Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-132.235.45.245-20151116140701/@comment-45.53.227.200-20151116162818

AzuraKnight wrote: They could both be inspired by a general fear of shadows and the dark, the damage in Apocrypha can be stopped with a light source but the Vashta Nerada won't (i don't thing anyway) as their only imitating a shadow. The Vashta Nerada can be held at bay with light, as seen when the Doctor forms a circle of lanterns to form a safe area, but in large enough numbers they can overpower the light