Name:
Adipose
Place of Origin:
Main Aliases:
Adiposian
Affiliated With:
Adipose Industries
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The Adipose, also known as Adiposians, were a race of vaguely humanoid blobs of fat.
BIOLOGY
Young Adipose were hand-sized, marshmallow-shaped beings, composed almost entirely of fat. They weighed at least one kilogram, as Roger Davey, who used the Adipose pills, said it was the exact amount of weight he lost each night. They had two eyes and a mouth, two arms with webbed hands and two stumpy legs. Most Adipose were harmless and cute creatures. (Partners in Crime)
LIFE CYCLE
The Adipose reproduced on Nursery Worlds. When on Earth, the Adipose’s development was started when a pill from Adipose Industries was ingested. The young Adipose would grow, collecting fat from around the body. Every night, the Adipose would then be born and leave the body. They could convert other material into fat, however, this practice was not good for their health. Alternative materials included the bones, organs, muscles and many other human tissues. In emergencies, this was used to dispose of people by turning them completely into Adipose. (Partners in Crime)
TECHNOLOGY
Adipose technology included the pills used on Earth to germinate young Adipose, nursery ships equipped with levitation beams and sonic pens. (Partners in Crime) At one point the Adipose society had its own televised news media. (Cold Blooded War!)
HISTORY
The Adipose originally came from the planet Adipose 3. After the Adiposian First Family lost the nursery planet, they hired wet nurses in order to find new places to breed theiroffspring. On Earth, the wet-nurse Matron Cofelia set up Adipose Industries and disguised the Adipose seeds in the form of weight-loss pills, using humans as surrogates. The pill gained over a million customers quickly. When the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble discovered the alien secret behind the supposed diet pills, Matron Cofelia ordered the immediate birthing of all Adipose. The Adipose nursery ship collected the babies then ordered the death of “Miss Foster“, as Cofelia was known, to remove any evidence, as breeding on a Level 5 planet was an illegal act under the Shadow Proclamation. (Partners in Crime) After being taken from Earth, the Shadow Proclamation took the baby Adipose into their care. (Monster File: Adipose)
Later The Doctor and Donna discovered Adiposes left on Earth, and Donna hid them in the TARDIS. (Untitled (10DY3 11)
In 2010, an Adipose was at a bar where the Tenth Doctor came to visit Jack Harkness one last time before his regeneration. (The End of Time)
UNDATED EVENTS
A pink Adipose was present at Garage 10. (The Ministry of Time)
An Adipose was among the trash the Twelfth Doctor threw away. (The Bin Dilemma)
ALTERNATE REALITIES
In a parallel world, the March of the Adipose occurred in the United States. Sixty million people were killed and converted into Adipose. (Turn Left)
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