{"id":373,"date":"2008-03-18T21:58:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2008-03-19T07:14:42","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T18:14:42","slug":"monster-mash-round-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=373","title":{"rendered":"Monster Mash: Round Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greetings, ladies and gentlemen to this, Round Three of our inaugural Monster Mash, and the first encounter between the winners of our first two rounds!<\/p>\n

We’re seated here in the Death Zone on Gallifrey, a mosaic landscape of wildly varying terrain and climates to determine the answer to that most enduring of questions: Which Doctor Who Monster could beat all the others up before breakfast?<\/p>\n

Winners are decided by YOU through the etheric medium of the feedback form below, with ties to be adjudicated by our glamorous assistant, the utterly lovely Jonovoratrelundar. Sixteen teams will be slugging it out today, to become eight a week from today, and then four, and then two, and then. Well, the Spice Girls put it best.<\/p>\n

But to a different set of monsters – let’s meet our teams!<\/p>\n

Here are the Winners of Rounds One and Two:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Hidden Valley
\nTeams:<\/strong> Ice Warriors versus Sycorax
\nIt’s the Martian face off! The Ice
\nWarriors are led by their Marshall Ozorr and his sacred broadsword. Can the Sycorax whip up some blood magic to secure the win?
\nInitiative goes to: Sycorax<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Savannah
\nTeams:<\/strong> Refusians versus Cheetah People
\nTwo teams play a game of cat and mouse in the tall grasses of the savannah. The Refusians remain invisible – but on foot the Cheetah People are also camouflaged – and their speed and senses are legendary! Initiative goes to: Refusians<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Abandoned Village
\nTeams:<\/strong> Sontarans versus Draconians
\nTwo cultures bred in the art of war, rigid
\ndiscipline and the noble tradition of self sacrifice. The Draconians tower over their opponents, but will the squat Sontaran troopers prove the sturdier foe?
\nInitiative goes to: Draconians<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Coral Island
\nTeams:<\/strong> Menoptra versus Sea Devils
\nHas there ever been such a mis-matched meeting? Once again the Menoptra have the advantage of swift flight, while the Sea Devils can bide their time under the waves of the Inland Sea. This could be a long game – who will survive? Initiative goes to: Sea Devils<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Pines
\nTeams:<\/strong> Rutans versus The Racnoss
\nOnly the ghostly trees of this arena bear witness to the struggle between the swift children of the Racnoss and the crackling Rutan Host. Will the Rutans’ morphing talents be enough to see them through to the Semis? Initiative goes to: Racnoss<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Location:<\/strong> Spaceship Graveyard
\nTeams:<\/strong> Tractators versus Toclafane
\nAmong the rusting and irradiated hulks of a hundred ill-fated space vessels two races from Earth’s end itself stalk each other. Will the insane Toclafane outwit the slow and calculating Gravis – or do the gravity-controlling Tractators have a whole junkyard as their arsenal? Initiative goes to: Tractators<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> The Hothouse
\nTeams:<\/strong> Axons versus Krynoids
\nThe stifling and misty hothouse is thick with the tendrils of a forest of alien flora, and its heat is a magnet for the energy vampires of Axos. Which team will outdo their foe – and will they be able to tell each other apart?
\nInitiative goes to: Axons<\/strong><\/p>\n


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\nLocation:<\/strong> The Swamp
\nTeams:<\/strong> Mutts versus Ogrons
\nNeither team will have the advantage of swift movement in this most treacherous of boggy fens. The air drones with buzzing insects, while underfoot foul waters gather. The Ogrons come bearing arms – but who is at the greater disadvantage in these conditions?
\nInitiative goes to: Mutts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let the Voting Resume!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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