Que'qa

Que'qa is the primary villain in The God of Destruction, voiced by Alex Wilson.

Biography
Que'qa infiltrated a Mayan temple in the year 1296, and began executing his plan of world domination. However, he was foiled by The Doctor, who arrived by accident at the same time, and fled to 2012, where he intended to destroy the Earth. Once again, though, he was defeated by the Doctor, who sent his spaceship to deep space to explode, killing him, although he did kill Charlie, the Timelord's faithful companion.

Que'qa's origins and history before The God of Destruction are currently unknown.

Features and Traits
Que'qa is a skeletal creature with wings. He is able to wound, torture or kill his enemies using various form of lasers ranging from a direct laser "bullet" to a burst of light for torturing. His wings allow him to fly, although he usually flies a spaceship and fires lasers using a computer controlled gun at the base of his ship.

His primary goal in life is to take over the world for its resources, to do which he must fulfil his next priority - to destroy The Doctor.

Behind the Scenes
Que'qa was created as a CGI model by Ben Harrison based on a previous base skeleton. The design was heavily modified for Que'qa's appearance, including a visible glowing, pulsing brain and red wings. The creature was created on Blender. Initially the alien would talk by moving its mouth (to be controlled using MoCap), but due to time constraints the mouth was made to light up in sync with the dialogue.

The voice of Que'qa was provided by writer Alex Wilson and effects were added to it on Audacity.

The lasers fired by Que'qa were created using LSMaker by Alex Wilson. In the scene in The God of Destruction where Que'qa tortures Charlie, red and white stage lights were used to light up the set and acheive a basic version of the effect.

Towards the end of the film, Que'qa's spaceship is seen exploding in space. The effect was acheived on Blender and Avid Studio, with particle systems and smoke simulators to create fire, sparks, smoke and the collapsing ship on Blender, and Knoll Lights and blur effects added on Avid Studio.