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|individual name= Erasmus Darkening
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|appearances= [[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]''
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|actor= [[Donald Sumpter]]
|appearances=[[WC]]: ''[[Alien File: Erasmus Darkening (webcast)|Alien File: Erasmus Darkening]]''
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|clip = A Lord of Magic? The Eternity Trap The Sarah Jane Adventures
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'''Erasmus Darkening''' was an [[alien]] [[scientist]] who came to [[Earth]] in the [[17th century]].


'''Erasmus Darkening''' was an alien scientist who came to [[Earth]] in the [[17th century]]. He posed as a magician and alchemist and was employed by Lord [[James Marchwood|Marchwood]], and used advanced technology to open a portal between dimensions in an effort to get home. Innocent people who were caught in Darkening's experiments and trapped between the dimensions, were thought to be ghosts haunting [[Ashen Hill Manor]]. Marchwood confronted Darkening after the disappearance of his children, impaling him with his sword and damaging his device. The accelerator became powered by the people it took, and channelled their life energy into Darkening, granting him immorlaity.
== Biography ==
=== Hungry for power ===
By one account, Erasmus was a scientist who would take others' lives through his experiments, who sought and would later find immortality. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')


From this point onwards, Darkening became obsessed with his immortality, and began to call the Manor his dominion.  
==== Creating the portal ====
In the 17th century, Erasmus Darkening posed as a [[magician]] and [[alchemist]] to get shelter from and employment by Lord [[James Marchwood]]. Over the course of what the legend stated to be two years, Darkening used a [[transdimensional accelerator]] to open a portal between dimensions to get home. Innocent people were caught in Darkening's experiments and trapped between the dimensions; they were afterwards sighted at times and thought to be [[ghost]]s haunting [[Ashen Hill Manor]].


Marchwood would confront him again, and trick him into stepping into a electromagnetic field, thereby ending his existence. Sarah Jane Smith then disabled his device once and for all. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')
After Marchwood's two children, [[Joseph Marchwood|Joseph]] and [[Elizabeth Marchwood|Elizabeth]], fell victim to Darkening's experiments, an enraged Marchwood attacked Darkening in his laboratory and impaled him with a [[sword]]. This act damaged Darkening's accelerator; the device became powered by the people it took and channelled their life energy into Darkening, granting him [[immortality]].


==== Immortality ====
Darkening became obsessed with his immortality, and began to call the Manor his dominion. Marchwood confronted him again, and tricked him into stepping into a electromagnetic field, ending his existence whereupon by stabbing his sword into the metallic floor engraving of the Marchwood family seal, which channelled the energy into it and trapped Darkening inside to be destroyed. His last words were, "Eternity... I've lost eternity!" With Darkening vanquished, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] disabled his device once and for all. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')
=== Laying in wait instead ===
According to another account, Erasmus Darkening wasn't an "evil" alien who had kidnapped humans. He was an alien who came to Ashen Hill Manor hundreds of years before 2009 and was stuck there. His machine would take him anywhere but it was broken. People thought there was a ghost in the house but it was just Erasmus Darkening who was reading books, watching the fountain or hearing the bells. He had to do something while he was stuck in the house.


On discovering the truth, Sarah Jane finally repaired Erasmus's machine and Erasmus could leave Ashen Hill Manor. His last words before departing were, "Free at last." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Haunted House (novelisation)|The Haunted House]]'')


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Erasmus Darkening was an alien scientist who came to Earth in the 17th century.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hungry for power[[edit] | [edit source]]

By one account, Erasmus was a scientist who would take others' lives through his experiments, who sought and would later find immortality. (TV: The Eternity Trap)

Creating the portal[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 17th century, Erasmus Darkening posed as a magician and alchemist to get shelter from and employment by Lord James Marchwood. Over the course of what the legend stated to be two years, Darkening used a transdimensional accelerator to open a portal between dimensions to get home. Innocent people were caught in Darkening's experiments and trapped between the dimensions; they were afterwards sighted at times and thought to be ghosts haunting Ashen Hill Manor.

After Marchwood's two children, Joseph and Elizabeth, fell victim to Darkening's experiments, an enraged Marchwood attacked Darkening in his laboratory and impaled him with a sword. This act damaged Darkening's accelerator; the device became powered by the people it took and channelled their life energy into Darkening, granting him immortality.

Immortality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Darkening became obsessed with his immortality, and began to call the Manor his dominion. Marchwood confronted him again, and tricked him into stepping into a electromagnetic field, ending his existence whereupon by stabbing his sword into the metallic floor engraving of the Marchwood family seal, which channelled the energy into it and trapped Darkening inside to be destroyed. His last words were, "Eternity... I've lost eternity!" With Darkening vanquished, Sarah Jane Smith disabled his device once and for all. (TV: The Eternity Trap)

Laying in wait instead[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to another account, Erasmus Darkening wasn't an "evil" alien who had kidnapped humans. He was an alien who came to Ashen Hill Manor hundreds of years before 2009 and was stuck there. His machine would take him anywhere but it was broken. People thought there was a ghost in the house but it was just Erasmus Darkening who was reading books, watching the fountain or hearing the bells. He had to do something while he was stuck in the house.

On discovering the truth, Sarah Jane finally repaired Erasmus's machine and Erasmus could leave Ashen Hill Manor. His last words before departing were, "Free at last." (PROSE: The Haunted House)

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