Doctor Who fans loved new monster Pting and want one for Christmas

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Pting isn’t a malicious creature, it turned out, but with toxic skin and a penchant for eating anything inorganic (like a spaceship, for instance) it could easily kill you. However, that didn’t stop viewers falling for its ugly-cuteness – and immediately adding it to their Christmas gift lists.

https://twitter.com/queerlannister/status/1059173255955824640

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https://twitter.com/MandipGill/status/1059172660859625472

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Fans also spotted similarities between Pting and some other Doctor Who monsters – basically, they thought it looked like the love child of series one’s Raxacoricofallapatorian family the Slitheen and series four’s the Adipose…

https://twitter.com/karensmyidol/status/1059173174171066368

https://twitter.com/TheWomenOfWho/status/1059173869892845569

https://twitter.com/iPoke_iDraw/status/1059181239264051200

We look forward to hearing the story of how those two got together in future episodes...

Doctor Who continues on BBC1 on Sunday

This article was originally published on 5 November 2018