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22. Vashta Nerada (Doctor Who Enemy) (22 points)
Nominated by: Inviso (0/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOE90ZSundc

Importance: 4
Fear: 9
Snake: 9

Vashta Nerada, literally translated "the shadows that melt the flesh", could strip humans bare to the bones in milliseconds. The Vashta Nerada continues a tradition of pure horrifying Doctor Who, like the Weeping Angels, enemies that could even potentially live on our world despite their fantastical nature. They represent our collective fears of the darkness, since swarms of the Nerada tend to hide out in shadows like their namesake suggests. I think what I found most fascinating about these wee buggers is that they're actually not that dangerous, and even live alone as one speck in a pile of dust. One of the most famous instances of the Vashta Nerada is in the episode, "Silence in the Library"; you might have even seen an image of a skeleton in a spacesuit just casually browsing online, which is how I first encountered the Nerada without even realizing it, as the Nerada stripped the flesh off that man's bones and proceeded to reanimate him. Despite me knowing how little danger this species poses and the situation in the library was an extremely rare occurrence, I still can't help but feel these guys have a ton of horror potential in them, and the possibility could always be there of a mass outbreak where every shadow simply crawls with them. Well either way, you may think twice of the shadow or dark closet you step in to next.

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Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds
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