Ashark was a type of predatory cartilaginousfish. Sharks were native toEarth, though there were otherplanets which had creatures similar to sharks.

On Earth[[edit] |[edit source]]

InAtlantis, theSecond Doctor,Ben,Polly andJamie were nearly fed to sharks as asacrifice toAmdo. (TV:The Underwater Menace^[+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"])

Sharks were known to live in theAtlantic Ocean, as they were mentioned on theFancy byHenry Avery. (TV:The Curse of the Black Spot^[+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"])

DuringWorld War II,Alfred Beadle and his crewmates were eaten by sharks when aU-boat sank their ship. (PROSE:Nightshade^[+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

In the1970s, theAustralian branch ofUNIT discovered a fragment ofBrokk's spaceship in the belly of a shark. (PROSE:The Eye of the Giant^[+]Loading...["The Eye of the Giant (novel)"])

Sam Jones was afraid of sharks after watching the filmJaws 2. (PROSE:The Taint^[+]Loading...["The Taint (novel)"])

In2065,Titan deployed multiple sharks to attackTroy Tempest. (COMIC:The Atlanta Kidnap Affair^[+]Loading...["The Atlanta Kidnap Affair (comic story)"])

In the40th century, sharks were among the sea creaturesmutated to giant size by an unexplodedH-bomb lost off the coast ofSpain two thousand years earlier.Pete Nesbit andHal of theMarine Rescue Brigade discovered, and were nearly eaten by, two of the sharks, but were inadvertently saved by a group of giantswordfish. (COMIC:The Sea Monsters^[+]Loading...["The Sea Monsters (comic story)"])

Elsewhere[[edit] |[edit source]]

On anEarth-like planet, theFirst Doctor,John andGillian helped a race of intelligentfrogs catch a shark which was trying to eat them. (COMIC:Shark Bait^[+]Loading...["Shark Bait (TVC comic story)"])

A shark-like species was native to theplanetPhijax III and co-existed with theSqueeth. In theyear9000AD they were defeated by theDaleks who conquered the planet. (PROSE:The Battle for Phijax III^[+]Loading...["The Battle for Phijax III (short story)"])

TheEmpetnik were a shark-like species native to the planetSenkus Sha. (PROSE:Prehistoric Peril^[+]Loading...["Prehistoric Peril (short story)"])

Strax came to befriend atime-travelling shark which he named theTime Shark. (COMIC:The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark^[+]Loading...["The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark (comic story)"])

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Hobo Kostinen wore aface mask that had a shark face design during theCOVID-19 pandemic. (PROSE:8.46^[+]Loading...["8.46 (short story)"])