TheHath were a species of fish-likehumanoids.

Appearance[[edit] |[edit source]]

Hath were a humanoid race with purple and orange, fish-like skin and small headcrests running along the top of their heads. They were slightly taller than mosthumanoids. They required nutrient liquid for breathing, which affected communication. When in a human-breathable atmosphere, they used a breathing structure attached to their mouths. (TV:The Doctor's Daughter)

Technology[[edit] |[edit source]]

They possessedProgenation machines and generation chambers like the humans with whom they had been allied. They used the machines for the same purpose as their enemies, to create new soldiers.

The Hath used heavy dutyblaster rifles that fired barrages of bullets and long plumes of flames from the guns' barrels. They had the same holographic mapping system as the humans, and when theTenth Doctor uncovered a suppressed layer of information, it showed up on the Hath map as well. (TV:The Doctor's Daughter)

History[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Hath left their planet by themselves, but later joined up with other species likehumanity to share technology. They helped mine the ores needed to create the first colonies. (TV:The Doctor's Daughter)

The Alliance of Races. (COMIC:Gangland)

Early in universal history, the Hath joinedRassilon in theAlliance of Races against theHyperions. After the Hyperions were defeated, the Alliance then went on to purge the universe of other threats to universal harmony, one of those threats being CountD'if of theCybock Imperium. (COMIC:Gangland)

Thehologram recordings viewed by theAtraxi of alien races who had tried to conquerEarth and been defeated bythe Doctor included images of Hath. (TV:The Eleventh Hour)

In2010, two Hath were at anextra-terrestrial bar when theTenth Doctor came to visitJack Harkness one last time before hisregeneration. (TV:The End of Time)

According to one source, the Hath were present onMessaline in2014, almost 4,000 years before their known colonisation of the planet. Upon landingThe TARDIS there,Rose found a Hath head on the planet and dragged it back to the ship. (COMIC:A Rose by Any Other Name)

At some point before the mid-2060s, the Hath had seized control of the planetTivoli. However, it waswon from them by theOgrons by force of arms on14 January2064. Nearly a thousand years later, on8 December3001, they returned to the planet and conquered it once again, driving out theDrahvins, who were in charge of it by that point after a long succession of other conquests. (PROSE:Time Traveller's Diary)

The Hath took part in the colonisation ofMessaline inJuly6012 of theNew Byzantine calendar. With the death of the mission commander, there was a power vacuum and the species fought to take the planet for their own.

After aseven-day battle, the two races found theSource, an artefact that mythology told them was the breath ofthe Great One. TheTenth Doctor, arriving before the human or Hath armies, broke the Source and terraforming gases within escaped. The two races ended their conflict and agreed on peace after themurder ofJenny byCobb, the leader of the human forces. (TV:The Doctor's Daughter)

AHath was present inthe Maldovarium whenColony Sarff visited the establishment while searching for theTwelfth Doctor on behalf ofDavros. (TV:The Magician's Apprentice)

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

• Introduced inThe Doctor's Daughter, the Hath were created by writerStephen Greenhorn, who was credited for their reprisal inThe Magician's Apprentice.
• Russell T Davies' original concept for theShadow Proclamation scene inThe Stolen Earth included an appearance by several Hath, but his plans to feature a "rogues gallery" of alien races in the scene fell through; ultimately theJudoon were the only returning race featured.
• Prior to the broadcast ofThe Doctor's Daughter, it was rumoured that the Hath had the appearance of red bubbles and communicated through expanding and letting out smaller bubbles.
• While bubbles did appear to be the Hath's only form of communication,Doctor Who Confidential showed that lines were actually scripted for the Hath (even if they only groaned throughout the episode).
• It has been suggested by the director ofThe Doctor's Daughter,Alice Troughton, that thefish seen in the Source Chamber are the ancestors of the Hath.