Saturday, 18 April 2009
Who on Earth is Beep the Meep?
Beep the Meep is one of the most evil characters ever to face The Doctor, though some believe he never has! The reason for this confusion is that the character has never been seen on television, he originated in the Doctor Who comic strips before appearing in a Big Finish audio. So who is Beep the Meep? Many years ago the Meeps were a friendly, happy race living on their planet, rather like Smurfs ironically. However a Black Sun came too close and the radiation warped their minds - turning them into evil creatures who enjoyed all forms of torture, pain and misery. Their deceptively cute features, and the way in which they can manipulate emotions, is their greatest strength. They can also use Black Star radiation both to hypnotise people and power their ships. Beep carries an energy pistol with him in a hidden pouch at all times. Having become evil they spread out from planet to planet coming up with disgusting ways to kill all their enemies. Leading the plan was ‘The Great High Beep’, also known as ‘The Most High’. Eventually the Star Council reluctantly agreed to the use of the Wrath Warriors, genetically engineered law enforcers, to wage war on the Meeps and wipe them out. At the final Battle of Varras the Meeps were destroyed, but one survived. Their evil leader Beep! His ship crashed down onto Earth where he enlisted the help of two young adults, Sharon and Fudge, to keep him safe. The Doctor also joined forces and helped Beep. Eventually he discovered the truth and fought against Beep, who was then captured. Later, however, he was released from prison. The Doctor foiled his next plan too though, trapping him in a children’s film entitled ‘For the Love of Lassie’. Having escaped from that (by tricking a girl into letting him out before killing her brutally) he travelled to 1979 in a parallel world and took control of the BBC Television Centre, planning to transmit Black Star Radiation and make everyone as evil as he was. However he believed the actor Tom Baker was his nemesis The Doctor, giving the real Eight Doctor the time to stop him. He then tried a similar scheme by controlling a TV company to get ratings up before transmitting Black Star Radiation whilst showing ‘Beep and Friends’ – a children’s TV show with a nasty twist, it made everyone to be as evil as Beep. This time the 6th Doctor foiled his plan and he was arrested again. He came up against the Seventh Doctor once, attacking him in a bar, but he only succeeded in starting a bar fight. What makes Beep so unique is that he knows he is evil and the fact that his looks are so different from his personality.
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