The Racnoss
Name:
Racnoss
Biological Type:
Humanoid arachnid
Affiliated With:
Empire of the Racnoss
Place of Origin:
Racnoss homeworld
Notable Individuals:
Empress of the Racnoss
Racnoss Empress
Old Racnoss Emperor
Racnoss Consort Messothel
First Seen In:
Appearances:
Ghosts of India To Sleep
Perchance to Scream
The Labyrinthine
Web Empire of the Racnoss
Ghost in the Machine
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The Racnoss were an ancient race from the Dark Times of the universe who re-emerged after billions of years to threaten
APPEARANCE
The Racnoss looked like large half-humanoid, half-arachnid beings, with blood-red skin and a crested skull. They had three pairs of eyes – one pair in the place where humans have theirs, and the remaining ones on the forehead. They had ten razor-tipped limbs, two of which were arms that strongly resembled blades. They had spinnerets at the base of their abdomen, allowing them to produce miles of webbing. (The Runaway Bride)
LIFE CYCLE
Born with a ravenous hunger, the Racnoss mastered teleportation, which completely negated the need for them to land their ships when they visited other planets. The Empress apparently was the one who had the duty of laying eggs, which hatched into other Racnoss, meaning that the entire Racnoss race were the children of the Empress. The young were born starving, and so invaded planets to feed off all life on them. Even hibernating for billions of years without sustenance will retain their hungerat least in the case of the Empress, herouter skin was shed when outgrown, she had a crown-like bone structure on her cranium, which denoted imperial Racnoss. (The Runaway Bride)
TECHNOLOGY
Most of Racnoss technology was made of a fine, silk-like substance, strengthened and powered by Huon energy, including their spacecraft, amongst other things.
The Webstar had energy weaponry which was used to kill for meat. It also had scanning equipment which the Empress of the Racnoss used to watch a planet and a teleporter to allow her to travel to and from the planet. (The Runaway Bride)
HISTORY
The Racnoss evolved in the Dark Times of the universe. (The Infinite Quest) they were nearly wiped out by the Fledgling Empires over 4.6 billion years BC. Gallifreyans also had a hand in this. Nearly all of the survivors of the race escaped in their spacecraft, around which the planet
Around 2007, the Torchwood Institute began a drilling attempt to the centre of the
OTHER REFERENCES
It was believed that a splinter nest of Racnoss may have been the ones that attacked the makers of the Clades. (Peacemaker)
Jack Harkness speculated that an interaction with the Racnoss hibernation field’s huon particles may have resulted in the Blessing, but was forced to admit he had no idea. (The Blood Line)
A drawing of a Racnoss was inside the clock tower in the town of Christmas during the Siege of Trenzalore. (The Time of the Doctor)