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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Drax had already escaped from Gallifrey when the Doctor was expelled from the [[Time Lord Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | Drax had already escaped from Gallifrey when the Doctor was expelled from the [[Time Lord Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') By one account, unlike other renegades like his contemporaries, [[the Master]] and [[the Rani]], Drax purchased [[Drax's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] instead of stealing one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor]]'') However, another account disagreed and asserted that he did indeed steal his [[Type 63]] TARDIS, although the Time Lords decided to leave him be, recording him as "harmless and apolitical". ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)|namedpart=Renegade Time Lords}}) | ||
Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled | Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled [[the universe]], doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of [[cybernetics]], guidance systems and armaments. He also committed cons. When his TARDIS suffered a breakdown in its [[hyperbolics]], Drax was stranded on [[Earth]]. He engaged in criminal activity to procure replacement parts and did time in [[Brixton]] prison for over ten years where he acquired a [[Cockney English|Cockney accent]] to help him survive inside, which would later become a trademark through several of his regenerations, though the Twelfth Drax would tell [[Romana II]] he had lost it a few regenerations ago, from that incarnation's perspective, during a con. | ||
Later, the [[Black Guardian]]'s agent, [[the Shadow]], imprisoned Drax and forced him to build and maintain a giant [[computer]] called [[Mentalis]] on the deserted [[planet]] [[Zeos]]. Mentalis carried out a war against the neighbouring planet of [[Atrios]]. | Later, the [[Black Guardian]]'s agent, [[the Shadow]], imprisoned Drax and forced him to build and maintain a giant [[computer]] called [[Mentalis]] on the deserted [[planet]] [[Zeos]]. Mentalis carried out a war against the neighbouring planet of [[Atrios]]. | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
{{section cleanup|[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who|Make Your Own Adventure]] novels are valid sources.}} | |||
* Although [[Drax's TARDIS]] is somewhere around in ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'', only components from it are seen on-screen. The interactive ''[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]]'' book [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Search for the Doctor (novel)|Search for the Doctor]]'' included Drax as a character, and described his TARDIS as taking the shape of a convertible [[car]], the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS". | * Although [[Drax's TARDIS]] is somewhere around in ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'', only components from it are seen on-screen. The interactive ''[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]]'' book [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Search for the Doctor (novel)|Search for the Doctor]]'' included Drax as a character, and described his TARDIS as taking the shape of a convertible [[car]], the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS". | ||
[[Category:Renegade Time Lords]] | [[Category:Renegade Time Lords]] | ||
[[Category:Engineers]] | [[Category:Engineers]] | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 5 June 2024
The Second Drax was a renegade Time Lord with a knack for tinkering and engineering.
Biography
Drax had already escaped from Gallifrey when the Doctor was expelled from the Time Lord Academy. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) By one account, unlike other renegades like his contemporaries, the Master and the Rani, Drax purchased his TARDIS instead of stealing one. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor) However, another account disagreed and asserted that he did indeed steal his Type 63 TARDIS, although the Time Lords decided to leave him be, recording him as "harmless and apolitical". (GAME: "Renegade Time Lords" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Renegade Time Lords","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled the universe, doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of cybernetics, guidance systems and armaments. He also committed cons. When his TARDIS suffered a breakdown in its hyperbolics, Drax was stranded on Earth. He engaged in criminal activity to procure replacement parts and did time in Brixton prison for over ten years where he acquired a Cockney accent to help him survive inside, which would later become a trademark through several of his regenerations, though the Twelfth Drax would tell Romana II he had lost it a few regenerations ago, from that incarnation's perspective, during a con.
Later, the Black Guardian's agent, the Shadow, imprisoned Drax and forced him to build and maintain a giant computer called Mentalis on the deserted planet Zeos. Mentalis carried out a war against the neighbouring planet of Atrios.
450 years later in their personal timelines, (TV: The Armageddon Factor) Drax, then in his second incarnation, (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax) and the Doctor met again. While searching for the last segment of the Key to Time, the Fourth Doctor and Romana I arrived on Zeos. Drax, under the Shadow's orders, reluctantly led the Doctor into a trap. Drax claimed he hadn't expected the one looking for the Key to be the Doctor. Briefly, the two reminisced though at first, the Doctor needed a moment to remember him. Easily seeing through Drax's pretence, the Doctor talked him into joining forces against the Shadow. With Drax's assistance, the Doctor recovered the final segment of the Key to Time. Afterwards, Drax stayed on Atrios to help rebuild that world. (TV: The Armageddon Factor) During that time, Drax had hacked the directional unit of the Doctor's TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax)
Alternate timeline
In an alternate timeline Drax cooperated alongside the Master, the Monk, and the Rani to try to destroy the world using a DNA recombinator, turning the human race into a gestalt consciousness which could be used as a weapon to conquer the universe. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Behind the scenes
Make Your Own Adventure novels are valid sources.
- Although Drax's TARDIS is somewhere around in The Armageddon Factor, only components from it are seen on-screen. The interactive Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who book NOTVALID: Search for the Doctor included Drax as a character, and described his TARDIS as taking the shape of a convertible car, the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS".
