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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]]'')
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|actor = {{|[[George Cormack]]|[[Kevin Lindsay]]}}
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'''K'anpo Rimpoche''' (or '''the Hermit''') was a [[Time Lord]] who forsook [[Gallifrey]] to live as a [[Buddhist]] [[abbot]] on [[20th century|late 20th century]] [[Earth]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
The Time Lord later known as K'anpo Rimpoche was a member of a Gallifreyan 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]].) ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')
[[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 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 mountain behind the house where the Doctor lived as a young boy, ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'') near the [[Prydonian Academy]] where he studied at the time. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
 
The Hermit told stories to the young [[Gallifreyan]]s like the Doctor, on [[Mount Cadon]]. He told [[ghost]] stories about [[the Fendahl]], [[Great Vampire]]s, the Legions of the Sphinx and the [[Grandfather Paradox]] to the Doctor. The stories about Great Vampires and the Legion of the Sphinx excited the Doctor; the stories of the Fendahl and [[Grandfather Paradox]] terrified him and gave him nightmares. He also told tales of [[Omega]] and [[Salyavin]].


These [[Time Lord]]s were the Doctor's heroes. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'') The Hermit was, as the [[Third Doctor]] later said, his [[Wikipedia:guru|guru]]. In the time of the Doctor's greatest despair, he showed him hope in a simple yellow flower called a [[sarlain]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')
[[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]].


Once the Hermit told the Doctor to fast for three days and three nights to make supplications to the [[Menti Celesti]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') Towards the end of the Doctor's first life, K'anpo helped him prepare for his upcoming regeneration. ([[ST]]: ''[[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 [[Third Doctor]] next met him as the abbot of a Buddhist meditation centre in [[England]] with his assistant '''Cho Je'''. It seems that Cho Je only existed as a future projection of K'anpo Rimpoche or a creation of his mind. 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]].
== Abilities ==
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.


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 [[the Doctor's TARDIS|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]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[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]]''. He does not give his Gallifreyan name.
* K'anpo Rimpoche may have been the Time Lord, [[the Hermit]], from ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]''. He is known in ''The Time Monster'' merely as the Hermit, and the Hermit then relocated to live on Earth at the end of the story.
* While [[George Cormack]] appeared as K'anpo Rimpoche as a [[Wikipedia:Caucasian|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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