A race of reptilian creatures which waged a war against the humanoid Argolin people. The conflict lasted only some 20 minutes, but left Argolis' surface heavily irradiated and its people sterile. They set up the entertainments complex known as the Leisure Hive, both as a means of promoting inter-species understanding, and as a means to carry out research into alleviating their plight. The Hive began to suffer from acts of sabotage, leading to heavy loss of business, just as the Argolins' Earth agent Brock approached them with a buy-out plan. This came from a Foamasi group known as the West Lodge. This surprised the new Argolin leader, Mena, as the Foamasi were forbidden from engaging in private enterprise. One of the conditions of the sale was that the Argolins had to abandon their homeworld. The reptilian race could survive the harsh environment. It transpired that the West Lodge were a criminal group, and it was they who were conducting the sabotage to force the Argolins into selling up on the cheap. Brock was one of their number, in disguise. A government agent arrived and arrested the criminals. They managed to escape, but they were destroyed when they tried to leave the planet. Mena agreed to establish closer ties with their government, after it became known that her people could rejuvenate themselves.
The Foamasi spoke in an insect-like chitter, which even the TARDIS could not translate, though they had a small device which they could place in their beaks to enable communication with others.
Played by: Andrew Lane (Government agent), John Collin (Brock) and Ian Talbot (Klout). Appearances: The Leisure Hive (1980).
- Writer David Fisher intended the Foamasi to dress like gangsters of the 1920's, with violin case-shaped guns. Their name derives from a near anagram of Mafiosi.
- A Foamasi costume was later reused for one of the aliens in the BBC TV series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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