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[[File:Corsair_tattoo.jpg|thumb|The Corsair's left wrist with its signature Oroborus tattoo.]]
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'''Corsair''' was a title which was taken by a [[The Corsair|renegade Time Lord]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Old Friends (comic story)}})
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The '''Corsair''' was a [[Time Lord]] described by [[The Doctor]] as "one of the good ones". His signature emblem was a classical depiction of the mtyhological [[Oroborus]]: a snake devouring its tail. According to The Doctor, he had a copy of the emblem tattooed onto his body after each regeneration — even when he regenerated as a female. Without it The Corsair didn't feel like himself. In his last known regneration it appeared on the inside of his right forearm.


The Corsair was presumably killed by the entity known only as The House: a disembodied being that fed on [[artron energy]] it harvested from captured TARDISes. The Corsair's left arm had been stitched onto the being known as "Auntie", a composite humanoid creature that served as [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]]'s slave. Her counterpart, "Uncle", recieved "the spine and the kidneys". Presumably the loss of these parts was lethal and The Corsair went the way of House's numerous other Time Lord victims.
From the [[16th century]] to as late as [[1830]], [[Barbary]] corsairs robbed ships in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The most notorious of these were [[Arouj Barbarossa|Arouj]] and [[Kheireddin Barbarossa]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who Discovers Pirates (novel)}}) [[Miguel de Cervantes]] was once captured by Barbary corsairs for [[5 (number)|five]] years until his family was able to raise a ransom. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)}})


The Corsair was described by Auntie as "a strapping great fellow." According to The Doctor he had been both male and female in different regenrations. The Doctor discovered his fate after being contacted by his emergency message box and following its psychically encoded information. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
[[River Song]] once played [[cards]] with [[Silurian]] corsairs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Student Bodies (short story)}})
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[[Baltazar]] was known as the "Corsair [[King]] of [[Triton]]" in the [[40th century]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Infinite Quest (TV story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 22 September 2024

Corsair
The Corsair. (COMIC: Old Friends [+]Loading...["Old Friends (comic story)"])

Corsair was a title which was taken by a renegade Time Lord. (TV: The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"], COMIC: Old Friends [+]Loading...["Old Friends (comic story)"])

From the 16th century to as late as 1830, Barbary corsairs robbed ships in the Mediterranean Sea. The most notorious of these were Arouj and Kheireddin Barbarossa. (PROSE: Doctor Who Discovers Pirates [+]Loading...["Doctor Who Discovers Pirates (novel)"]) Miguel de Cervantes was once captured by Barbary corsairs for five years until his family was able to raise a ransom. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz [+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

River Song once played cards with Silurian corsairs. (PROSE: Student Bodies [+]Loading...["Student Bodies (short story)"])

Baltazar was known as the "Corsair King of Triton" in the 40th century. (TV: The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"])

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