Slitheen: Inside the Skinsuit

Slitheen: In the Skinsuit
This article is closely linked with Slitheen: Unmasking, Compression and Skinsuits. Content could be similar, but this is from the 3 Doctor Who episodes. The aim of this article is to give a feel to how it is inside a skinsuit, with facts.

The Skinsuit
A Slitheen has 2 lives… literally. Think about it; a Slitheen could have as many lives as it wants with different skinsuits. But for its 2 main lives they are; in and outside of the skinsuit. When the Slitheen is inside the skinsuit: it has to act like a human in order for its plan to work. The Slitheen also needs to have a good level of knowledge on the human and human life. Out of the skinsuit, the Slitheen is free to do what it wants.

Inside of the Skinsuit
Physically, a Slitheen could not fit inside a skinsuit. It uses a device to shrink down inside of it. In a skinsuit, the Slitheen is much smaller and there is absolutely no spare space inside: causing farting and a lot of it. When the Slitheen unmasks, we can hear them groan and make squelchy noises while they stretch to full height. We can also see the Slitheen’s green skin is right against the skinsuit, also its eyes, mouth and noise are always squashed inside against the human face: the Slitheen have to put up with this when they are in disguise.

Outside of the Skinsuit
When the Slitheen is outside of it’s skinsuit, it is able to do what it likes. Of course there are more advantages outside as it has it’s massive claws, arms and a magnificent amount of strength. It is also a lot taller than humans. More advantages include: it can run a lot faster, move a lot more easily. (Walking around a lot in the skinsuit makes it fart.) As well as being able to hunt and kill.

Getting out of the Skinsuit – Unmasking
The Slitheen sews a zip onto the skinsuit, so it can actually get in and out of it. It is sewn on the forehead and enables it to unmask. The Slitheen, as we have mentioned is a lot smaller inside of the suit. When it unmasks, it is able to get to it’s full size. When it is unmasking, the parts of it still inside are shrunk down: what we see is at full size. The blue light is the pressure being released from the suit, but it also is showing that the Slitheen is being shrunk down or being brought back to it’s normal size when getting out of the suit.