Hugo Potter's Minutiae: Sci-Fi nemeses

Stargate Atlantis
The Wraiths are a hive based insectoid species which feed by sucking the life force from humans. They're skilled in martial arts.

Doctor Who
The master is a renegade Time Lord who coyly refers to himself as 'The Master of All Things'.

Dan Dare
The Mekon is the ruler of the Treens; his ultimate goal is to conquer earth.

Star Trek
The Klingons were the recruiting enemy in the original series. These aliens have an eight-chambered heard and 23 pairs of ribs.

Blak's 7
Foxy Sevalan was Supreme commander of the Terran Federation, but after a military coup she became President of the Federation

The Hood is still determined to steal International Rescue's super-advanced vehicles.

Battlestar Galactica
The Imperious Leader commands the Cyclons. These mental soldiers are referred to as 'toasters' by their human enemies

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