide Your Destiny book, The Corinthian Project, were compared to mermen, but given that their story had multiple endings, it's difficult to assert with certainty much about them.

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