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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image      = Ingiger.jpg
|image      = Ingiger.jpg
|alias      = The Ancient One, The Great Serpent
|alias      = {{il|Ingiga|Ingiger}}
|species    = Haemovore
|species    = Haemovore
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]''}}
|first      = The Curse of Fenric (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cite source|The Wolves of Winter (comic story)}}}}
|actor      = Raymond Trickett
|actor      = Raymond Trickett
|voice actor = Tim Treloar
}}
}}
{{Update|This should be turned into three separate pages: One of Ingiger, one for the Persian King from the audio story, Gods and Monsters, and one for Ancient Ones as a species or off-shoot of Haemovores.}}
'''The Ancient One''' was the name used by [[Fenric]] and his [[Wolf of Fenric|Wolves of Fenric]] for the [[Haemovore]] he had transported back in time from a [[Aborted timeline (The Curse of Fenric)|possible future]], and manipulated into siring an entire race of [[vampire]]s loyal to Fenric, who worked to bring about his liberation. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}) One account claimed that the Ancient One was female and originally called '''Ingiger''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)}}) while another showed that the name was rendered by '''Ingiga''' by the [[ULTIMA]] machine when it decoded the ancient Norse runes foretelling Fenric's liberation, ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}) and indeed, another account did not treat the Viking Ingiga and the Ancient One as the same individual at all. ([[COMIC]]: {{cite source|The Wolves of Winter (comic story)}})
'''Ingiger''' (or '''Ingiga'''), better known as '''the Ancient One''', was the last of the original [[Haemovore]]s. It lived on a [[pollution|polluted]] [[Earth]] in the year [[500000|500,000]], after all of its children had died from the pollution.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
It was then brought to [[10th century]] [[Transylvania]] by [[Fenric]]. Fenric commanded him to follow the [[Viking]]s who had stolen the flask containing Fenric. It fed on them, turning many of them into Haemovores. It and the Haemovores followed the Vikings, and after those were killed by the pirate [[Hemming (The Curse of Fenric)|Hemming]], followed ''him'' to [[Maiden's Bay]]. Though Hemming and all his men were killed by the Ancient One, Hemming had buried the flask beneath [[St. Jude's Church]], where they could not get it.
The Ancient One was the last survivor of [[human]]ity's vampirised, mutated descendants the [[Haemovore]]s, on a [[pollution|polluted]] [[Earth]] in the year [[500000|500,000]]. They were then brought back in time to [[9th century]] [[Transylvania]] in a [[time storm]], secretly sent by [[Fenric]] himself — which made the Ancient One one of his "[[Wolf of Fenric|Wolves]]" whose destiny he had manipulated. Though still trapped inside the [[flask]] where [[the Doctor]] had trapped him, Fenric communicated with the Ancient One, ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}) promising them a way back to the future. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)}})


Eventually, in [[1943]], the Ancient One was awakened again by Fenric. It was used to control the Haemovores, which were used to attack the soldiers in the base. Using the [[poison]]s made by the nearby base, Fenric intended to pollute the world, causing the future that created the Haemovores. The [[Seventh Doctor]] was able to convince Ingiger to betray Fenric, convincing it that Fenric would not return him to his own time. The Ancient One killed both itself and Fenric by going into the isolation chamber with Fenric and releasing a poison. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
Like "a loyal servant", the Ancient One then followed the flask across the Western world as it was transported to [[Constantinople]], then sold to a European merchant and transported across Europe as it passed from hand to hand, eventually being stolen by [[Viking]]s. All the while the Ancient One transformed a number of [[human]]s into Haemovores, whom the Ancient One could psychically command with great effort, using them as further pawns to try and recover the flask and free Fenric. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}})


When Fenric recovered, he used a new Ancient One as his pawn, created from a Persian king. He was begged by the Doctor to release him from Fenric's chains but wouldn't. He went on a search for the Doctor and found his son [[Hurmzid]]. Leading the hoards of Haemovores again [[Weyland]]'s Saxon, he was killed by a spear. Fenric seemed to have some remorse at the Ancient one's death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
The vampires pursued the Vikings them to an island in the North Atlantic where the [[Twelfth Doctor]], Vikings and [[Ice Warrior]]s battled [[The Flood (The Waters of Mars)|the Flood]]. The Doctor and [[Bill Potts]] encountered the Ancient One, whom the Doctor recognised from their encounter in the Doctor's personal past. The Doctor realised that Fenric intended to replace the Haemovores with the Flood and convinced the [[Haemovore Prime]], who had been acting as leader instead of the Ancient One until that point, to detonate a [[volcano]] to stop the Flood. The Ancient One and Haemovores then fled the island and continued their hunt for the Vikings. ([[COMIC]]: {{cite source|The Wolves of Winter (comic story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
Eventually, the chase ended when the Viking ship carrying the cursed treasure made its way to [[Maiden's Point]] in [[Northumberland]], where a member of the crew buried the treasure beneath the fortified [[St Jude's Church]] the Haemovores could get their hands on it. They waited in the water for centuries for a chance to free Fenric. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}) [[Dracula]], a [[vampire]] originating in Transylvania, would later make his way to [[England]] in the late [[19th century]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)}}, etc.) to join its brethren at Maiden's Point, though he was long gone by [[1943]].
The [[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|novelisation of]] ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' names the Ancient One "Ingiger" and gives its gender as female, despite being portrayed by a male actor.
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Eventually, in [[1943]], the Ancient One was awakened again by Fenric, and ordered to control the Haemovores, which were used to attack the soldiers in the base; Fenric intended to have the Hameovores create death on a massive scale by dumping the [[poison]]s developed in the military base into the sea. After Fenric gloated to the [[Seventh Doctor]] about ensnaring all his [[Wolf of Fenric|"Wolves"]] into [[bootstrap paradox]]es for his own amusement, the Doctor made the Ancient One realise that this release of poisonous chemical would create the polluted world in which the Haemovores had evolved and then dwindled away to nothing; refusing to complete this loop, the Ancient One sacrificed their own life to kill Fenric by going into the isolation chamber with Fenric and releasing the poison. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}})
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 10 October 2024

The Ancient One was the name used by Fenric and his Wolves of Fenric for the Haemovore he had transported back in time from a possible future, and manipulated into siring an entire race of vampires loyal to Fenric, who worked to bring about his liberation. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) One account claimed that the Ancient One was female and originally called Ingiger, (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)"]) while another showed that the name was rendered by Ingiga by the ULTIMA machine when it decoded the ancient Norse runes foretelling Fenric's liberation, (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) and indeed, another account did not treat the Viking Ingiga and the Ancient One as the same individual at all. (COMIC: The Wolves of Winter [+]Loading...["The Wolves of Winter (comic story)"])

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The Ancient One was the last survivor of humanity's vampirised, mutated descendants the Haemovores, on a polluted Earth in the year 500,000. They were then brought back in time to 9th century Transylvania in a time storm, secretly sent by Fenric himself — which made the Ancient One one of his "Wolves" whose destiny he had manipulated. Though still trapped inside the flask where the Doctor had trapped him, Fenric communicated with the Ancient One, (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) promising them a way back to the future. (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)"])

Like "a loyal servant", the Ancient One then followed the flask across the Western world as it was transported to Constantinople, then sold to a European merchant and transported across Europe as it passed from hand to hand, eventually being stolen by Vikings. All the while the Ancient One transformed a number of humans into Haemovores, whom the Ancient One could psychically command with great effort, using them as further pawns to try and recover the flask and free Fenric. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"])

The vampires pursued the Vikings them to an island in the North Atlantic where the Twelfth Doctor, Vikings and Ice Warriors battled the Flood. The Doctor and Bill Potts encountered the Ancient One, whom the Doctor recognised from their encounter in the Doctor's personal past. The Doctor realised that Fenric intended to replace the Haemovores with the Flood and convinced the Haemovore Prime, who had been acting as leader instead of the Ancient One until that point, to detonate a volcano to stop the Flood. The Ancient One and Haemovores then fled the island and continued their hunt for the Vikings. (COMIC: The Wolves of Winter [+]Loading...["The Wolves of Winter (comic story)"])

Eventually, the chase ended when the Viking ship carrying the cursed treasure made its way to Maiden's Point in Northumberland, where a member of the crew buried the treasure beneath the fortified St Jude's Church the Haemovores could get their hands on it. They waited in the water for centuries for a chance to free Fenric. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) Dracula, a vampire originating in Transylvania, would later make his way to England in the late 19th century (PROSE: A Bloody (And Public) Domaine [+]Loading...["A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)"], etc.) to join its brethren at Maiden's Point, though he was long gone by 1943.

Eventually, in 1943, the Ancient One was awakened again by Fenric, and ordered to control the Haemovores, which were used to attack the soldiers in the base; Fenric intended to have the Hameovores create death on a massive scale by dumping the poisons developed in the military base into the sea. After Fenric gloated to the Seventh Doctor about ensnaring all his "Wolves" into bootstrap paradoxes for his own amusement, the Doctor made the Ancient One realise that this release of poisonous chemical would create the polluted world in which the Haemovores had evolved and then dwindled away to nothing; refusing to complete this loop, the Ancient One sacrificed their own life to kill Fenric by going into the isolation chamber with Fenric and releasing the poison. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"])