TheWhifferdillFrobisher displays his shapeshifting abilities. (COMIC:Where Nobody Knows Your Name^[+]Loading...["Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)"])

Ashapeshifter, also known as ametamorph, (PROSE:The Death of Art^[+]Loading...["The Death of Art (novel)"],AUDIO:Doppelgängers^[+]Loading...["Doppelgängers (audio story)"]) was alifeform possessing the ability to alter its physical form. (COMIC:The Shape Shifter^[+]Loading...["The Shape Shifter (comic story)"])

Frobisher, theWhifferdillcompanion of theSixth andSeventh Doctors,frequently used his species' shapeshifting abilities on their travels. (COMIC:A Cold Day in Hell!^[+]Loading...["A Cold Day in Hell! (comic story)"],Frobisher's Story^[+]Loading...["Frobisher's Story (comic story)"],Changes^[+]Loading...["Changes (comic story)"]) Frobisher fell ill withmono-morphia, which took away his ability to shift, leaving him stuck in the form of apenguin. (COMIC:Genesis!^[+]Loading...["Genesis! (comic story)"]) He recovered enough to shift into various forms while battling another shapeshifter, aKymbra Chimera, aboardthe Doctor's TARDIS. (COMIC:Changes^[+]Loading...["Changes (comic story)"]) After leaving the Doctor, they met again when theTime Lord was in hiseighth incarnation. However, as Frobisher had taken ahumanoid form and was known as Bish, and the Doctor hadregenerated, neither recognised the other. (COMIC:Where Nobody Knows Your Name^[+]Loading...["Where Nobody Knows Your Name (comic story)"])

Another shapeshifter, theBrancheerianDecky Flamboon, was a companion of theEleventh Doctor. Like others of his species, he could turn into almost anything. (COMIC:Meteorite Meeting^[+]Loading...["Meteorite Meeting (comic story)"]) During theLast Great Time War, theDaleks laid waste to a Brancheerian colony onDonnahee's Moon, taking prisoners.A Brancheerian from the colony worked for the Daleks to protect their people, and was later captured byVeklin andSusan onFlorana. (AUDIO:The Uncertain Shore^[+]Loading...["The Uncertain Shore (audio story)"])

TheAubertides were shapeshifters which could assume the appearance of anything they ate. (PROSE:Human Nature^[+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])

Axons could take the form of golden humanoids, although their real form was that of creatures that seemed made up of many tentacles. (TV:The Claws of Axos^[+]Loading...["The Claws of Axos (TV story)"])

In thestoryPuss in Boots, the "clever cat"meta giant who couldchange himself into anything hechose. (PROSE:Inter-Galactic Cat^[+]Loading...["Inter-Galactic Cat (short story)"])

Necros returns to his usual form, having beendisguised as theFourth Doctor. (TV:Streets Doctor Who advertisement^[+]Loading...["Streets Doctor Who advertisement (TV story)"])

Necros was a shapeshifter who once briefly took the form of theFourth Doctor. (TV:Streets Doctor Who advertisement^[+]Loading...["Streets Doctor Who advertisement (TV story)"])

TheCarrionites could take the form of beautiful women or ugly hags, although their real form was more bird-like. (TV:The Shakespeare Code^[+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"])

TheGizou were shapeshifters which could change their size and shape through the use ofproteus particles found in their body. (COMIC:Agent Provocateur^[+]Loading...["Agent Provocateur (comic story)"])

TheGwanzulum took the form of individuals from other people's memories throughtelepathy, then fed on theirlife force. (COMIC:Planet of the Dead^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (comic story)"])

TheKymbra Chimeras were shapeshifters similar in abilities to the Whifferdill. (COMIC:Changes^[+]Loading...["Changes (comic story)"])

Multi-forms were shapeshifters which could change their shape by establishing apsychic link with another being and reading their minds though it took time to form the links, and when the form was assumed the other living being would collapse into a coma.

If a multi-form had to shapeshift with one form with another living creature, such as a dog, then it could become confused and the more complex life form could start to bark. This happened withPrisoner Zero who had problems taking on forms with more than one aspect, and the creature even lamented about it's problem. (TV:The Eleventh Hour^[+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])

Nostrovites were carnivorous shapeshifters. A number of them used their abilities to infiltrate thewedding ofGwen Cooper andRhys Williams in order to extract an unborn Nostrovite from Gwen's womb. (TV:Something Borrowed^[+]Loading...["Something Borrowed (TV story)"])

Zygons were shapeshifters which requiredbody-prints to assume another individual's form. It was necessary for them to activate their body-print regularly otherwise the pattern died and it couldn't be used again. (TV:Terror of the Zygons^[+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"],The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Members of theRutan Host could use ametamorphosis technique to shapeshift into other forms, but they needed to know the form very well, usually after careful study anddissection. OnFang Rock in the1900s, a Rutan killedBen Travers to learnhuman physiology, enabling it to later take the shape ofReuben. When it transformed between shapes, it would glow green and would either shrink and compress down to size or grow to take on a humanoid form. (TV:Horror of Fang Rock^[+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"])

Vespiforms could change into other species which were biologically compatible with the mimicked species. (TV:The Unicorn and the Wasp^[+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])

TheYend gained the ability to shapeshift after exposure toradiation from the rogue starMortain. However, they were unable to control their transformations or stay in one form for long periods. (PROSE:The Sons of the Crab^[+]Loading...["The Sons of the Crab (short story)"])

Another, rarely used term for shapeshifters was metamorph.Roz Forrester once shot and killed a metamorph which had taken her own form. (PROSE:The Also People^[+]Loading...["The Also People (novel)"])Bernice Summerfield guessed thatJason Kane was an empathic metamorph which had taken human form. (PROSE:Death and Diplomacy^[+]Loading...["Death and Diplomacy (novel)"]) AKA the Metamorph was an incarnation ofI.M. Foreman which constantly shifted forms. (PROSE:Interference - Book One^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)",""],Interference - Book Two^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"]) TheSixth Doctor once describedLampreys as "temporal metamorph[s]". (PROSE:Spiral Scratch^[+]Loading...["Spiral Scratch (novel)"])

River Song once dated a shapeshifter. She found them "tricky". (PROSE:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

Butler andSwarf were shapechangercriminals. They could only transform for short periods of time. (PROSE:The Pit^[+]Loading...["The Pit (novel)"])

Chuldurs could shapeshift, as demonstrated bya group of them at an event in1813. (TV:Rogue^[+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"])