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The '''afterlife''', also known as '''[[Slawcor]]''' by the [[Grel]], was a term used for the plane of existence to which deceased souls were believed to go after death.
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The '''afterlife''' was known as '''[[Slawcor]]''' by the [[Grel]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Oh No It Isn't! (novel)}})
 
== History ==
As [[Li H'sen Chang]] lay dying, he claimed to see his ancestors approaching him from the [[Palace of Jade]], carrying with them baskets of [[fruit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}})
 
When [[Davros]] was left near death following a [[Thal]] bombing on his laboratory during the [[Thousand Year War]], he saw a vision of his mother [[Calcula (Innocence)|Calcula]] which urged him to survive and live on. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Corruption (audio story)}})
 
After [[Katarina]]'s death, she entered an afterlife virtually identical to that of [[Greek mythology]]. She was unable to cross the [[River Styx]], but a manifestation of her idea of the [[First Doctor]] helped her get to the [[Elysian Fields]], the abode of the blessed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Katarina in the Underworld (short story)}})


== Afterlife ==
According to one account, every living creature of [[N-Space]] had an [[N-Form (The Ghosts of N-Space)|N-Form]] which lived in [[Null-Space]]. After an individual died, their N-Form would leave Null-Space to enter a higher plane of existence, while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null-Space, where they would devolve into monstrous beings. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)}})
When [[Davros]] was left near death following a [[Thal]] bombing on his laboratory during the [[Thousand Year War]], he saw a vision of his mother [[Calcula]] which urged him to survive and live on. Whether this was a hallucination or Calcula's spirit from the afterlife is uncertain. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Corruption (audio story)|Corruption]]'')


After [[Katarina]]'s death, she entered an afterlife virtually identical to that of Greek mythology. She was unable to cross the [[River Styx]], but a manifestation of her idea of the [[First Doctor]] helped her get to the [[Elysian Fields]], the abode of the blessed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld]]'')
[[Compassion]] created the [[City of the Saved]] as an afterlife for all of [[human]]ity. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Of the City of the Saved... (novel)}}, {{cs|Salutation (short story)}}, et al.)


According to one account, every living creature of [[N-Space]] had an [[N-Form (The Ghosts of N-Space)|N-Form]] which lived in [[Null-Space]]. After an individual died, their N-Form would leave Null-Space to enter a higher plane of existence, while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null-Space and devolve into monstrous beings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'')
The [[Beautiful Death]], an attraction at the [[Festival of Death]], allowed the users to temporarily die for half an hour and tour the afterlife. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Festival of Death (novel)}})


The [[Beautiful Death]], an attraction at the [[Festival of Death]], allowed the users to temporarily die for half an hour and tour the afterlife. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Festival of Death (novel)|Festival of Death]]'')
After [[Grace Holloway]] was resurrected by the [[Eye of Harmony]], she mentioned that death was "nothing to be afraid of", but did not elaborate. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})


After [[Grace Holloway]] was resurrected by the [[Eye of Harmony]], she mentioned that the afterlife was "nothing to be afraid of." ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
When [[Eugene Jones]] died, a [[Dogon]] sixth eye he had swallowed before his death removed his [[consciousness]] from his body and left it in a ghost-like state between life and death. After Eugene saved [[Gwen Cooper]] from dying the same way as him, his spirit passed into the afterlife. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}})


When [[Eugene Jones]] died, a [[Dogon Sixth Eye]] he had swallowed before his death removed his consciousness from his body and left it in a ghost-like state between life and death. After Eugene saved [[Gwen Cooper]] from dying the same way as him, his spirit passed into the afterlife. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')
[[File:Owen in the Void.jpg|thumb|right|[[Owen Harper]]'s soul drawn into a distorting void of darkness and whispering voices. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}})]]
According to [[John Tucker]], [[Suzie Costello]] and [[Owen Harper]], there was nothing but [[darkness]] in the afterlife. When Suzie and Owen were dead, they were in a dark void, with [[Death (mythology)|Death]] stalking them in the darkness, and were otherwise alone. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}, {{cs|They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)}}, {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}}) Due to this, Owen and Suzie both greatly feared death, ([[TV]]: {{cs|They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) but Owen also seemed to consider death and this dark void afterlife an end to and release from all the good and bad things in life. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Day in the Death (TV story)}}) However, this afterlife realm was not specified as all that existed after death, nor was it an absolute fate: one's soul could be pulled back out of it via a [[resurrection gauntlet]] or [[life knife]] if their body was fairly intact. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}, {{cs|They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)}}, {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}})


According to [[John Tucker]], [[Suzie Costello]] and [[Owen Harper]], there was nothing but darkness in the afterlife. When Suzie and Owen were dead, they were in a dark void, with [[Death (Dead Man Walking)|Death]] stalking them in the darkness, and were otherwise alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'') Due to this, Owen and Suzie both greatly feared death, ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds]]'') but Owen also seemed to consider death and this dark void afterlife an end to and release from all the good and bad things in life. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') However, this afterlife realm was not specified as all that existed after death, nor was it an absolute fate: one's soul could be pulled back out of it via a [[resurrection gauntlet]] or [[life knife]] if their body was fairly intact. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'' ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
After Owen and [[Toshiko Sato]]'s deaths, Gwen Cooper tried to use an alien artefact to send messages to them in the afterlife. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|In the Shadows (audio story)}})


After Owen and [[Toshiko Sato]]'s deaths, Gwen Cooper tried to use an alien artefact to send messages to them in the afterlife. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Shadows]]'')
After bombing two [[Sontaran]]s at the [[Siege of Trenzalore|Siege]] of [[Trenzalore]], the [[Papal Mainframe]] proceeded to select them an appropriate afterlife. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}})


After bombing two [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] at the [[Siege of Trenzalore|Siege]] of [[Trenzalore]], the [[Papal Mainframe]] proceeded to select them an appropriate afterlife. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
[[Seb (The Caretaker)|Seb]] described the [[Nethersphere]] to CSO [[Matthew (The Caretaker)|Matthew]] as having a range of names, including the afterlife and the Promised Land, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Caretaker (TV story)}}) although preferred to think of it as "not an afterlife", but rather "just a bit more life than you were expecting". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}})


== Cultural beliefs and interpretations of the afterlife ==
== Cultural beliefs and interpretations of the afterlife ==
Some cultures, such as some those of [[human]]s on [[Earth]], believed that after death, people went to one of two realms: an eternal paradise called [[Heaven (afterlife)|Heaven]], or a realm of punishment called [[Hell]] or [[Jahannam]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'', ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') One individual, a demon known by many names, one of which was [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|The Beast]], even claimed to be [[The Devil|the ruler of Hell]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'')
[[Frobisher]] did not believe in an afterlife, although admitted that he could be wrong and speculated that "perhaps [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] just hasn't gone there yet". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Holy Terror (audio story)}}) Indeed, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] himself stated he had always meant to look for one, but never got around to it, while also claiming that almost every culture in [[N-Space|the universe]] had some understanding of the concept of and adhered to the possible existence of an afterlife. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dark Water (TV story)}}) [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] also expressed her lack of a belief in the concept, although conceded she could "understand" why some disagreed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eternity Trap (TV story)}})
 
Some cultures, such as those of some [[human]]s on [[Earth]], believed that after death, people went to one of two realms: an eternal paradise called [[Heaven (afterlife)|Heaven]], or a realm of punishment called [[Hell]] or [[Jahannam]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Lost Souls (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}})
 
[[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]], a [[Muslim]], mistakenly believed that [[God Complex|the prison ship she was trapped on]] was Jahannam. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}})
 
In [[1863]], an alternate [[dimension]] which shaped itself according to the wishes of its inhabitants was initially mistaken for the afterlife. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (novel)}})


[[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]], a [[Muslim]], mistakenly believed that [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|the prison ship she was trapped on]] was Jahannam. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'')  
[[Draconian]] culture believed in a Heaven-like afterlife in which the [[Deathless Emperors]] spent their time playing games with [[sazou]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Paper Cuts (audio story)}})


In [[1863]], an alternate [[dimension]] which shaped itself according to the wishes of its inhabitants was initially mistaken for the afterlife. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death]]'')
In [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]] culture, it was believed that after one died, they would be forced to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone they had wronged in life. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}})


[[Draconian]] culture believed in a Heaven-like afterlife, which they believed the Deathless Emperors spent playing a [[chess]]-like game with [[sazou]] for entertainment. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paper Cuts]]'')
The [[Papal Mainframe]] once boasted that they could "notify" the appropriate afterlife based on a person's beliefs in life after they had been killed on their watch. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}})


In [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]] culture, it was believed that after one died, they would be forced to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone they had wronged in life. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')
[[Krontep]]s and [[Mentor]]s seemed to believe in the [[Plague Halls of Mogdana]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mindwarp (TV story)}})


The [[Papal Mainframe]] could select people an appropriate afterlife based on their beliefs in life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
The [[Glorious Plains of Haansak-Chack-Chiffal]] appeared to be a sort of afterlife believed in by the [[Sycorax]]. A [[Sycorax scribe]] believed [[Fadros Pallujikaa (The Christmas Invasion)|their leader]] went to these plains after the [[Tenth Doctor]] defeated him in combat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Final Darkness (short story)|page=45}})
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Afterlife
You may wish to consult Afterlife (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The afterlife was known as Slawcor by the Grel. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! [+]Loading...["Oh No It Isn't! (novel)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Li H'sen Chang lay dying, he claimed to see his ancestors approaching him from the Palace of Jade, carrying with them baskets of fruit. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

When Davros was left near death following a Thal bombing on his laboratory during the Thousand Year War, he saw a vision of his mother Calcula which urged him to survive and live on. (AUDIO: Corruption [+]Loading...["Corruption (audio story)"])

After Katarina's death, she entered an afterlife virtually identical to that of Greek mythology. She was unable to cross the River Styx, but a manifestation of her idea of the First Doctor helped her get to the Elysian Fields, the abode of the blessed. (PROSE: Katarina in the Underworld [+]Loading...["Katarina in the Underworld (short story)"])

According to one account, every living creature of N-Space had an N-Form which lived in Null-Space. After an individual died, their N-Form would leave Null-Space to enter a higher plane of existence, while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null-Space, where they would devolve into monstrous beings. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])

Compassion created the City of the Saved as an afterlife for all of humanity. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved... [+]Loading...["Of the City of the Saved... (novel)"], Salutation [+]Loading...["Salutation (short story)"], et al.)

The Beautiful Death, an attraction at the Festival of Death, allowed the users to temporarily die for half an hour and tour the afterlife. (PROSE: Festival of Death [+]Loading...["Festival of Death (novel)"])

After Grace Holloway was resurrected by the Eye of Harmony, she mentioned that death was "nothing to be afraid of", but did not elaborate. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

When Eugene Jones died, a Dogon sixth eye he had swallowed before his death removed his consciousness from his body and left it in a ghost-like state between life and death. After Eugene saved Gwen Cooper from dying the same way as him, his spirit passed into the afterlife. (TV: Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])

Owen Harper's soul drawn into a distorting void of darkness and whispering voices. (TV: Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"])

According to John Tucker, Suzie Costello and Owen Harper, there was nothing but darkness in the afterlife. When Suzie and Owen were dead, they were in a dark void, with Death stalking them in the darkness, and were otherwise alone. (TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"], They Keep Killing Suzie [+]Loading...["They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)"], Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"]) Due to this, Owen and Suzie both greatly feared death, (TV: They Keep Killing Suzie [+]Loading...["They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)"], Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) but Owen also seemed to consider death and this dark void afterlife an end to and release from all the good and bad things in life. (TV: A Day in the Death [+]Loading...["A Day in the Death (TV story)"]) However, this afterlife realm was not specified as all that existed after death, nor was it an absolute fate: one's soul could be pulled back out of it via a resurrection gauntlet or life knife if their body was fairly intact. (TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"], They Keep Killing Suzie [+]Loading...["They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)"], Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"])

After Owen and Toshiko Sato's deaths, Gwen Cooper tried to use an alien artefact to send messages to them in the afterlife. (AUDIO: In the Shadows [+]Loading...["In the Shadows (audio story)"])

After bombing two Sontarans at the Siege of Trenzalore, the Papal Mainframe proceeded to select them an appropriate afterlife. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Seb described the Nethersphere to CSO Matthew as having a range of names, including the afterlife and the Promised Land, (TV: The Caretaker [+]Loading...["The Caretaker (TV story)"]) although preferred to think of it as "not an afterlife", but rather "just a bit more life than you were expecting". (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"])

Cultural beliefs and interpretations of the afterlife[[edit] | [edit source]]

Frobisher did not believe in an afterlife, although admitted that he could be wrong and speculated that "perhaps the TARDIS just hasn't gone there yet". (AUDIO: The Holy Terror [+]Loading...["The Holy Terror (audio story)"]) Indeed, the Twelfth Doctor himself stated he had always meant to look for one, but never got around to it, while also claiming that almost every culture in the universe had some understanding of the concept of and adhered to the possible existence of an afterlife. (TV: Dark Water [+]Loading...["Dark Water (TV story)"]) Sarah also expressed her lack of a belief in the concept, although conceded she could "understand" why some disagreed. (TV: The Eternity Trap [+]Loading...["The Eternity Trap (TV story)"])

Some cultures, such as those of some humans on Earth, believed that after death, people went to one of two realms: an eternal paradise called Heaven, or a realm of punishment called Hell or Jahannam. (AUDIO: Lost Souls [+]Loading...["Lost Souls (audio story)"], TV: The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

Rita, a Muslim, mistakenly believed that the prison ship she was trapped on was Jahannam. (TV: The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

In 1863, an alternate dimension which shaped itself according to the wishes of its inhabitants was initially mistaken for the afterlife. (PROSE: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (novel)"])

Draconian culture believed in a Heaven-like afterlife in which the Deathless Emperors spent their time playing games with sazou. (AUDIO: Paper Cuts [+]Loading...["Paper Cuts (audio story)"])

In Kahler culture, it was believed that after one died, they would be forced to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone they had wronged in life. (TV: A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"])

The Papal Mainframe once boasted that they could "notify" the appropriate afterlife based on a person's beliefs in life after they had been killed on their watch. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])

Kronteps and Mentors seemed to believe in the Plague Halls of Mogdana. (TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"])

The Glorious Plains of Haansak-Chack-Chiffal appeared to be a sort of afterlife believed in by the Sycorax. A Sycorax scribe believed their leader went to these plains after the Tenth Doctor defeated him in combat. (PROSE: The Final Darkness [+]Loading...{"page":"45","1":"The Final Darkness (short story)"})

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