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|image= [[File:Corsair_tattoo.jpg|250px]]<br>The Corsair's [[Oroborus]] tattoo.
{{first pic|The Corsair (Old Friends).jpg|[[The Corsair]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Old Friends (comic story)}})}}
|individual name= The Corsair
'''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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|race= [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]])
|home planet= [[Gallifrey]]
|home era= [[Rassilon Era]]
|age= [[The Doctor's age|See page]]
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|mentions= [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]''
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'''The Corsair''' was a [[Time Lord]] described by the [[Eleventh 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 left forearm.


The Corsair was presumably killed by the entity known only as [[House]], a disembodied being that fed on [[artron energy]] it harvested from captured [[TARDIS]]es. The Corsair's left arm had been stitched onto the being known as "[[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]]", a composite humanoid creature that served as House's slave. Her counterpart, "[[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]]", received "the spine and the kidneys". Presumably the loss of these organs was lethal and he 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 big bloke." According to The Doctor he had been both male and female in different regenerations. The Doctor discovered his fate after being contacted by his [[hypercube]] and following its psychically encoded distress message. ([[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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