The Alien Life Form that makes the top of my list is definitely the Catkind from when the Doctor goes to New New York. Why? They’re cats!
The Doctor has run into strange alien life form after strange alien, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one better than any of the others. Except for the Catkind. Why are they so awesome? They’re cats who tend to be in fields that require helping people. How funny is that?
Cats, the bread we know and keep as pets, are known for being temperamental and don’t like being around humans all times of the day. So making a creature based on the animal that is first really introduced to us as nurses? It’s genius!
Now I may be in the vast minority here in thinking they’re the best aliens around. I get that. But look at them!
Maybe it’s the make up that they give the catkind that make them literally look like walking cats or maybe it is just how they’re written, but I truly want to take one home and keep them as my pet. They probably wouldn’t like that but a girl can dream.
Just the design of them is amazing. There isn’t anything crazily different about them from any other kind of cat. They look the same, they just can walk and talk. It is like every cat owners dream! They’re cats can finally talk to them!
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So, this is why I think the catkind are the best aliens in the Doctor Who universe. And I’m aware of how much cooler the Weeping Angels are or Silurians but like they look like cats and can give you medicine. How cool is that?