TheDidoans, (AUDIO:The Crash of the UK-201) also known as theDidoi (PROSE:The Rescue) or theDido people, (TV:The Rescue) were a peacefulhumanoid race native toDido.

Culture[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Didoans were a very peaceful race, as their small population made any violence a threat to their survival. They had ceremonial clothes resembling an insectoid creature which they wore on special occasions. These clothes consisted of a headdress with antennae, eyestalks, mandibles, and spikes around the neck; black robes; clawed gloves with spiked wrists; and clawed shoes with spikes around the ankles.

History[[edit] |[edit source]]

When the spaceshipUK-201 crashed on the planet in2493, the Didoans met with the surviving passengers, but were killed along with them in an explosion engineered byBennett to cover up a murder he had earlier committed aboard the ship. At least two Didoans survived, and when they confronted Bennett, he backed away in fear through a secret door and fell from a cliff to his death.

After theFirst Doctor'sTARDIS left Dido, thecaptain of the approaching Earth rescue ship contacted theUK-201 again, asking for the homing beacon so he could find the planet. However, the Didoans wrecked the communications system in the hopes that the rescue ship would never arrive. (TV:The Rescue)

However, according to one account, the rescue shipdid arrive, and the crew killed two of the Didoans, a male and a female, before determining that Dido posed nothing of value to explorers. (PROSE:The Rescue)

Behind the scenes[[edit] |[edit source]]

• The Rescue doesn't give us a clear, one-worddemonym for "a being from the planet Dido". The nameDido people is what theFirst Doctor directly called them in ""Desperate Measures"^[+]Part ofThe Rescue,Loading...{"namedep":"Desperate Measures (2)","1":"The Rescue (TV story)"}".The novelisation ofThe Rescue andThe Time-Travellers' Guide refer to them asDidoi. InThe Crash of the UK-201, they are referred to as Didoans.
• The appearance of the two Didoans in "Desperate Measures" is never explained.
• The two Didoans were played byJohn Stuart andColin Hughes, who remained uncredited both on-screen and inRadio Times. (DWM 325)