Genetically maimed outcasts from both sides of the thousand year Thal-Kaled war on the planet Skaro. They were descendants of the victims of the chemical, biological and radioactive weapons used in the first decades of the wars - their genetic mutation being passed down the line. New Mutos were created as the conflict progressed.
They were forced to scavenge in the wasteland between the Thal and Kaled cities, and regarded anyone not like them - "Norms" - as their enemies. The troops of the opposing armies used them as slave labour and killed those who could not be exploited - but resented wasting ammunition to do so.
One of their number - a man named Sevrin - saved Sarah Jane Smith when she became separated from the Doctor and Harry. A fellow Muto named Gerrill had wanted to kill her.
Sevrin and Sarah were captured by Thal soldiers and set to work loading a missile with toxic explosives. There were several other Mutos forcibly engaged in this.
After the war was brought to a close, with the Daleks ascendant, Sevrin helped some of his people join forces with the combined Thal-Kaled survivors.
Played by: Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), Jeremy Chandler (Gerrill). Appearances: Genesis of the Daleks (1975).
- Yardley returned to the series to play Arak in Vengeance on Varos.
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