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|individual name = [[Majenta Pryce]]
|alias          = Lady Scaph, Violet DeCosta, Sanderine Roimazher, MP 8/1/14/4
|alias          = MP8/1/14/4<br>Empee<br>Madge<br>Violet Decosta<br>Sanderine Roimazher<br>Lady Scaph<br>Skith Queen
|species           = Vessican
|race           =
|species2 = Skith
|home planet    = [[Vessica]]
|first       = Hotel Historia (comic story)
|home era       =
|last      = [[The Crimson Hand (comic story)]]
|appearances    = [[DWM]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[Thinktwice]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[Mortal Beloved]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[The Age of Ice]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[The Deep Hereafter]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[Onomatopoeia]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[Ghosts of the Northern Line]]''<br>[[DWM]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand]]''
|origin    = [[Vessica]]
|actor          =
|appearances    = [[Majenta Pryce - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
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}}'''Majenta Pryce''', also known as '''Lady Scaph''' and affectionately called '''Madge''' by the Doctor, was a temporary [[companion]] of the [[Tenth Doctor]]. A [[hotel]]ier by trade, she was one of the few non-[[human]]s with whom the Tenth Doctor travelled.
'''Majenta Pryce''' was a [[companion]] of [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]. A hotelier by trade, she was notable for being one of the few non-[[human]]s with whom the tenth Doctor traveled.
==Biography==
Majenta Pryce was a green humanoid female, possibly from the planet [[Vessica]].  Prior to her first encounter with the Doctor, she was a member of the criminal group called the [[Crimson Hand]], She was responisible for betraying Wesley Sparks and took all his money thus allowing her to become part of the inner snactum of the Crimson Hand. She then destroyed the Skith Home World. She ran and became scared, so her servant Fanson whiped her mind so that she would forget about the Crimson Hand and Wesley Sparks. ([[DWM]]: [[The Crimson Hand]]) 


She and Fanson then went on to run a successful hotel chain known as [[Hotel Historia]]. Following the [[Last Great Time War]], however, the chain was economically devastated as people turned their backs on time travel. Retreating to [[21st century]] [[Earth]], Majenta established another Hotel Historia, using time travel tech of dubious provenance to send paying guests into different time zones throughout Earth history. The [[Tenth Doctor]] stumbled onto Majenta's operation while confronting the [[Graxnix]] in [[41st century]] [[London]], and used the faulty tech to travel back to the hotel.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Majenta Pryce was a green [[humanoid]] female from the planet [[Vessica]]. Before her first encounter with the Doctor, she was a member of the criminal group the [[Crimson Hand]]. She betrayed [[Wesley Sparks]] and took all his money, promoting herself to their inner sanctum. She destroyed the [[Skith]] homeworld, then grew frightened and ran. Her servant, [[Fanson]], wiped her mind so she would forget about the Crimson Hand and Wesley Sparks. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'')


When the Graxnix followed the Doctor, they started to kill people at the hotel. Majenta quickly decided to leave with her unpaid bills, but the Doctor prevented her escape. He used her time travel tech to imprison the Graxnix outside time, then ensured she was taken away to debtors' jail. ([[DWM]]: [[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]])
=== Meeting the Doctor ===
She and Fanson ran a successful hotel chain, [[Hotel Historia]]. After the [[Last Great Time War]], however, the chain failed as people turned their backs on time travel. Retreating to [[21st century]] [[Earth]], Majenta established another Hotel Historia, using time travel tech of dubious provenance to send paying guests into different time zones throughout Earth history. The [[Tenth Doctor]] stumbled onto Majenta's operation while confronting the [[Graxnix]] in [[41st century]] [[London]] and used the faulty tech to travel back to the hotel.


An apparently coincidental visit to the Thinktwice Orbital Penitiary in Earth's distant future brought the Doctor back into Majenta's world. The harsh regime and crude psychological methods utilised by the penitiary left Majenta with little or no memory of the Doctor, or of her life prior to the events of their first meeting. The Doctor restored Majenta's memory of him, but was unable to restore anything else.  
The Graxnix followed the Doctor and started to kill people at the hotel. Majenta quickly decided to leave with her bills unpaid, but the Doctor prevented her escape. He used her time travel tech to imprison the Graxnix outside time, then ensured she was taken to debtors' jail. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]'')


Together, they uncovered the truth behind Thinktwice, that it was being used as a feeding ground for the [[Memeovax]], who fed on the prisoners' memories. When one of the Memeovax attempted to invade Majenta's mind, she unleashed a blast of power that destroyed all the Memeovax in Thinktwice Prison. Afterwards, in the TARDIS, Majenta quickly co-opted the Doctor into helping her resolve her memory issues. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Thinktwice]]'')
=== Imprisoned in Thinktwice ===
An apparently coincidental visit to the [[Thinktwice|Thinktwice Orbital Penitentiary]] in Earth's distant future brought the Doctor back into Majenta's world. The harsh regime and crude psychological methods of the prison left Majenta with little or no memory of the Doctor or her life before their first meeting. The Doctor restored Majenta's memory of him, but could not restore anything else.


After a trip to [[Stockbridge]], during which she met [[Maxwell Edison]], ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]''), and helped the Doctor defeat the Lokhus of the Zytragupten, she and the Doctor arrived at an apparently abandoned house on the edge of the [[Proxima System]]. Here, the Doctor discovered a holographic party, run by a digitized avatar of Wesley Sparks, founder of Sparktech. As events from decades before replayed in holographic form, the Doctor was astonished to discover that Majenta had been a guest at the party, as Wesley's best friend, business partner and fiancee. Meanwhile, the real Majenta explored the house, and came upon the real Wesley Sparks, now a desiccated cyborg who had slowly gone insane as he preserved himself with bionic parts, waiting for Majenta to return after she left on "pressing business". He attempted to force Majenta into marrying him, but she was ultimately saved by the Doctor and Wesley's avatar, still the dignified host and gentleman Wesley had once been. Damaged in battle saving Majenta, the avatar begged Majenta to remember their lives together. Majenta tearfully broke down and embraced the avatar as it passed away. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Mortal Beloved]]'')
Together, they uncovered the truth behind Thinktwice; it was being used by the [[Memeovax]], who fed on the prisoners' memories. When one of the Memeovax tried to invade Majenta's mind, she unleashed a blast of power that destroyed all the Memeovax in Thinktwice Prison. Afterwards, in the TARDIS, Majenta quickly co-opted the Doctor into helping her resolve her memory issues. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'')


Still trying to take Majenta to Panacea - a healing world, where the Doctor planned to solve Majenta's memory problems - the TARDIS arrived in Sydney Australia. The Doctor and Majenta were quickly taken into custody by [[UNIT]]'s Australia branch. Following a suspicious UNIT officer deep into the bowels of UNIT's underwater HQ, she eventually caught up with him in the Bestiary - a hangar space full of UNIT mementoes. Majenta was surprised to find the UNIT officer was her old confidante Fanson, disguised by a perception filter. She was doubly surprised to find that Fanson was now in the thrall of the [[Skith Leader]], and was secretly helping him to infiltrate the UNIT operation. Majenta was ultimately captured by the Skith General's rival forces, who were surprised to find that they were unable to access her mind. The Skith ultimately elected her as the perfect pilot for the prototype timeship (or SKARDIS), and converted her into a Skith Queen. While in this form, the Doctor was able to convince her to turn on the Skith, and help UNIT destroy their ship. As the Skithship fell, Fanson revealed that he was responsible for erasing her memory, to spare her some - as yet unknown - agony. Fanson then died from injuries sustained at the hands of the Skith General, and the Doctor and Majenta fled. ([[DWM]]: [[The Age of Ice]])
=== Journey to Panacea ===
After a trip to [[Stockbridge]], during which she met [[Maxwell Edison]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child (comic story)|The Stockbridge Child]]'') and helped the Doctor defeat the Lokhus of the Zytragupten, she and the Doctor arrived at an apparently abandoned house on the edge of the [[Proxima System]]. The Doctor discovered a holographic party run by a digitised avatar of Wesley Sparks, founder of Sparktech. As events from decades before replayed in holographic form, the Doctor was astonished to learn Majenta had been a guest at the party as Wesley's best friend, business partner and [[fiancée]]. Meanwhile, the real Majenta explored the house. She came upon the real Wesley Sparks, now a desiccated cyborg who had gone insane as he preserved himself with bionic parts, waiting for Majenta to return from "pressing business". He attempted to force Majenta into marrying him, but she was saved by the Doctor and Wesley's avatar, still the dignified host and gentleman he had been. Damaged in battle saving Majenta, the avatar begged Majenta to remember their lives together. Majenta tearfully broke down and embraced the avatar as it died. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Mortal Beloved (comic story)|Mortal Beloved]]'')


She and the Doctor then visited [[New Old Detroit]] a planet in the [[Proxima System]]. There they solved the final case of low-life private eye Johnny Seaview, and wrested control of the World Bomb from a corrupt [[Alpha Centauri]]. The Doctor triggered the World Bomb, transforming the slums of New Old Detroit into a world mapped on his memories of England. ([[DWM]]: [[The Deep Hereafter]])
Still trying to take Majenta to [[Panacea]] — a healing world, where the Doctor planned to solve Majenta's memory problems — the TARDIS arrived in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The Doctor and Majenta were quickly taken into custody by [[UNIT]]'s Australian branch. Following a suspicious UNIT officer deep into the bowels of UNIT's underwater HQ, Majenta eventually caught up with him in the Bestiary — a hangar space full of UNIT mementos. Majenta was surprised to find the UNIT officer was her old confidante, Fanson, disguised by a perception filter. She was doubly surprised to find that Fanson was now in the thrall of the [[Skith Leader]], secretly helping him infiltrate the UNIT operation. Majenta was captured by the Skith General's rival forces, who were surprised to find themselves unable to access her mind. The Skith elected her as the perfect pilot for the prototype timeship (or SKARDIS), and converted her into a Skith Queen. While she was in this form, the Doctor convinced her to turn on the Skith and help UNIT destroy their ship. As the Skithship fell, Fanson revealed that he was responsible for erasing her memory to spare her some — as yet unknown — agony. Fanson died from injuries sustained at the hands of the Skith General and the Doctor and Majenta fled. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Ice (comic story)|The Age of Ice]]'')


After that the Doctor took her to see the Mousetrap a play. In the London Underground they found "Ghosts" saved by a being known as [[Mnemosyne]]. After they defeated Mnemosyne, the doctor said he was going to take Majenta to Pancea. At that moment a fleet of ships then surrounded Earth and attempted asked her to come out with her hands up. ([[DW]]: [[Ghosts of the Northern Line]])
Majenta and the Doctor next visited [[New Old Detroit]], a planet in the [[Proxima System]]. There they solved the final case of low-life private eye [[Johnny Seaview]] and wrested control of the World Bomb from a corrupt [[Alpha Centauran]]. The Doctor triggered the World Bomb, transforming the [[slum]]s of New Old Detroit into a world mapped on his memories of England. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Deep Hereafter (comic story)|The Deep Hereafter]]'')


Majenta and the Doctor tried to escape in the Tardis but this failed as Intersol launched a tractor beam seding Majenta onto Intersol's ship. She was mind probed by Intersols computer Justice and then attacked by her old cell mate [[Zed (Thinktwice)|Zed]]. But then he four remaining members of the Crimson Hand arrived after they had followed her around the universe. They then went on to kill most of Intersol's staff and take Majenta over again. As she was taken over she then went on to turn the doctor into ashes. ([[DWM]]: [[The Crimson Hand]])
=== Final battle with the Crimson Hand ===
In the [[London Underground]] they found "ghosts" saved by a being known as [[Mnemosyne]]. After they defeated Mnemosyne, the Doctor said he was going to take Majenta to Panacea. At that moment, a fleet of ships surrounded Earth and demanded she come out with her hands up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ghosts of the Northern Line (comic story)|Ghosts of the Northern Line]]'')


==Personality==
Majenta and the Doctor tried to escape in the TARDIS, but this failed as [[Intersol]] launched a tractor beam, sending Majenta onto Intersol's ship. She was mind-probed by Intersol's computer, [[Justice (computer)|Justice]] and then attacked by her old cellmate, [[Zed (Thinktwice)|Zed]]. However the four remaining members of the Crimson Hand arrived, having followed her around the universe. They killed most of Intersol's staff and took Majenta over again. As she was taken over, she teleported the Doctor and his TARDIS to a pocket dimension, but made her Crimson Hand friends believe the Doctor had turned into ashes.
Majenta was confident, resourceful, and intelligent. She was also intensely determined; whenever something went wrong, she was willing to do whatever it took to put make it right.


A key part of Majenta's personality was her sense of superiority. She had little compunction about ordering others around, or letting them know exactly what she thought of them. Despite this, however, she did have a streak of compassion, watching out for those she came to care about.
Majenta restored Vessica. It had been a planet of immense poverty; this changed when she used the Crimson Hand to make the planet rich again. The population rebelled against her and she brought back the Doctor. After she did this, she and the Doctor destroyed the Crimson Hand at the cost of Majenta's own life. The Doctor resurrected her and placed her in the restored New Old Detroit. As long as the Doctor remembered her, she would stay alive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'')


In a reversal of the usual relationships the Doctor has with his companions, Majenta is of the opinion that the Doctor is in fact working for her, technically making him ''her'' companion, rather than the other way around. After the incident with Fanson, Majenta offered the Doctor the opportunity to leave her employ, if he wished. With a handshake, however, the Doctor and Majenta agreed to retain their "business" partnership. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Age of Ice]]'').
=== Later life ===
As part of the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s plot to bring down [[Intra-Venus, Inc.]]'s owner, [[Josiah W. Dogbolter]], Majenta blackmailed the major share-holders of Intra-Venus, offering to buy their shares for 12 [[mazuma]]s each, .000001% of their current value. When they refused she revealed she knew of their illegal activities, and dropped the price to 10. When [[Berakka Dogbolter]] attacked her over this, [[Destrii]] overpowered him. She then made an offer of five mazumas a share. When Dogbolter was arrested due to the Doctor and [[Sharon Davies|Sharon Allen]] revealing his illegal activities, Majenta became the new CEO of Intra-Venus, Inc. Majenta joined the Doctor and other friends of his on [[Cornucopia]] for [[Maxwell Edison]]'s 60th birthday. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Showdown (comic story)|The Stockbridge Showdown]]'')


==Powers==
== Personality ==
Majenta had a barrier in her mind, blocking mental intrusion. When Thinktwice originally removed her memories, they didn't seem to encounter it; however, when they tried a second time, they found the barrier blocking them. When a Memeovax breached the barrier, Majenta manifested a mysterious 'shadow-force' from her hand, destroying all Memeovax on Thinktwice. Neither she or the Doctor knew what this 'shadow-force' was, or where it came from.
Majenta was confident, resourceful and intelligent. She was also intensely determined; whenever something went wrong, she was willing to do whatever it took to make it right.{{fact}}


A certain object of immense power known as 'the hand' has followed Majenta as she travels with the Doctor. It is unknown what this hand is, but it is a large black hand with a crimson force emerging from it.
A key part of Majenta's personality was her sense of superiority. She had little compunction about ordering others around or letting them know exactly what she thought of them. She did have a streak of compassion, watching out for those she came to care about.{{fact}}


==Quotes==
Majenta was very cunning. She often pretended to join forces with the Doctor's enemies so that she could find their weakest point for the Doctor to attack. However, when it came to the Crimson Hand, she struggled to resist the urge to become rulers of the universe — and an enemy of the Doctor's. {{fact}}
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*"Why not spend time studying [[Earth]]'s lost life in the [[Jurassic]]? Or trade quips with the wits of [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] England? All of Earth's history is yours for the taking Tony love. Call [[Hotel Historia]] and experience the trip of a thousand lifetimes!"


Majenta Pryce (by hologram) to Tony ([[DWM]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]]'')
In a reversal of the usual relationships the Doctor had with his companions, Majenta held that the Doctor was working for her, technically making him ''her'' companion, rather than the other way around. After the incident with Fanson, Majenta offered the Doctor the opportunity to leave her employ. With a handshake, however, the Doctor and Majenta agreed to retain their "business" partnership. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Ice (comic story)|The Age of Ice]]'')


*"NO! I... I can consolidate my loans into one manageable monthly payment!! I can..."
== Powers ==
Majenta had a barrier in her mind, blocking mental intrusion. When Thinktwice originally removed her memories, they didn't seem to encounter it. However, when they tried a second time, they found the barrier blocking them. When a Memeovax breached the barrier, Majenta manifested a mysterious "shadow-force" from her hand, destroying all Memeovax on Thinktwice. Neither the Doctor nor she knew what this "shadow-force" was or where it came from. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'')


Majenta to the Doctor ([[DWM]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic strip)|Hotel Historia]]'')
A certain object of immense power known as "the hand" followed Majenta as she travelled with the Doctor. It was eventually revealed to be a monstrous device, the [[Manus Maleficus]], which she once had helped control. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'')


*"You're corpulent, rotund, obese, cuddly, chunky, when you sit around the house you actually sit ''around'' the house, you put your belt on with a boomerang, your backside has its own postcode... and an airport"
== Aliases ==
According to [[Intersol]] records, her aliases included Violet Decosta, Sanderine Roimazher, Lady Scaph 3 along with her official [[Thinktwice]] number, MP8/1/14/4.{{fact}}


Majenta Pryce to [[Cee-Cee]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[Thinktwice]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
 
* Majenta was the first ''recurring'' comic [[companion]] created by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' since [[Destrii]], the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s final DWM companion.
*"I... D-Doctor...? Are you there? I... I can't see you..."
* ''DWM'' didn't initially specify when the adventures with Majenta occur in the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s timeline. They were ''published'' at a time when the televised Tenth Doctor was expressing reluctance to travel with anyone in the wake of [[Donna Noble]]'s departure. Eventually, in the final part of ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'', it was revealed that they take place after ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''. Not only does the Doctor consider using the [[Crimson Hand]] to save Donna's life, but a large illustration clearly shows the moment in ''Journey's End'' when the Doctor converts the [[Doctor-Donna]] into plain, old Donna.
 
Majenta Pryce to The Doctor ([[DWM]]: ''[[Thinktwice]]'')
 
*"I hope your plan goes a bit further than just throwing cutlery around..."
 
Majenta Pryce to the Doctor ([[DWM]]: ''[[Thinktwice]]'')
 
*"If we get out of this alive... we are going to have some very serious words..."
 
Majenta Pryce to the Doctor ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]'')
 
*"Actually... I wanted to congratulate you. This is some of the shoddiest accounting I've ever seen -- and bear in mind I used to run a hotel.."
 
Majenta Pryce to [[He]] and [[She]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]'')
 
*"What's the matter? Never seen a woman with green skin before?"
 
Majenta Pryce to [[Manning|Corporal Manning]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Age of Ice]]'')
 
*"I can't deny it's been fun (in a squalid, macho kind of a way)."
 
Majenta Pryce to the Doctor ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Deep Hereafter]]'')
 
==See also==
''to be added''
 
==Behind the scenes==
* When ''Doctor Who Magazine'' began publishing strips based upon the revived ''Doctor Who'' series in 2005, it was decided to feature the Doctor either travelling alone, or with one of his TV companions; this was, in fact, one of the reasons (as stated in the Panini Books DWM comic strip omnibus ''The Flood'') why the comic strip companion [[Destrii]] was abandoned with the switch from the [[Eighth Doctor]] to the [[Ninth Doctor]] in the comics. Majenta is the first ongoing comic strip-exclusive companion to be introduced since then.
* Majenta is also the first original (i.e. non-TV) Tenth Doctor companion to be introduced in any media, predating various post-Donna Noble characters featured in the [[New Series Adventures]] novels, companions featured in the ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' comic strip, and [[Grayla]], a post-Rose Tyler/pre-Martha Jones companion revealed in the [[IDW Publishing]] standalone comic book ''[[The Whispering Gallery]]''.
* Majenta's presence as a companion would seem to contradict the Doctor's stated reluctance to travel with anyone, although it could be said that her adventures might have taken place prior to [[Donna Noble]] joining the Doctor. The beginning of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' establishes an interval of unknown length occurred between [[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' and ''The End of Time'', during which Majenta's adventures may have occurred.
* It has been announced that [[DWM]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand]]'', which began in DWM #416 (December 2009), will be the final DWM comic strip adventure of the Tenth Doctor, and presumably Majenta.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2009/12/doctor-who-magazine-416.html]


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Latest revision as of 04:12, 29 August 2023

Majenta Pryce, also known as Lady Scaph and affectionately called Madge by the Doctor, was a temporary companion of the Tenth Doctor. A hotelier by trade, she was one of the few non-humans with whom the Tenth Doctor travelled.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Majenta Pryce was a green humanoid female from the planet Vessica. Before her first encounter with the Doctor, she was a member of the criminal group the Crimson Hand. She betrayed Wesley Sparks and took all his money, promoting herself to their inner sanctum. She destroyed the Skith homeworld, then grew frightened and ran. Her servant, Fanson, wiped her mind so she would forget about the Crimson Hand and Wesley Sparks. (COMIC: The Crimson Hand)

Meeting the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

She and Fanson ran a successful hotel chain, Hotel Historia. After the Last Great Time War, however, the chain failed as people turned their backs on time travel. Retreating to 21st century Earth, Majenta established another Hotel Historia, using time travel tech of dubious provenance to send paying guests into different time zones throughout Earth history. The Tenth Doctor stumbled onto Majenta's operation while confronting the Graxnix in 41st century London and used the faulty tech to travel back to the hotel.

The Graxnix followed the Doctor and started to kill people at the hotel. Majenta quickly decided to leave with her bills unpaid, but the Doctor prevented her escape. He used her time travel tech to imprison the Graxnix outside time, then ensured she was taken to debtors' jail. (COMIC: Hotel Historia)

Imprisoned in Thinktwice[[edit] | [edit source]]

An apparently coincidental visit to the Thinktwice Orbital Penitentiary in Earth's distant future brought the Doctor back into Majenta's world. The harsh regime and crude psychological methods of the prison left Majenta with little or no memory of the Doctor or her life before their first meeting. The Doctor restored Majenta's memory of him, but could not restore anything else.

Together, they uncovered the truth behind Thinktwice; it was being used by the Memeovax, who fed on the prisoners' memories. When one of the Memeovax tried to invade Majenta's mind, she unleashed a blast of power that destroyed all the Memeovax in Thinktwice Prison. Afterwards, in the TARDIS, Majenta quickly co-opted the Doctor into helping her resolve her memory issues. (COMIC: Thinktwice)

Journey to Panacea[[edit] | [edit source]]

After a trip to Stockbridge, during which she met Maxwell Edison (COMIC: The Stockbridge Child) and helped the Doctor defeat the Lokhus of the Zytragupten, she and the Doctor arrived at an apparently abandoned house on the edge of the Proxima System. The Doctor discovered a holographic party run by a digitised avatar of Wesley Sparks, founder of Sparktech. As events from decades before replayed in holographic form, the Doctor was astonished to learn Majenta had been a guest at the party as Wesley's best friend, business partner and fiancée. Meanwhile, the real Majenta explored the house. She came upon the real Wesley Sparks, now a desiccated cyborg who had gone insane as he preserved himself with bionic parts, waiting for Majenta to return from "pressing business". He attempted to force Majenta into marrying him, but she was saved by the Doctor and Wesley's avatar, still the dignified host and gentleman he had been. Damaged in battle saving Majenta, the avatar begged Majenta to remember their lives together. Majenta tearfully broke down and embraced the avatar as it died. (COMIC: Mortal Beloved)

Still trying to take Majenta to Panacea — a healing world, where the Doctor planned to solve Majenta's memory problems — the TARDIS arrived in Sydney, Australia. The Doctor and Majenta were quickly taken into custody by UNIT's Australian branch. Following a suspicious UNIT officer deep into the bowels of UNIT's underwater HQ, Majenta eventually caught up with him in the Bestiary — a hangar space full of UNIT mementos. Majenta was surprised to find the UNIT officer was her old confidante, Fanson, disguised by a perception filter. She was doubly surprised to find that Fanson was now in the thrall of the Skith Leader, secretly helping him infiltrate the UNIT operation. Majenta was captured by the Skith General's rival forces, who were surprised to find themselves unable to access her mind. The Skith elected her as the perfect pilot for the prototype timeship (or SKARDIS), and converted her into a Skith Queen. While she was in this form, the Doctor convinced her to turn on the Skith and help UNIT destroy their ship. As the Skithship fell, Fanson revealed that he was responsible for erasing her memory to spare her some — as yet unknown — agony. Fanson died from injuries sustained at the hands of the Skith General and the Doctor and Majenta fled. (COMIC: The Age of Ice)

Majenta and the Doctor next visited New Old Detroit, a planet in the Proxima System. There they solved the final case of low-life private eye Johnny Seaview and wrested control of the World Bomb from a corrupt Alpha Centauran. The Doctor triggered the World Bomb, transforming the slums of New Old Detroit into a world mapped on his memories of England. (COMIC: The Deep Hereafter)

Final battle with the Crimson Hand[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the London Underground they found "ghosts" saved by a being known as Mnemosyne. After they defeated Mnemosyne, the Doctor said he was going to take Majenta to Panacea. At that moment, a fleet of ships surrounded Earth and demanded she come out with her hands up. (COMIC: Ghosts of the Northern Line)

Majenta and the Doctor tried to escape in the TARDIS, but this failed as Intersol launched a tractor beam, sending Majenta onto Intersol's ship. She was mind-probed by Intersol's computer, Justice and then attacked by her old cellmate, Zed. However the four remaining members of the Crimson Hand arrived, having followed her around the universe. They killed most of Intersol's staff and took Majenta over again. As she was taken over, she teleported the Doctor and his TARDIS to a pocket dimension, but made her Crimson Hand friends believe the Doctor had turned into ashes.

Majenta restored Vessica. It had been a planet of immense poverty; this changed when she used the Crimson Hand to make the planet rich again. The population rebelled against her and she brought back the Doctor. After she did this, she and the Doctor destroyed the Crimson Hand at the cost of Majenta's own life. The Doctor resurrected her and placed her in the restored New Old Detroit. As long as the Doctor remembered her, she would stay alive. (COMIC: The Crimson Hand)

Later life[[edit] | [edit source]]

As part of the Twelfth Doctor's plot to bring down Intra-Venus, Inc.'s owner, Josiah W. Dogbolter, Majenta blackmailed the major share-holders of Intra-Venus, offering to buy their shares for 12 mazumas each, .000001% of their current value. When they refused she revealed she knew of their illegal activities, and dropped the price to 10. When Berakka Dogbolter attacked her over this, Destrii overpowered him. She then made an offer of five mazumas a share. When Dogbolter was arrested due to the Doctor and Sharon Allen revealing his illegal activities, Majenta became the new CEO of Intra-Venus, Inc. Majenta joined the Doctor and other friends of his on Cornucopia for Maxwell Edison's 60th birthday. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Showdown)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Majenta was confident, resourceful and intelligent. She was also intensely determined; whenever something went wrong, she was willing to do whatever it took to make it right.[source needed]

A key part of Majenta's personality was her sense of superiority. She had little compunction about ordering others around or letting them know exactly what she thought of them. She did have a streak of compassion, watching out for those she came to care about.[source needed]

Majenta was very cunning. She often pretended to join forces with the Doctor's enemies so that she could find their weakest point for the Doctor to attack. However, when it came to the Crimson Hand, she struggled to resist the urge to become rulers of the universe — and an enemy of the Doctor's. [source needed]

In a reversal of the usual relationships the Doctor had with his companions, Majenta held that the Doctor was working for her, technically making him her companion, rather than the other way around. After the incident with Fanson, Majenta offered the Doctor the opportunity to leave her employ. With a handshake, however, the Doctor and Majenta agreed to retain their "business" partnership. (COMIC: The Age of Ice)

Powers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Majenta had a barrier in her mind, blocking mental intrusion. When Thinktwice originally removed her memories, they didn't seem to encounter it. However, when they tried a second time, they found the barrier blocking them. When a Memeovax breached the barrier, Majenta manifested a mysterious "shadow-force" from her hand, destroying all Memeovax on Thinktwice. Neither the Doctor nor she knew what this "shadow-force" was or where it came from. (COMIC: Thinktwice)

A certain object of immense power known as "the hand" followed Majenta as she travelled with the Doctor. It was eventually revealed to be a monstrous device, the Manus Maleficus, which she once had helped control. (COMIC: The Crimson Hand)

Aliases[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to Intersol records, her aliases included Violet Decosta, Sanderine Roimazher, Lady Scaph 3 along with her official Thinktwice number, MP8/1/14/4.[source needed]

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Majenta was the first recurring comic companion created by Doctor Who Magazine since Destrii, the Eighth Doctor's final DWM companion.
  • DWM didn't initially specify when the adventures with Majenta occur in the Tenth Doctor's timeline. They were published at a time when the televised Tenth Doctor was expressing reluctance to travel with anyone in the wake of Donna Noble's departure. Eventually, in the final part of The Crimson Hand, it was revealed that they take place after Journey's End. Not only does the Doctor consider using the Crimson Hand to save Donna's life, but a large illustration clearly shows the moment in Journey's End when the Doctor converts the Doctor-Donna into plain, old Donna.
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