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-The '''Rutan Host''', or Rutans, are a [[fiction]]al [[Extraterrestrial life in popular culture|extraterrestrial]] race from the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. They have been at war with the [[Sontaran|Sontaran Empire]] for more than 50,000 years,<ref>{{cite episode | title = [[The Poison Sky]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Helen Raynor]], Director [[Douglas Mackinnon]], Producer [[Susie Liggat]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = London | airdate = 2008-05-03}}</ref> and this war dominates both cultures to the exclusion of all else. The Rutans only appeared on television in the serial ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'', in which a single Rutan is encountered, though they are mentioned in some serials featuring Sontarans (''[[The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') the ''[[Sontarans]]'' also appeared in '' episodes of ''Doctor Who'' spin off ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''' [[The Last Sontaran]]'' and''[[ Enemy of the Bane]]''.
-==Characteristics==
-In their natural forms, Rutans resemble large green [[jellyfish]], glowing blobs of biomatter with long ropy tentacles. They are amphibious and can cling to sheer vertical surfaces, with considerable mobility out of the water despite their shape. Rutans can also generate lethal [[bioelectromagnetism|bioelectrical]] shocks, and seem to be able to absorb electrical energy directly for sustenance. They reproduce by a process similar to [[binary fission]], with each daughter Rutan carrying the memories of the parent.{{Fact|date=November 2008}} Rutans can speak, although the exact mechanism by which this works is unknown as they seem to lack mouths. The Rutan observed in ''Horror of Fang Rock'' spoke with a harsh, tinny male voice.
-Rutans never refer to themselves as individuals, preferring the first person plurals "we", "us", and "our(s)", possibly suggesting a [[Group mind (science fiction)|gestalt or group intelligence]] of some kind.{{Fact|date=November 2008}} Rutans are able to operate independently, and, like the Sontarans, sometimes dispatch scout units consisting of a single soldier.
-Rutans have also developed advanced shape-shifting technology, allowing them to appear in any form they wish. They often use this technology to adapt to alien environments and infiltrate alien cultures; Rutans are consummate spies. A Rutan usually kills specific individuals and then impersonates them, though it is unclear whether this tactic is merely to prevent discovery or because they need to make a detailed examination of the body before adopting its shape.
-==Other appearances==
-The Rutans have made appearances in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventure]] novel ''[[Lords of the Storm]]'' by [[David A. McIntee]] and in [[Terrance Dicks]]' [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] novel ''Shakedown'' (based on the [[Doctor Who spin-offs|spin-off]] video ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', also written by Dicks). These novels were both released in December 1995, and the former novel leads into the latter. Rutans are also mentioned in the Missing Adventures novel ''[[Evolution (Doctor Who)|Evolution]]'', in which the antagonists of the story are using a sample of Rutan "healing gel" to cross-mutate humans and animals.
-The novel of ''Shakedown'' elaborates that the Rutan "hive mind" is co-ordinated by a Queen who lives on their well-defended homeworld, and that without her influence the Host would fall apart. In the same novel, Rutan [[biotechnology]] is sufficiently advanced to "[[Biological uplift|uplift]]" a species to [[sentience]]; they have done this at least once, on the planet Sentarion, where they are worshipped by the [[insect]]oid Sentarii people as "the Shining Ones". The [[organic (model)|organic]] nature of Rutan technology is one of the chief differences between them and their Sontaran enemies.  The video ''Shakedown'' is the only occasion in which Sontarans and Rutans have appeared together on screen.
-An unspecified [[Doctor (Doctor Who)#Changing faces|incarnation]] of [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] (but fitting the description of the [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth]]) brokered a peace between the Sontarans and the Rutans in the [[Lance Parkin]] [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. As with all of the spin-off media, the [[canon (fiction)#Doctor Who|canonicity]] of the novels and videos are uncertain.
-The Rutans also appeared in the [[BBV]] audio play ''In 2 Minds'', which used the idea of Rutans detached from the Host as a metaphor for the treatment of [[Gulf War Syndrome]] sufferers by the UK and US military.  [[Bernice Summerfield]] encountered the Rutans in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[The Bellotron Incident]]''.
-==References==
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-==External links==
-*[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Rutan_Host Rutan Host entry at the TARDIS Index File Wiki]
-{{Sontaran Stories}}
-[[Category:Doctor Who races]]