The Lakertyans are a primitive humanoid species recognizable by their greenish skin, reptilian scales and a skull crest which is usually hidden below a long mane of blonde hair.
At some point in history, their planet was invaded by the evil Time Lord known as the Rani and her servant Tetraps; who enslaved the Lakertyan population. The Rani managed to bring together the brightest minds in the galaxy and use them to power a Time Brain in order to calculate a lightweight substance capable of annulling strange matter. The obliteration of a passing asteroid made of strange matter would be then used to create a layer of chronons and convert the entire planet of Lakertya into a time manipulator device; eradicating the Lakertyans and the Tetraps in the process. Luckily for them, this plan was foiled by the Doctor in his newly regenerated seventh incarnation; and the Tetraps left the planet taking their ex-master as a prisoner. The Lakertyans were thus left free to establish their own civilization
Appearances
- Doctor Who, season 24 (seventh Doctor): "Time and the Rani"