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\n* WouldHurtAChild: Although it's never outright said because it's a children's show, it's pretty clear that they killed the original Carl so Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen could wear his skin as a disguise. They also killed Nathan Goss for the same reason.

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* GoodIsNotNice: The ''good'' Raxacoricofallapatorians will melt down criminals in hot boiling soup as Margaret Blaine's impersonator can attest.
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* EvolutionaryRetcon: Following their appearance in Series 1 of the revival, new costumes were constructed for the Slitheen's reprisal in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', giving them more expressive faces which enabled them to bare their teeth, making them appear somewhat more fearsome. It were these costumes that were used when the species eventually came back to the main show for a cameo in "The End of Time".

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* EvolutionaryRetcon: Following their appearance in Series 1 of the revival, new costumes were constructed for the Slitheen's reprisal in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', giving them more expressive faces which enabled them to bare their teeth, making them appear somewhat more fearsome. It were these costumes that were used when the species eventually came back to the main show for a cameo in "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time".Time]]".
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A rare villainous example. Their species is a normally peaceful and pacifistic, but that doesn't stop the Slitheen from being wanted criminals who exploit and destroy planets for their own gains.

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The first recurring aliens original to the revitalized ''Series/DoctorWho'' franchise, the Slitheen are basically a family of Used Car Dealers and [[ConMan Con Men]]. [[AC:[[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]]]] Their family hails from the planet of Raxacoricofallapatorius, where most of the family has been sentenced to death for being rather annoying and kinda evil. Unlike most alien baddies, they're a crime ''family'', not an AlwaysChaoticEvil ''species'' — the other Raxacoricofallapatorians are, according to the Doctor, rather peaceful. While they mainly only showed up during the Ninth Doctor's tenure (and an unidentified Raxacoricofallapatorian cameoing at the end of the Tenth's), the Slitheen also made it over to ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', where a rival family, the Blathereen, is often mentioned, and two Slitheen-Blathereen (orange-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorians) appear, along with a strange dark green-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorian. Perhaps the most unique feature about the Slitheen is their habit of skinning humans and using said skins as disguises.

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The first recurring aliens original to the revitalized ''Series/DoctorWho'' franchise, the Slitheen are basically a family of Used Car Dealers and [[ConMan Con Men]]. [[AC:[[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]]]] Their family hails from the planet of Raxacoricofallapatorius, where most of the family has been sentenced to death for being rather annoying and kinda evil. Unlike most alien baddies, they're a literal crime ''family'', not an AlwaysChaoticEvil ''species'' — the other Raxacoricofallapatorians are, according to the Doctor, rather peaceful. While they mainly only showed up during the Ninth Doctor's tenure (and (with an unidentified Raxacoricofallapatorian cameoing at the end of the Tenth's), Tenth's and some being mentioned as appearing offscreen during the Eleventh's), the Slitheen also made it over to ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', where a rival family, the Blathereen, is often mentioned, and two Slitheen-Blathereen (orange-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorians) appear, along with a strange dark green-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorian. Perhaps the most unique feature about the Slitheen is their habit of skinning humans and using said skins as disguises.
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->'''Played'''[[note]]in their human skins, not the prosthetic[[/note]] '''by:''' Annette Badland, David Verrey, Rupert Vansittart, Eric Potts and Steve Spiers (2005)

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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The Slitheen couple in "The Lost Boy" embody this trope horrifyingly well. Working alongside Mr. Smith, they [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Luke into believing he's actually their normal human son, forging evidence that allows them to take him away from Sarah Jane.]]



* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: [[spoiler:The Slitheen couple in "The Lost Boy" embody this trope horrifyingly well. Working alongside Mr. Smith, they [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Luke into believing he's actually their normal human son, forging evidence that allows them to take him away from Sarah Jane.]]



* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"The Lost Boy" ramps up their threat level considerably, which sees them remove their comedic aspects by shedding their previous weaknesses of only being able to disguise themselves as fat people and bypassing the [[ToiletHumor pesky gas exchange.]] They can effectively disguise themselves as humans even in private and put [[AdultFear Luke in a terrifyingly vulnerable position]].]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"The Lost Boy" ramps up their threat level considerably, which sees them remove their comedic aspects by shedding their previous weaknesses of only being able to disguise themselves as fat people and bypassing the [[ToiletHumor pesky gas exchange.]] They can effectively disguise themselves as humans even in private and put [[AdultFear Luke in a terrifyingly vulnerable position]].position.]]
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* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The real Margaret Blaine never actually appears, only the Slitheen impersonating her.
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* {{Synchronization}}: She and shady Torchwood agent Suzie Costello in the aptly-named Big Finish audio ''Sync'', due to alien phlebotinum.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: They tend to act like evil, overgrown kids. Apart from the fart jokes, their idea of a fake alien is to take an ordinary pig, perform gruesome surgery on it and then stick it in a spaceship.

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* ToiletHumor: A major part of their character humor. [[spoiler: But absolutely averted in ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E9E10TheLostBoy The Lost Boy]]''.]]

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[[folder:Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]]

-> Played by Jimmy Vee (2007)
-> Voiced by Anton Thompson [=McCormick=] and Ryan Watson (2007)

A young member of the Slitheen family. He first appears in ''Revenge of the Slitheen'' disguised as Carl to help his father and uncle in their plot to turn off the Earth's sun. When their plan backfires, Korst and his father beg for Sarah Jane's help. Though Sarah Jane tries to help them, she fails. Korst's father is killed in the resulting explosion and Korst blames her for his father's death. He reappears in ''The Lost Boy'', disguised as Nathan Goss.

* CreepyChild: He has a gleefully sadistic personality. Keep in mind, he's a psychotic alien who disguises himself in skinsuits of young boys he has killed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his father.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Luke, he's a socially awkward TeenGenius with alien origins. [[ShadowArchetype He resembles what Luke could have turned out like if he was raised by the Bane.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In his first appearance, he is obsessed with the opportunity to hunt humans.
* TeenGenius: He's considered a child prodigy and performs telekinesis experiments for the Pharos Institute while disguised as Nathan Goss.
* YouKilledMyFather: Korst blames Sarah Jane for his father's death.

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!!Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, aka Margaret Blaine (Ninth Doctor)
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->'''Played by:''' Anette Badland (2005)

A member of the Slitheen family who came to Earth as part of their plan to destroy the planet, before being the only survivor by means of an emergency teleport when 10 Downing Street was blown up. Afterwards, she set herself up as the Mayor of Cardiff as part of a plot to use the time-space rift running through the city to power her escape vehicle, which would have destroyed the planet in the process.

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!!Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, aka Margaret Blaine (Ninth Doctor)
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A member of the Slitheen family who came to Earth as part of
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The Slitheen couple in "The Lost Boy" embody this trope horrifyingly well. Working alongside Mr. Smith, they [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Luke into believing he's actually their normal human son, forging evidence that allows them to take him away from Sarah Jane.]]
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* ExposedExtraterrestrials: When not in human suits.
* FatBastard: They kill fat humans and use the skins as disguises, because their body compressing technology only compresses them enough to fit. [[spoiler: Except in ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E9E10TheLostBoy The Lost Boy]]'', where two of them use the skins of a rather skinny couple to pull off their plan, thanks to newer, more advanced compression technology.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: They ''love'' killing humans.
* PaletteSwap: [[spoiler: The Slitheen-Blathereen from ''The Gift'' are brownish-orange, compared to the more yellow-green Slitheen.]]
** Also in ''The Nightmare Man'', an unnamed Slitheen is shown to be a much darker shade of green than the others shown, [[EpilepticTrees leading some to believe that he is actually from another Raxacoricofallapatorian family]].
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: After appearing in only two ''Doctor Who'' stories, they transferred over to Sarah Jane's Rogues Gallery permanently.
* ToiletHumor: A major part of their character humor. [[spoiler: But absolutely averted in ''[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E9E10TheLostBoy The Lost Boy]]''.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:"The Lost Boy" ramps up their threat level considerably, which sees them remove their comedic aspects by shedding their previous weaknesses of only being able to disguise themselves as fat people and bypassing the [[ToiletHumor pesky gas exchange.]] They can effectively disguise themselves as humans even in private and put [[AdultFear Luke in a terrifyingly vulnerable position]].]]
* VillainDecay: ZigZagged. Their threat level is quite inconsistent, with their [[DecoyAntagonist cameo appearances]] seeing them get dispatched easily by the heroes. However, they are still extremely cunning, savage, 8-foot tall monsters and many later episodes retain their intimidation factor.
* WeaksauceWeakness: They explode upon contact with vinegar, [[BizarreAlienBiology because they're made of calcium]].


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!!Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, aka Margaret Blaine (Ninth Doctor)
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->'''Played by:''' Anette Badland (2005)

A member of the Slitheen family who came to Earth as part of their plan to destroy the planet, before being the only survivor by means of an emergency teleport when 10 Downing Street was blown up. Afterwards, she set herself up as the Mayor of Cardiff as part of a plot to use the time-space rift running through the city to power her escape vehicle, which would have destroyed the planet in the process.
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!!Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, aka Margaret Blaine (Ninth Doctor)
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->'''Played by:''' Anette Badland (2005)

A member of the Slitheen family who came to Earth as part of their plan to destroy the planet, before being the only survivor by means of an emergency teleport when 10 Downing Street was blown up. Afterwards, she set herself up as the Mayor of Cardiff as part of a plot to use the time-space rift running through the city to power her escape vehicle, which would have destroyed the planet in the process.
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* AscendedExtra: Originally she was just one of the four main Slitheen antagonists of "Aliens of London", but "Boom Town" explores her individually.
* GoingNative:
-->"London doesn't care! The southwest coast could fall into the sea and they wouldn't notice! … Oh God help me, I've gone native."
* GoIntoTheLight: While threatening Rose, the Doctor uses the light from the heart of the TARDIS to distract her. It consumes her and reverts her into an egg.
* GoKartingWithBowser: "Boom Town" gives us a dramatic example as Blon is forced to hang around Cardiff and eat dinner with the Doctor only because he has her on a literal leash.
* GoOutWithASmile: When she realises that the TARDIS can give her a second chance at life, she graciously thanks the Doctor while positively beaming.
* IgnoredEpiphany: She seems to gradually warm up to the idea of reformation while hanging around with the Doctor, but ultimately still tries to blow up Cardiff to facilitate her escape.
* MayorPain: She sets herself up as the mayor of Cardiff as part of her escape plan, which would have destroyed the planet as collateral damage.
* PetTheDog: Discussed. Blon spares a snooping journalist after discovering that she was pregnant, and the Slitheen brings up this instance of mercy as an example of her ability to change positively when she's trying to convince the Doctor not to execute her. The Doctor dismisses it as a momentary glimmer of empathy that all mass murderers experience before going right back to plotting the slaughter of millions. Of course, he can talk from experience.
* RaiseHerRightThisTime: She is reverted into an egg by the Heart of the TARDIS, and is returned to Raxacoricofallapatorius to be raised by a new family.
* ShutUpKirk: Delivers a cutting, concise one to the Doctor when he begins ranting about how sparing a victim occasionally is an unrepentant killer's way of justifying themselves, not a sign of reformation.
--> '''Margaret Blaine:''' Only a killer would know that.
* SoleSurvivor: Due to her one-person emergency teleport, she was the only one of the Slitheen who came to escape the destruction of 10 Downing Street.
* VillainousBSOD: Has an extended one over the course of "Boom Town" after sparing a pregnant woman and being forced to bargain for her life with the man who killed her whole family.
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* KilledOffscreen: In just about any story where the Slitheen appear, the humans they've disguised themselves as will have been killed some time before the story begins.
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!The Slitheen family[[note]]"The Slitheen" for short; their race is called Raxacoricofallapatorian[[/note]] (Ninth Doctor)
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->''"Victory should be naked!"''
-->-- '''Jacrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen'''

The first recurring aliens original to the revitalized ''Series/DoctorWho'' franchise, the Slitheen are basically a family of Used Car Dealers and [[ConMan Con Men]]. [[AC:[[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]]]] Their family hails from the planet of Raxacoricofallapatorius, where most of the family has been sentenced to death for being rather annoying and kinda evil. Unlike most alien baddies, they're a crime ''family'', not an AlwaysChaoticEvil ''species'' — the other Raxacoricofallapatorians are, according to the Doctor, rather peaceful. While they mainly only showed up during the Ninth Doctor's tenure (and an unidentified Raxacoricofallapatorian cameoing at the end of the Tenth's), the Slitheen also made it over to ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', where a rival family, the Blathereen, is often mentioned, and two Slitheen-Blathereen (orange-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorians) appear, along with a strange dark green-skinned Raxacoricofallapatorian. Perhaps the most unique feature about the Slitheen is their habit of skinning humans and using said skins as disguises.
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* AffablyEvil: They're only doing their business, after all, even if said business does involve destroying entire planets. Besides, hunting and killing are a trait of their species. They can't really help that, and they're pretty polite until you upset them.
* AllThereInTheManual: Most notably covered in ''Doctor Who Files 3: The Slitheen''.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: {{Subverted}}. We're led to believe they're just another invading species, but they're actually a criminal syndicate. [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Raxacoricofallapatorians are rather peaceful]].
* BecomingTheMask: Both Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen and her brother who impersonated Oliver Charles/Asquith appear to suffer from this. The former is horrified after she realised she's [[GoingNative gone native]] after six months amongst the Welsh, while the latter regrets having to ditch his old skin suit, as he got to have "[[ReallyGetsAround a wife, a mistress and a young farmer]]".
* BizarreAlienBiology: They're made of calcium, able to smell fear and pheromones produced by humans, and can expel poison through their fingernails (via darts) or their breath. Due to their biochemistry, they also have a ''severe'' allergic reaction to vinegar (although it is implied that this only happens because the compression fields they use to hide in weaken their body's structure so much).
* CostumesChangeYourSize: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with their technology, allowing them to fit inside of their tinier human disguises.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The reason Slitheen don't go home. Their method of execution involves them being lowered into a vat of acid, which causes their innards to fall out, while the Slitheen's still ''alive''. Then the acidy-slitheeny soup is drunk afterward.
* EgomaniacHunter: The Slitheen family, at least, enjoy hunting and treat it like a ritual.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They're a crime family that legitimately cares about each other — after most of them are killed in their debut, Blon cries about her lost loved ones in a later episode.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: They tend to act like evil, overgrown kids. Apart from the fart jokes, their idea of a fake alien is to take an ordinary pig, perform gruesome surgery on it and then stick it in a spaceship.
* EvilPlan: The family Slitheen seems to be rather good at vile schemes to enrich themselves. It's just that they don't count on [[SpannerInTheWorks the Doctor]] showing up, or Sarah Jane Smith.
* EvolutionaryRetcon: Following their appearance in Series 1 of the revival, new costumes were constructed for the Slitheen's reprisal in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', giving them more expressive faces which enabled them to bare their teeth, making them appear somewhat more fearsome. It were these costumes that were used when the species eventually came back to the main show for a cameo in "The End of Time".
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: When they're not in their human suits. Lampshaded with dialogue about it being traditional to hunt naked.
* FaceStealer: Along with the rest of your skin.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether
* FatBastard: In their human disguises, as the eight-foot-tall Slitheen have to use the skins of overweight people for disguises.
* {{Gasshole}}: Not naturally, but squeezing into their human disguises requires a "gas exchange" that results in this. In their first appearance it is implied that this is an unintentional side-effect or the result of equipment malfunction, when the one impersonating Margaret Blaine says they've "got to fix the gas exchange", although this never comes up again.
* HannibalLecture: Margaret/Blon in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown "Boom Town"]] while trapped in the [=TARDIS=], tries to guilt the heroes into releasing her. Jack says not to answer back, "... it's what she wants."
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The Slitheen family, at least, ''really'' like hunting humans.
* KillAndReplace:
-->'''The Doctor:''' You're pleading for mercy out of a dead woman's lips.
* LadyLooksLikeADude
** In Titan Comics' "Doctormania", Rose is scandalised to learn that a Slitheen who had been posing as the Ninth Doctor is actually female, quipping that Captain Jack would love her.
** In "Death on the Mile", of [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish]]'s ''Lady Christina'', a female Slitheen disguises herself in the skin of a male human.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Members of their species are often referred to as "Slitheen", after the infamous crime family that hails from Raxacoricofallapatorius. The Doctor mentions that the other members of the species are peaceful and implies they're somewhat irritated by the Slitheen sullying their good name, which might explain why all the Slitheen family have been been sentenced to death on their homeworld.
* OverlyLongName: Raxacoricofallapatorius.
* PsychopathicManchild: They often come off as sophomoric and immature given their amusement with the [[{{Gasshole}} side effects]] of their FaceStealer technology.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: After being introduced in the first season of the revival series, the Slitheen effectively migrated to ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', making more appearances there than in the show that birthed them.
* ToiletHumour: The best way to spot a disguised Slitheen? They fart. A lot.
* ToServeMan: Though not made clear in their first appearance, it is established that the Slitheen are not above eating people. In ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' adventure [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS3E11E12TheGift "The Gift"]], the Slitheen-Blathereen intend to ''have'' Sarah Jane for dinner. In the [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish]] story "Madquake", a pair of Slitheen go on a human hunt with the explicit intention of catching and eating Tegan and Nyssa, since it's been so long since their last hunt they've forgotten what humans taste like.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Vinegar. Go figure.
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