Type Shelled cephalopods First appearance Invasion of the Bane | Affiliated with Sontarans
Bane Mother | |
Home planet Unknown probably Bane world | ||
The Bane were a huge species of aliens. They worshipped the Bane Mother who was also their Queen. They were led by Mrs Wormwood.
Rivalry with Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith was investigating the Bubble Shock! Factory, a facility created by the Bane to take over the human race by using Bane in a drink called Bubble Shock!. They created an artificial human named the Archetype who was adopted by Sarah Jane Smith, and Sarah Jane and her sidekick Maria Jackson named him Luke Smith. Being defeated by Sarah Jane was ignominious to the alien race so Mrs Wormwood lived in exile. Sarah Jane needed The Brigadier's help to defeat the Bane again, although they were working closely with Commander Kaagh, an exiled Sontaran who first appeared in "The Last Sontaran", although he also supposedly was present before that in the Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky".