Outwardly humanoid in appearance, Plasmavores were sadistic aliens who thrived on blood. The Doctor encountered one posing as an elderly patient of the Royal Hope Hospital in London - Florence Finnegan.
She had sought a hiding place on Earth after murdering the Child Princess of Padrivole Regency 9.
She was assisted by two Slabs - crude beings composed of animated rubber.
However, a squad of Judoon managed to trace her to the hospital. Unable to enter it as outside their jurisdiction, they had the entire building transplanted onto the Moon in order to conduct their search. Florence killed her consultant, Mr Stoker, and absorbed his blood - making her appear human to Judoon scanners. She carried her own special straw for blood-drinking.
In order to flee in one of the Judoon ships, she sabotaged an MRI scanner so that it would emit lethal levels of radiation that would kill everyone in the hospital, as well as that part of the Earth facing it.
The Doctor used the same blood absorption technique against her, by deliberately allowing her to feed on him. She did not know that he was an alien, and so she now registered as such to the Judoon. After destroying the Slabs, they incinerated her.
Played by: Anne Reid. Appearances: Smith and Jones (2007).
- Reid had appeared in an earlier Doctor Who story which also featured vampiric creatures - The Curse of Fenric. She played Nurse Crane.
- She first came to fame with a whole decade on Coronation Street, playing Valerie Tatlock (written out in 1971 when she was electrocuted by a faulty hairdryer).
- More recent roles include Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, Life Begins, Last Tango in Halifax (alongside Derek Jacobi), and RTD's Years and Years.
- In 2004 she gained a BAFTA nomination for the film The Mother in which she starred with Daniel Craig.
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