Ood: Cultural Index

[@kulrigalestout]

Me when I saw the thumbnail: Punch it! Punch it! Burn it with fire! Me when I heard their story: Hug them! Hug them! Love them with cuddles!

[@spencersholden]

Same

[@amiscellaneoushuman3516]

"The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire" *names to run away from very fast*

[@fossforever512]

But it’s great and bountiful Sounds pretty good to me :)

[@MandalorV7]

@@fossforever512 besides first is the worst. Second is best.

[@XX-sp3tt]

I imagine the average person thought Ood were bioengineered in a lab, and thus were engineered to WANT to service others.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Well, that was how they were advertised to be by their slavers so I imagined the same thing too.

[@UGNAvalon]

That Mind-Flayer connection makes so much more sense after seeing what Ood Sigma did to that human in the end...

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

very cool connection

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

These guys almost remind me of vortigaunts from the Half Life games, with their telepathic abilities and preference for peace.

[@carterh8431]

Galunga

[@Jawmax]

Mindflayers look at the Ood. "Conquer a realm you damn hippies!"

[@johnnycampbell3422]

Nice.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Ood mind-f^ck reply: "We did. We were overthrown because of what you are now and that is why we became this. We are what we are because of all you are, did, and will do. You, all of you, as a species, especially your elder brain, are and forever will be too young and naive to understand you destroy you and thus set forth to make us this. There is no way to explain this better or simplify it more."

[@fireworksfactoryshow]

"A docile and trusting people"?! Can't fool me, thrall. I done know me a illithid when I sees one!

[@StefanKoran]

Didn't the Ilithid fleed from the future to the past and became evil?

[@richmcgee434]

@@StefanKoran One version of the lore says they fled from the fall of their future empire during the Gith revolt, who pursued them through time as well. Always evil as heck, though. What do expect from a species who's biologically required to eat sapient brains and parasitize other intelligent life to reproduce?

[@Mate397]

"Hippy Mind flayer" is a very accurate description

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

Hippy Dippy Mind Flayer. Love it.

[@HoboRoadshow7]

Given that the elder Ood’s forebrain appears to be significantly enlarged, do you think it’s a reasonable assumption that eventually an elder Ood becomes a giant Ood brain? Seems pretty unlikely than an independent species of creature would play such a big part in the Ood’s biology.

[@goldenhorde6944]

Such a lovely piece of worldbuilding, its really rare to find a truly "good" hivemind species in sci-fi, their society's mix of beauty and unfamiliarity really makes them perfect for a show like DrW

[@legacyoftheancientsC64c]

In my just-made-up head "canon" the Ood greet by shaking each other's brains.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Similar in my head. I imagined a "brain-bump"... a gentle tap of each other's external brains.

[@tommyfox854]

I personally always assumed they greeted others via a bow similar to what the Japanese does. But honestly, the idea that the Ood either shake each other's brains or gently tap each other's brains in a "brain-bump" is a helluva lot more deep and strangely cute. . . soo, yeah. =)

[@spluff5]

I wonder if the giant brain was once a regular sized Ood that underwent a metamorphosis

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Always trust a Ood

[@musicking9540]

yes, thank you for this!!

[@golgarisoul]

This one would be very pleased if Hanar are covered next, but a Tzenkethi cultural index is fine too.

[@MandalorV7]

“You big stupid purple jellyfish!” -Commander Shepard.

[@hoopsonwheels]

This one would love a video on the hanar

[@maxrander0101]

nothing needs to be said about the Big Stupid Jelly Fish

[@christopherg2347]

What about that one time they made a human into a Ood? He spit out his hindbrain and everything.

[@dannymaurice5543]

Weird but i guess in an alien way they don't percieve it as sinister, they are showing him 'mercy' by allowing him into into their song, kind of like a malicious payback for removing their hindbrain.

[@boobah5643]

@@dannymaurice5543 It's hard to say, really. The last thing we see of the guy is when he becomes aware of the transformation; he doesn't even hardly have to time to realize 'Oh no, this really happened' before he leaves frame and we never come back to him.

[@mittensfastpaw]

Honestly evolving on an ice world doesn't make sense to me. As it leaves the tiny brain open to be frozen? It was a very interesting race for the plot use but odd that it existed.

[@golgarisoul]

Its Doctor Who, it only has to make narrative sense for stuff to happen in that setting lol

[@AdamTehranchiYT]

Perhaps they evolved the second brain as a form of hand warmer? doesn't make much sense I agree

[@MCNarret]

@@AdamTehranchiYT or what if they run too hot, as in they are so efficient at generating heat, that they need to cool off one of two brains in order to maintain a livable internal temperature.

[@Lambda3141]

Love the Ood! Thanks for talking about our tentacle-y friends.

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Could you do a Cultural Index video on the Goa'uld Empire or maybe just the Jaffa from the Stargate franchise. Actually, videos of all of the major of Stargate like Asgard and the Ancients+Ori/Ascended beings would be cool.

[@Qardo]

Ah. The Ood the distance cousins of the Illithid (aka Mind Flayer). Much like the Ood. Illithids too have a central brain that controls all other Illithids and servant species. And an Illithid's duty is to feed it knowledge to the Great Brain and that knowledge is shared to others. And when I mean "feed" I do mean it. An Illithid dies in the process. So if an Illithid came across an Ood....well fuck. Ood are done. Game Over. No, reset. In truth, the Doctor should be scared if that happens. All that knowledge. They could travel through time.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Ood have thought it? A cultural index on these guys!

[@ayotzella885]

DAMNIT I made the mind flayer connection right before I started this video and now that you’ve pointed it out people will think I stole it from you lmao

[@VarangianGuard13]

Hippie Mind Flayers.. Well, there's a verbal critical hit.

[@WoolandFlax]

So excited for this one!!! Watching now!

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

The Ood are so weird from an evolutionary perspective. Like, why would they evolve this way?

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

@@Nick-Name-qf4nw Hey, hey, I'm asking a biology question. I think the Ood are neat, just... The brain in hand thing is weird.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

@@Nick-Name-qf4nw And I wanted to kill the joke! So we both win

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@hawkticus_history_corner You are under arrest killing the joke. Everything you say can and will be used against you. You make me sick, monster!

[@charleswake44]

Total stab in the dark guess here - they were created by a long-since disappeared species for some reason and then abandoned and left to fend for themselves, and over time the Ood lost the memories of this event, or the creators telepathically mind-wiped this memory.

[@Century_Chandra]

There's literally living flesh eating shadows, creatures that turn to stone when you look at them, shape-shifting lobster people, creatures that make you forget you ever saw them and sentient snow in the who universe, in that light the ood are quite normal

[@armadyleanarchon4754]

Well that "OOD"-a do it? Eh? eh?... I'll see myself out...

[@cyrusmorris9599]

As usual great retrospective, let’s do the Hannar

[@A.D.540]

I love ood their kindness is blessing

[@TheRealKaiProton]

Good ol'ood, possibly the only Alien in Dr Who that scared my Children when it was on TV. and at the Dr who exhibit in Manchester

[@zhoufang996]

I wonder if the Ood hindbrain was originally some kind of separate organism that adopted a symbiotic relationship with the main body.

[@Lightman0359]

I converted a Mind Flayer mini into an Ood. I'm working on collecting Sci-Fi/Fantasy tentacle heads. I also have some Quarrans from the Star Wars minis range.

[@camerongunn7906]

Passive space Illithids. Cool.

[@alexthehunted]

the master used the ood once and made them his clean up squad make of that what you will

[@RadChild13]

It seems to me that the ood are more directly inspired by lovecraft than dnds mindflayers...

[@thelegend_doggo1062]

A complete timeline of Earth and humanity in the Who universe would be great, cause when I’m watching the show, it all seems so confusing and inconsistent.

[@MichaelRainey]

It's all wibbly wobbly timey wimey.

[@Ry9022]

Hmm, I wonder if the Ood are an inspiration for the Parshendi in the Stormlight Archive.

[@jordanelings8351]

Hippy Mindflayers. Ha! I love that.

[@undrachvrsage]

Hanar (community tab isn't available on my app so I'm voting here)

[@harrypothead42024]

I love these guys

[@Corvus__]

LOL hippie mind flayer! That cracks me up.

[@Drp_br_]

Can you please do a video on the criminal timelord Morbius? Would love to have you talk about him!

[@brennons6373]

Wasn’t there a human who became ood, it’s been a while since I watched 10 doctor so I might be miss remeber, but how could that happen?

[@TheLastVoodooMan]

No mention of their ability to turn other species into Ood?

[@maximvandepoll3008]

Wait, wasn't the voting pretty much 50/50 for this one? Where are the Quarren?

[@Janoha17]

48% for Quarren, 52% for Ood.

[@kellypaws]

Interesting dudes, these Oods.

[@carlossabogal2970]

It is obvious that the Hanar are far from being the most developed mass effect race, because they are from the secondary races but they have their charm.

[@NeilBlumengarten]

Love an Ood!

[@NivekH420]

Know they aren’t a sci-fi race but would love to see a video on the DROW from forgotten realms

[@aaronluisdelacruz4212]

What about the Vultures from Gundam X.

[@thatrealba]

A nice perma-winter planet. Wish I could live on one.

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

You should do either the House or Beast at some point, i'd love to see your review of both. One is 'supposedly' satan, and the other is something that *eats* TARDISs

[@bkjbearcat78]

Have you done the Saiyan’s from Dragon Ball franchise?

[@BlackHoleForge]

How do we know the odd brain isn't just using them like the others?

[@PrinceAnakin]

Hi Rick can you please Cultural Index of K9?

[@plantguy9]

These things look like mind flayers from D&D.

[@uss_04]

What an ood video

[@girlyknight8817]

Hanar cause non humanoid extraterrestrial species, are fun too review ( in my option at least)

[@obsidian179]

Still holding out hope that the Cultural Index will branch out to include the races of the Stargate-verse, one day. 🙂

[@kornuithildr4129]

Clicked for Odo, got ood.

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

This was a bit of an Ood topic.

[@afngary]

At their height of being super intelligent, it must have still been very narrow. For example, with having a wider field of knowledge of various cultures, histories, and civil developments they would have know they would need some plans for defense. This alone would limit their docile and trusting outlook.

[@hanshawks5088]

Is Captain Boday a Ood

[@jamesporter7267]

Hanar have my vote.

[@mheermance]

So the humans flayed their minds.

[@BanthaBoi]

I love an Ood

[@jasonulysess3652]

Tzencethy.

[@Sparky8472a]

Hippy mind flayers!!

[@ceterfo]

Hippy mindflares. Yep that sums it up.

[@markvaughan5047]

I'm in the Ood!

[@StalxD]

New season has some big past of doctor lore

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Aside from “costume price”, are there any explanations for why a good deal of aliens are just straight up humans with weird faces or 1 non human trait?

[@Janoha17]

Rick already did a video on that.

[@MandalorV7]

Well some franchises have the whole life seeded idea. Basically there was a single humanoid race millions of years ago and they spread their DNA throughout the stars in some way.

[@jeckjeck3119]

Rassilon decided to be a b!tch again. That's why.

[@TheRunningLeopard]

@@MandalorV7 Yeah, that’s Star Trek’s particular reason.

[@davidioanhedges]

Tzenkethi

[@Gangerworld]

How about a "big, stupid jellyfish"!

[@jerrytuerke6950]

Sweet

[@LichDemonInc]

So they're like mind flayers, only not assholes.

[@ShadeMeadows]

That Hindbrain cannot be natural...

[@ericdunn360]

I think The Ood would be vulnerable to assimilation from The Borg, Or miniaturization from Brainiac.

[@The_Keeper]

I wonder if they'd be that vulnerable to the Borg. I mean, sure the Borg would assimilate a bunch of them, but they may be the telepathically strongest race out there. The Borg queen would be ousted almost immediately, and the Borg would become completely pacified.

[@ghostlypresence5362]

Wish they weren't so hideous, the fleshy mouth spaghetti is truly repulsive. Why you would want one of these around your house even as a servant is beyond me. It looks like raw flesh, you'd imagine it drips everywhere. Revolting

[@themadatheist1976]

Genetically modified square pigs from the movie Space Truckers.

[@alakani]

Ood mood

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

The ood remind me in some way of the great race of Yith, or just Yithians

[@themadatheist1976]

Hanar please!

[@Cliffdog01]

I vote for Hanar

[@haraldhimmel5687]

Clearly Hanar!

[@myths_and_Legend]

Pacifist Mindflayers... Now that's a topic.

[@sebbes333]

Vote: Hannar

[@zintosion]

what an odd species.

[@piotrskodowski7544]

Hippie mind flayersXd

[@magnoronisprime2577]

Hanar

[@gousmc1983]

Idk, but something seems a bit ood about this all 🤣

[@jasonskeans3327]

Hannar

[@nottelling7785]

cae pasa oods

[@SonarTheBat]

And external brain is such an evolutionary screw up.

[@djprojectus]

Oods are ruuds

[@hellishhybrid1839]

Hehehe, their name backwarks is doo.

[@smof1]

such a rip off of mindflayers

[@dylanthomas385]

Hannar