The Remnants

On the planet Desolation, the Remnants were created in a lab. Scientists were tortured until they created such horrors.

Fact title	Fact data
Species:	The Remnants
Home Planet	Desolation
Monstrous Trait:	Can squeeze you to death
Scary Fact	dormant until midnight
First Appearance:	The Ghost Monument

"The Remnants that lay in wait to ambush us."

The Remnants looked like a harmless pile of rags that lay dormant until night time, where they lay in wait to ambush the Doctor and her friends.
They are made from a high-density polyfibre, can sense fear and blood and will squeeze you to death – like a Boa Constrictor.
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