Leech

A leech (genus: hirudinea) was a worm-like animal which fed on blood. (AUDIO: )
Leeches were sometimes used for medicinal purposes. Sir Isaac Newton once refused an offer of help for one of his seizures, as he knew it would involve leeches. (AUDIO: ) In 1794 Paris, a physician claimed he needed to go collect some leeches to treat Susan's illness. (TV: ) When Barbara Wright offered Vicki some aspirin, Vicki compared taking the pills to sticking leeches on someone, as both treatments seemed medieval to her. (TV: ) On Arcadia, leeches were used to try to treat Elaine Delahaye's madness. (PROSE: )
In 1699 on the Fancy, a leech bit De Florres, causing the Siren to take him to her ship. (TV: )
In 1965, Alexander Lullington-Smythe was temporarily transformed into a leech by the Latter-Day Pantheon. (PROSE: )
Sarah Jane Smith was bitten by several leeches during a visit to Papua New Guinea. (PROSE: )
The Fourth Doctor called the Collector a blood-sucking leech. (TV: )
Mula compared Zanak to an enormous leech after the Fourth Doctor explained how it consumed other planets. (TV: )
The Eighth Doctor called Miraculite a leech. (AUDIO: )
The Process resembled a giant leech. (PROSE: )
Azoth created leech-like creatures and placed them in humans as part of his plan to destroy the Beast. (PROSE: )
Pelt was attacked by leeches on a planet in the Quadrille. (PROSE: )
The Eighth Doctor and Perfection encountered leeches on an island in the Divergent Universe. (AUDIO: )
Category:Earth invertebrates
Category:Species from the real world
Category:Parasitic species