Scongo

Scongo, as seen in 'The Bongoless Scongo'

**Scongo** is the greatest villain to ever grace Doctor Who. He is the most perfect written antagonist starring in the older episodes of the show.

## Biography

Scongo is the secret lover of the villainous Time Lord only known as "The Wibbler". He is also a supposed mirror image of The Doctor, and went on to become his arch-nemesis after several recurring appearances throughout the 1960's in both the show and the TV Comic strips. Scongo is also incredibly intelligent, and uses Hyper Supersonic Bongos against his enemies or for technical purposes.

He is also known for having a variety of bases or secret headquarters. In an encounter with The Third Doctor, Scongo built Scongoland, a theme park that briefly served as his secret headquarters. He subsequently destroyed the park to commit tax fraud as well as attempt to kill his old nemesis, but failed to do both. He has also been responsible for the creation of Las Scongo, a city where he served as Mayor, and conquering Mongolia, which he subsequently renamed Scongolia and made himself king. His best-known base is the Scongosphere, an enormous dome that served as his own personal planet. Scongo was also responsible for the creation of the Scongles, a race of tiny mutant clones of himself that first appeared in 'Birth of the Scongles' and have served as recurring villains throughout the series.

With the revival of 'Doctor Who' in 2005, Scongo would not appear properly until 2013, having been relegated to cameos. He would make more frequent appearances starting in 2015, and is planned to appear in Series 13. The character has also made many appearances in various audio plays by Big Finish Productions since 2000, including his own spin-offs 'Scongo's War' and 'Tales From The Scongosphere'. A series of spin-off books about the character's adventures prior to meeting The Doctor in 'The Wibbler' by Candy Jar Books has been published since 2017. Titan Comics began a monthly Scongo series in 2018, which concluded in early 2020 and was replaced by 'Scongo and The Wibbler', another monthly series featuring the character.

## Iconic Moments

**'The Empire of Scongopolis'** - After taking over Earth and renaming it 'Scongopolis' , Scongo reigns supreme, again, and holds all the power in the world. In Part 5, the Doctor and Scongo finally reunite. In this scene, the Doctor warns Scongo to leave the planet, and never return, but Scongo doesn't listen, resulting in the greatest villain being banished into the void, and peace being restored to Earth. However, the iconic moment in this episode is Scongo's final words before entering the void. These words being; 'Everything you think you know, is a lie....

**'The Bongos of Scongo'** - The whole episode is an 'iconic moment'. Most fans argue it to be the best Scongo story ever made, and if you've seen this story, you'll understand why. If you haven't (fake fan by the way), watch this story now. This is quintessential Scongo.

**'The Dessert of Scongo'** - The Ambrosia Rice Pudding Heists have been carried out, and it is revealed Scongo is behind these events. The Ambrosia Rice Pudding is being used to fuel the ultimate weapon - new and improved Bongos, which are more powerful than ever before. After an iconic conversation between the Doctor and Scongo, the best villain decides to use the weapon...and the credits roll.

## Appearances on Doctor Who

### First Doctor

* *An Unearthly Child (cameo)*
* *The Wibbler (first appearance)*
* *The Return of Scongo*
* *The Revenge of Scongo*
* *Scongo Strikes Back*
* *The Attack of Scongo*
* *The Tenth Planet*

### Second Doctor

* *The* *Terror of Scongo*
* *Scongo in Space*
* *The Resurrection of the Wibbler*
* T*he Menace of Scongo*
* *Scourge of Scongo*
* *The Mutation of the Skengle*
* *The Horror of Scongo*
* *The Thiccness of Scongo*
* *The Fear of Scongo*

### Third Doctor

* *The Scongo Experiment*
* *The Scongo Conundrum*
* *The Trial of Scongo*
* *The Rise of Scongo*
* *The Bongos of Scongo*
* *The Cabbages of Scongo*
* *Uno Dos Tres Scongo*
* *The Merging of Scongo*
* *Scongoland*
* *The Scongo Solution*

### Fourth Doctor

* *The Power of Scongo*
* *The Vengeance of Scongo*
* *The City of Scongo*
* *The Kingdom of Scongo*
* *The Death of the Wibbler*
* *The Waifu of Scongo*
* *The Mocha of Scongo*
* *The Reign of Scongo*
* *The Invasion of Scongo*
* *The Ascension of Scongo*
* *The Demise of Scongo*
* *The Revival of Scongo*
* *The Last Sacrifice of the Wibbler*
* *The Noshing of Scongo*
* *The Loss of Scongo*
* *The Dinner of Scongo*
* *Scongopolis (unproduced, replaced with Logopolis)*

### Fifth Doctor

* *The Impostor*
* *Black Orchid*
* *The Son of Scongo*
* *Doctor Who and the Five Scongo's*
* *The Children of Scongo*
* *Scongo in the Congo*
* *Flight Into Scongolia*
* *Birth of the Scongles*
* *The Retribution of Scongo*

### Sixth Doctor

* *Scongosphere*
* *The Retention of Scongo*

* *A Fix With Scongo and Sontarans (Jim'll Fix It special, all tapes destroyed)*
* *The Scongle Gambit*
* *Retaliation of the Scongles (unreleased)*

### Seventh Doctor

* *The Dessert of Scongo*
* *The Legend of Scongo*
* *The Purity of Scongo*
* *The Empire of Scongopolis*
* *The Bongoes of Nerethar*
* *Survival*
* *Rongo Scongo* (never produced due to cancellation)

### Fugitive Doctor

* *The Fugitive of Scongo*
* *The Sweetie Daughter of Scongo (all tapes destroyed, later re-edited into a pornographic film featuring Fietsopa)*
* *The Island of Scongo*
* *The Continent of Scongo*
* *The Baguette of Scongo*
* *The Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Scongo*
* *The Danger of Scongo*
* *The Takeaway of Scongo*
* *The Vaccination of Scongo*
* *The Beatbox of Scongo*
* *Scongo Visits Relatives in Annapolis, Maryland*
* *The Cock and Ball Torture of Scongo*
* *The Pet of Scongo*
* *The Scongo Trading Card Game*
* *The Sad Story of Scongo*
* *The Death of Scongo*
* *The Rebirth of Scongo*

### Tenth Doctor

* *Blink (cameo)*
* *Coming of the Forcekin (cameo)*

### Eleventh Doctor

* *The Name of The Doctor (cameo)*
* *The Day of The Doctor*
* *The Time of The Doctor (cameo)*

### Twelfth Doctor

* *Hell Bent*
* *The Return of Scongo*
* *World Enough and Time*
* *The Doctor Falls*
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### Thirteenth Doctor

* *Scongo and the Benni Man*
* *Scongofall Part 1 (cameo)*
* *Scongofall Part 2 (cameo)*
* *Scongofall Part 3 (cameo)*
* *Scongofall Part 4 (cameo)*
* *Scongofall Part 5 (cameo)*
* *Scongofall Part 6*
* *The Bongoless Scongo*
* *The Timeless Scongo*
* *Prostitution of the Daleks*

### Doctorless/He Is The Doctor/Adaptations

* *Planet of the Scongo (1969 spin-off film)*
* *Doctor Who and the Bongos of Scongo (1976 film adaptation)*
* *30 Years of Scongo on the Bongos (1994 documentary)*

* *Real G Like Scongo (1995 Christmas special)*
* *I was a Teenage Continuity Paradox: The Scongo Story (1998 documentary)*

* *Scongo vs the Wibbler: Dawn of Justice (2003 Christmas special)*
* *Scongo: Spacealanche (2017 film, unproduced)*

### Big Finish

**Main Range**

* *Scongo*
* *The Malteasers of Scongo*
* *The Epicness of Scongo*
* *The Puzzle of Scongo*
* *Seasons of Scongo*
* *The Time of Scongo*
* *The Renaissance of Scongo*
* *The Brotherhood of Scongo*
* *The Year of the Scongoes*
* *Disco of the Scongles*
* *The Order of Scongo*
* *The Fetish of the Wibbler*
* *The Flowers of Scongo*
* *Rebirth of the Scongles*
* *Scongle Sauce*
* *The Daughter of Scongo*
* *Estrogen of the Wibbler*
* *Scongles Among Us*
* *The Inversion of Scongo*
* *The Bounty of Scongo*
* *Last of the Scongles*
* *The Age of Scongo*
* *Scongo Moleman Presents: Scongo Getting Hit by Football*
* Scongo's day out

**Scongo's War**

* *Bongomania*
* *Epic Scongle Moment*
* *The Wibbler's Affair*
* *Endless Destruction*

**Tales From The Scongosphere**

* *Can We Fix It?*
* *President Scongo*
* *Smokey The Cyberman*
* *The Revenge of the Doctor*
* *The Scongle Cafe*
* *Doncastersphere*
* *Bongo Concert*
* *Scongosynthesis*

### Novels

#### Virgin New Adventures

* *The Oatmeal of Scongo*
* *The High IQ of Scongo*

#### Virgin Missing Adventures

* *The Slave of Scongo*

* *Scongo vs the Universe*

Eighth Doctor Adventures

* *There Are Worse Things Than Bongos*
* *The Ancestor Cell* (cameo)

#### Scongo Tales

* *Scongo and the Salad Man*
* *Scongo and the Noshing Off Conundrum*
* *Scongo and the Prostate Examination*
* *Scongo and the Worst Villain*
* *Scongo and the Dildonian Invasion*
* *Scongo and the Awkward Family Reunion*
* *Scongo and the Gobbler's Knob*
* *Scongo and the Keeper of Eggs*
* *Scongo and the Pope's Black Latex Dildo*
* *Scongo and the Lamp Oil, Ropes and Bombs Salesman*
* *Scongo and the Top Gear Producer Punching Predicament*
* *Scongo the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles Deluxe feat. Dante from the Devil May Cry Series with New Funky Mode*

#### Miscellaneous

* *The Secret History of Scongo: His Lives, His Loves (1999 charity anthology)*

## Behind the scenes

   Scongo was created by writer Merrance Naisfield in 1964 after then producer Verity Lambert asked Naisfield to create a villain that was simultaneously "sympathetic, menacing, confusing, and eminently forgettable". Naisfield wrote most of the character's appearances until retiring from writing in 1973. After his subsequent. and still unresolved, disappearance in 1980, Naisfield's estate took over the management of Scongo, and became increasingly uncooperative. Scongo's appearance in Black Orchid was almost his last for five years, as the Naisfield estate refused to allow the character to appear. This notably led to Scongo being cut from The Five Doctors (he played a major role in early drafts, performing much of the role that was eventually given to the Master, and all that remains in the televised version is a passing mention) and Scongo's removal from the Target novelisation of Black Orchid. The dispute was eventually resolved in time for Scongo's reappearance in 'The Son of Scongo'

Scongo was almost replaced by Scongle, after 'Children of Scongo', a 6-part Davison serial which saw Scongo make multiple clones of himself. However, in 1984, 51% voted for Scongo to remain in the show, and for Scongle to be written out. In a recent documentary, Davison says 'Scongle is the best villain, if ever I knew who that was', which is a clever and subtle reference to the final act of 'The Retribution of Scongo', in which The Doctor has all of him memories of Scongle erased by Scongo, so that he can remain as the best villain. However, Scongle would go on to inspire the creation of the Scongles, regarded as fans as the second best villains in the show's history.

It was believed that Scongo has been played by many actors over the years, the supposed best interpretation being by Barry Elliot. However, as Scongo looks the same in all of his appearances it is almost impossible to tell exactly who these actors are. One report claims that the actor was actually in the Witness Protection Program in 1959. And so when he was hired to play Scongo, the actor simply asked to be credited by his character’s name. By the time Scongosphere aired, he was able to leave the program, but couldn’t remember his real name, since he had been referred to as Scongo for twenty or so years. So he simply took that on as his name. No records of his real name or age are believed to exist.

Yes I went through every single Scongo meme I could find to list EVERY named episode that have been made into memes. No I don't have a life.

## Trivia

* Scongo is fond of orangutans, and regularly hires them as henchmen
* Scongo twice mentioned having a villain in a township Lake Como.