Jul. 6th, 2008
Daleks (20 - depending how you count): 1963
The Meddling Monk (2): 1965
The Cybermen (12 - depending how you count): 1966
The Macra (2): 1967
The Yeti/Great Intelligence (2): 1967
The Ice Warriors(4): 1967
Autons/Nestenes(3): 1970
Silurians and Sea Devils (2 each, 3 in total): 1970
The Master (21 - depending how you count): 1971
Omega (2): 1972/73
The Sontarans (5): 1973
Davros (5): 1975
The Black Guardian (4/2 - depending how you count): 1979
The Mara (2): 1982
Sil (2): 1985
The Rani (2): 1985
The Slitheen (2): 2005
Cassandra (2): 2005
The Ood (2): 2006
The Judoon (2 - depending how you count): 2007
I feel there should be some way to plot this information to demonstrate diminishing returns. I also feel it's telling that the Slitheen are the only recurring monster to be created in the the four years of the new series which really should have been aiming quite high in that department.
EDIT: Forgot the Ood, who are a much better monster than the Slitheen. Perhaps because I don't actually view them as a true monster or villain, but by that reasoning the Silurians and Sea Devils and the Ice Warriors are also debatable entries.
EDIT 2: Not to mention the Macra, Autons/Nestenes and Omega. I'm clearly not as good at this as I used to be - I assumed I'd spot everything simply by looking down a list of stories. Fairly sure I would have done in my teens!
EDIT 3: Now we've got the Judoon in that list it, looks more like the Cardiff team have made a fairly serious stab at a "new" monster each year. Of which I'd say the Ood are the most successful but the Judoon are perhaps the most likely to appear again.
WHO DAILY: <lj user=louisedennis> has a list of <a href=http://louisedennis.livejournal.com/80320.html>recurring Dr Who monsters, their number of appearances and date of first appearance</a>
The Meddling Monk (2): 1965
The Cybermen (12 - depending how you count): 1966
The Macra (2): 1967
The Yeti/Great Intelligence (2): 1967
The Ice Warriors(4): 1967
Autons/Nestenes(3): 1970
Silurians and Sea Devils (2 each, 3 in total): 1970
The Master (21 - depending how you count): 1971
Omega (2): 1972/73
The Sontarans (5): 1973
Davros (5): 1975
The Black Guardian (4/2 - depending how you count): 1979
The Mara (2): 1982
Sil (2): 1985
The Rani (2): 1985
The Slitheen (2): 2005
Cassandra (2): 2005
The Ood (2): 2006
The Judoon (2 - depending how you count): 2007
I feel there should be some way to plot this information to demonstrate diminishing returns. I also feel it's telling that the Slitheen are the only recurring monster to be created in the the four years of the new series which really should have been aiming quite high in that department.
EDIT: Forgot the Ood, who are a much better monster than the Slitheen. Perhaps because I don't actually view them as a true monster or villain, but by that reasoning the Silurians and Sea Devils and the Ice Warriors are also debatable entries.
EDIT 2: Not to mention the Macra, Autons/Nestenes and Omega. I'm clearly not as good at this as I used to be - I assumed I'd spot everything simply by looking down a list of stories. Fairly sure I would have done in my teens!
EDIT 3: Now we've got the Judoon in that list it, looks more like the Cardiff team have made a fairly serious stab at a "new" monster each year. Of which I'd say the Ood are the most successful but the Judoon are perhaps the most likely to appear again.
WHO DAILY: <lj user=louisedennis> has a list of <a href=http://louisedennis.livejournal.com/80320.html>recurring Dr Who monsters, their number of appearances and date of first appearance</a>