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|origin = [[Sycorax (planet)|Sycorax]] | |origin = [[Sycorax (planet)|Sycorax]] | ||
|first = The Christmas Invasion (TV story) | |first = The Christmas Invasion (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|The Visual Dictionary]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[First Day of the Doctor (short story)|First Day of the Doctor]]''}} | |appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sycorax (reference book)}}|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|The Visual Dictionary]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)| The Encyclopedia]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[First Day of the Doctor (short story)|First Day of the Doctor]]''}} | ||
|actor = Sean Gilder | |actor = Sean Gilder | ||
|clip = Did you miss me? - Doctor Who - The Christmas Invasion - BBC | |clip = Did you miss me? - Doctor Who - The Christmas Invasion - BBC | ||
|clip2 = Doctor Who Series 2 - Clip 1 | |clip2 = Doctor Who Series 2 - Clip 1 | ||
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A [[Sycorax]] commonly identified as the '''Sycorax Leader''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=78}}, {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}, etc.) who held the title of '''[[Fadros Pallujikaa]]''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sycorax (reference book)|namedpart=No Place Like Home|page=20}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}}) was the leader of both the Sycorax ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|page=342}}) and of the [[Halvinor|Halvinor tribe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)}}) He led [[Fire Trap|an asteroid ship]] to [[Earth]] in [[2006]] and tried to [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|invade]] the planet using [[blood control]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, etc.) | |||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
The Sycorax Leader spent the first [[250 (number)|two and a half centuries]] of his life to become the leader of the [[Halvinor]] tribe, rising through the ranks through [[trial]]s of [[strength]] and [[combat]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|ed=2010 reprint|page=82}}) He would [[marry]] [[Haxan Craw (The Widow's Curse)|Haxan Craw]], and, as a symbol of his marriage bond, wore one of Haxan's [[rib]]s. ([[COMIC]]: | The Sycorax Leader spent the first [[250 (number)|two and a half centuries]] of his life to become the leader of the [[Halvinor]] tribe, rising through the ranks through [[trial]]s of [[strength]] and [[combat]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|ed=2010 reprint|page=82}}) He would [[marry]] [[Haxan Craw (The Widow's Curse)|Haxan Craw]], and, as a symbol of his marriage bond, wore one of Haxan's [[rib]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}}) | ||
In late [[2006]], he [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|led the tribe]] into [[Earth]]'s airspace above [[London]] after [[Fire Trap|his ship]] picked up [[Guinevere One]] over the surface of [[Mars]], using the [[A-positive|A+]] [[blood]] onboard the probe to hold the planet to ransom by [[blood control]]ling all A- positive humans. He brought [[Harriet Jones]] aboard when she declared herself leader of Earth, along with her aide, [[Alex Klein|Alex]], [[Daniel Llewellyn]] and UNIT [[Major]] [[Blake (The Christmas Invasion)|Blake]]. When Llewellyn attempted to plead mercy from the Sycorax, the Fadros Pallujikaa murdered both him and Major Blake with his [[death whip]]. He saw through [[Rose Tyler]]'s subterfuge when she claimed to have the authority to order the invaders to depart. | In late [[2006]], he [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|led the tribe]] into [[Earth]]'s airspace above [[London]] after [[Fire Trap|his ship]] picked up [[Guinevere One]] over the surface of [[Mars]], using the [[A-positive|A+]] [[blood]] onboard the probe to hold the planet to ransom by [[blood control]]ling all A- positive humans. He brought [[Harriet Jones]] aboard when she declared herself leader of Earth, along with her aide, [[Alex Klein|Alex]], [[Daniel Llewellyn]] and UNIT [[Major]] [[Blake (The Christmas Invasion)|Blake]]. When Llewellyn attempted to plead mercy from the Sycorax, the Fadros Pallujikaa murdered both him and Major Blake with his [[death whip]]. He saw through [[Rose Tyler]]'s subterfuge when she claimed to have the authority to order the invaders to depart. | ||
He duelled with the [[Tenth Doctor]] and cut off [[the Doctor's hand|his hand]] which the Doctor was able to regrow using residual energy from his recent [[regeneration]] - allowing the Doctor to defeat him. When the Doctor's back was turned, the leader tried to kill him again, but the Doctor used a [[satsuma]] from his borrowed dressing gown to hit a button which collapsed the ground the leader was standing on and he plummeted thousands of feet to his [[death]] ([[TV]]: | He duelled with the [[Tenth Doctor]] and cut off [[the Doctor's hand|his hand]] which the Doctor was able to regrow using residual energy from his recent [[regeneration]] - allowing the Doctor to defeat him. When the Doctor's back was turned, the leader tried to kill him again, but the Doctor used a [[satsuma]] from his borrowed dressing gown to hit a button which collapsed the ground the leader was standing on and he plummeted thousands of feet to his [[death]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}) when he hit the ground at [[Westminster Abbey]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}}) | ||
The [[Great Intelligence]] mentioned, among others, the death of "the leader of the Sycorax" at the hands of [[the Doctor]] to dispute [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]]'s claim that the Doctor was never "blood-soaked". ([[TV]]: | === Legacy === | ||
A [[Sycorax scribe]], before his death with every other Sycorax who attempted to invade Earth, believed that their leader had gone on to some sort of afterlife — the [[Glorious Plains of Haansak-Chack-Chiffal]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Final Darkness (short story)|page=45}}) | |||
The Doctor soon wrote about his defeat of the Sycorax with a satsuma in [[Tenth Doctor's diary|his diary]], accompanied by a picture of the Sycorax leader. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|First Day of the Doctor (short story)|page=30}}) | |||
The [[Great Intelligence]] mentioned, among others, the death of "the leader of the Sycorax" at the hands of [[the Doctor]] to dispute [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]]'s claim that the Doctor was never "blood-soaked". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | |||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
The Fadros Pallujikaa wore [[red]] [[robe]]s of leadership and [[trophy|trophies]] from conquered species and victories. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|ed=2010 reprint|page=82}}, [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]'') He also wore a [[rib]] from his wife, [[Haxan Craw]], as a [[marriage]] bondage, ([[COMIC]]: | The Fadros Pallujikaa wore [[red]] [[robe]]s of leadership and [[trophy|trophies]] from conquered species and victories. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|ed=2010 reprint|page=82}}, [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]'') He also wore a [[rib]] from his wife, [[Haxan Craw]], as a [[marriage]] bondage, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}}) as well as a "fearsome" [[bone helmet]], [[forearm guard]]s, a [[Judoon]]-skin [[belt]], the [[Lanyard of the order of Prokraxis]], and protective [[Baltaric]] [[spats]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|ed=2010 reprint|page=82}}) His height was around 6'2", the average for the species. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sycorax (reference book)|namedpart=Meet the Sycorax|page=6}}) | ||
He carried the [[Staff of Helkaac-ak-ac]] and a [[death whip]] which he used to kill. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]'') | He carried the [[Staff of Helkaac-ak-ac]] and a [[death whip]] which he used to kill. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]'') | ||
== Personality == | |||
The Sycorax Leader was "bullish". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|page=342}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The Sycorax leader's true name has not been revealed {{as of|2023|09|24|lc=y}}. He was credited as "Sycorax Leader" in the credits of | * The Sycorax leader's true name has not been revealed {{as of|2023|09|24|lc=y}}. He was credited as "Sycorax Leader" in the credits of {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, which was also used in ''[[The Visual Dictionary (reference book)|The Visual Dictionary]]''. "[[Fadros Pallujikaa]]" was established to be [[Sycoraxic]] for "tribal leader" in {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, which was reiterated in {{cs|The Sycorax (reference book)|page=20}} and {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}}. | ||
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