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'''K'anpo Rimpoche''' was a [[Buddhist]] honorific title used by [[K'anpo]] and [[Cho-Je]], two incarnations of a [[Time Lord]] who left [[Gallifrey]] and lived as [[abbot]] of a [[meditation]] centre on late [[20th century]] [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') According to some accounts, other titles used by this Time Lord included [[the Hermit|"the Hermit"]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', et al.) and [[Ansillon]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Time Lords (audio story)|Blood of the Time Lords]]'')
|alias = {{il|The Hermit|Cho Je}}
|species = Time Lord
|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
|first mention = The Time Monster (TV story)
|first = Planet of the Spiders (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]''}}
|actor = George Cormack
|other actor = Kevin Lindsay
|clip = Memories of Gallifrey - The Time Monster - Doctor Who - BBC
|clip2 = Third Doctor regenerates - Jon Pertwee to Tom Baker - BBC
}}'''K'anpo Rimpoche''', usually called '''the Hermit''', was a [[Time Lord]] who forsook [[Gallifrey]]an society to live as a [[Buddhist]] [[abbot]] on late [[20th century]] [[Earth]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Life on Gallifrey ===
[[File:Cho Je Planet of the Spiders.jpg|right|thumb|Cho-Je, the future K'anpo Rimpoche, as a mental projection. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')]]
The Time Lord later known as K'anpo Rimpoche was a member of a [[Gallifreyan]] [[Religion|religious]] order which had fallen into decline by the time [[the Doctor]] was young. (The [[High Council]] had disestablished the monasteries at some point during or shortly after the reign of [[Rassilon]].) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference]]'')
The Third Doctor met [[K'anpo]] as the abbot of a Buddhist meditation centre in [[England]] with his assistant [[Cho-Je]]. Unbeknownst to the Doctor and his companion at the time, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], Cho-Je and K'anpo were one and the same. Cho-Je only existed either as a future projection of K'anpo Rimpoche or a creation of his mind, which K'anpo used as a proxy while he hid from the [[Eight Legs]]. This did not deter the Eight Legs for long.


As a youth, the [[First Doctor]] knew K'anpo Rimpoche as the Hermit, a wise Time Lord who lived on the side of a [[Mount Lung|mountain]] behind the [[House of Lungbarrow|house]] where the Doctor lived as a young boy, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') near the [[Prydonian Academy]] where he studied at the time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
[[File:Kam'po Regeneration.jpg|left|thumb|K'anpo regenerates. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')]]
When K'anpo was struck down by the Eight Legs possessing his own meditation students as human hosts, Cho-Je faded into nothingness and then re-appeared, taking K'anpo's place and title as K'anpo Rimpoche. He had [[Regeneration|regenerated]].


The Hermit told stories to the young [[Gallifreyan]]s, like the Doctor, about [[Great Vampire|vampire]] swarms ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') and the legions of the [[Sphinx of Thule|Sphinx]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') He taught the Doctor [[transmigration]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'')
After the Doctor's confrontation with [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|the Great One]] in her cave, he began to die from the [[radiation]] there. Once the Doctor had returned in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to [[UNIT HQ]], Cho-Je [[teleport]]ed to him to give the Doctor "a little push", enabling [[Third Doctor's regeneration|his regeneration]] into [[Fourth Doctor|a new incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
 
The Hermit was, as the [[Third Doctor]] later said, his {{w|guru}}. In the time of the Doctor's greatest despair, he showed him hope in a simple yellow flower ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') called a [[sarlain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
 
Once the Hermit told the Doctor to fast for three days and three nights to make supplications to the [[Menti Celesti]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') Towards the end of the Doctor's [[First Doctor|first life]], K'anpo helped him prepare for his upcoming [[regeneration]] by telling him the story of [[Penultimate Evil]] and returning to him his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'')
 
=== Life on Earth ===
[[File:Cho Je Planet of the Spiders.jpg|right|thumb|Cho Je, a mental projection and future appearance of K'anpo Rimpoche. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')]]
The [[Third Doctor]] next met him as the abbot of a Buddhist meditation centre in [[England]] with his assistant Cho Je. Unbeknownst to the Doctor and his companion at the time, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], Cho Je and K'anpo Rimpoche were one and the same. Cho Je only existed either as a future projection of K'anpo Rimpoche or a creation of his mind, which Rimpoche used as a proxy while he hid from the [[Eight Legs]]. This did not deter the Eight Legs for long.
[[File:Kam'po Regeneration.jpg|left|thumb|K'anpo Rimpoche regenerates. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')]]
When K'anpo was struck down by the Eight Legs possessing his own meditation students as human hosts, Cho Je faded into nothingness and then re-appeared, taking the place of K'anpo Rimpoche. He had [[Regeneration|regenerated]].
 
After the Doctor's confrontation with [[The Great One (Planet of the Spiders)|the Great One]] in her cave, he began to die from the [[radiation]] there. Once the Doctor had returned in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to [[UNIT HQ]], K'anpo Rimpoche [[teleport]]ed to him to give the Doctor "a little push" enabling him regenerate into [[Fourth Doctor|his next incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
 
=== Death ===
At the time of his death, K'anpo Rimpoche was visited by the [[Sixth Doctor]], who bid him thanks and farewell. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Gone Too Soon]]'')


== Abilities ==
== Abilities ==
K'anpo Rimpoche had several abilities that other Time Lords did not. He was able to create a "mental projection" of his next incarnation that was able to move and talk independently of K'anpo himself. When K'anpo was injured, he regenerated into the mental projection, "Cho Je". He was also capable of teleporting himself and others from one place to another.
The K'anpo Rimpoche had several abilities not seen in other Time Lords. K'anpo was able to create a "mental projection" of his mind that was able to move and talk independently. When K'anpo was injured, he regenerated into this projection, Cho-Je. He was also capable of teleporting himself and others from one place to another.


K'anpo displayed another unexplained skill in being able to "assist" in the Doctor's regeneration from the third incarnation to the fourth. By simply pointing both hands towards the pre-regeneration Doctor, he was able to speed the Doctor's regeneration considerably. It is possible that this was achieved though an unseen transfer of regenerative energy from K'anpo to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
K'anpo also "assist[ed]" in the Doctor's regeneration from the third incarnation to the fourth. By simply pointing both hands towards the pre-regeneration Doctor, he was able to speed the [[Third Doctor's regeneration]] considerably. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* {{w|Rimpoche}} or {{w|Rinpoche}} is a title given to Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leaders, in particular to those who are believed to be reincarnated lamas.
* {{w|Rimpoche}} is a title given to [[Tibet]]an Buddhist spiritual leaders, in particular those who are believed to be reincarnated lamas. Some of these titles, such as the {{w|Dzogchen Rinpoche}}, are passed down through [[reincarnation]], which ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'' sought to parallel with [[regeneration]].
* The [[Third Doctor]] mentions the hermit to [[Jo Grant]] in ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''. He does not give his Gallifreyan name.
* K'anpo Rimpoche may have been the Time Lord known only as the [[hermit (The Taking of Planet 5)|hermit]] from ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]''. At the end of that story, he relocated to Earth, and in ''The Time Monster'' K'anpo Rimpoche was known only as "the Hermit".
* Cho Je seems to have a similar function to a [[The Watcher (Logopolis)|Watcher]] merging with its Time Lord.
* While [[George Cormack]] appeared as K'anpo Rimpoche as a {{w|Caucasian}}, as Cho Je, [[Kevin Lindsay]] wore makeup and adopted a faint accent to portray him as apparently [[Tibet]]an. As the new regeneration of K'anpo Rimpoche, Kevin Lindsay continued to wear the makeup and employ the accent. This is one of the few times a Time Lord is shown to change ethnicity upon regeneration.
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 13 April 2023

K'anpo Rimpoche was a Buddhist honorific title used by K'anpo and Cho-Je, two incarnations of a Time Lord who left Gallifrey and lived as abbot of a meditation centre on late 20th century Earth. (TV: Planet of the Spiders) According to some accounts, other titles used by this Time Lord included "the Hermit" (TV: The Time Monster, et al.) and Ansillon. (AUDIO: Blood of the Time Lords)

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cho-Je, the future K'anpo Rimpoche, as a mental projection. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

The Third Doctor met K'anpo as the abbot of a Buddhist meditation centre in England with his assistant Cho-Je. Unbeknownst to the Doctor and his companion at the time, Sarah Jane Smith, Cho-Je and K'anpo were one and the same. Cho-Je only existed either as a future projection of K'anpo Rimpoche or a creation of his mind, which K'anpo used as a proxy while he hid from the Eight Legs. This did not deter the Eight Legs for long.

K'anpo regenerates. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

When K'anpo was struck down by the Eight Legs possessing his own meditation students as human hosts, Cho-Je faded into nothingness and then re-appeared, taking K'anpo's place and title as K'anpo Rimpoche. He had regenerated.

After the Doctor's confrontation with the Great One in her cave, he began to die from the radiation there. Once the Doctor had returned in the TARDIS to UNIT HQ, Cho-Je teleported to him to give the Doctor "a little push", enabling his regeneration into a new incarnation. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

Abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The K'anpo Rimpoche had several abilities not seen in other Time Lords. K'anpo was able to create a "mental projection" of his mind that was able to move and talk independently. When K'anpo was injured, he regenerated into this projection, Cho-Je. He was also capable of teleporting himself and others from one place to another.

K'anpo also "assist[ed]" in the Doctor's regeneration from the third incarnation to the fourth. By simply pointing both hands towards the pre-regeneration Doctor, he was able to speed the Third Doctor's regeneration considerably. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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