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{{rename|[[Drax I]]: see [[Talk:First Morbius#Time Lord incarnation naming|Talk:First Morbius]].}}
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|name = Drax
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|species = Time Lord
|species           = Time Lord
|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
|origin           = [[Gallifrey]]
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]''|[[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Search for the Doctor]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' (dream sequence)|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''}}
|affiliation      = The Deca
|actor = Barry Jackson}}
|first mention    = The Armageddon Factor (TV story)
'''Drax''' was a [[renegade Time Lord]] with a knack for tinkering. He knew [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] before either had left their home [[planet]] of [[Gallifrey]].
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The '''First Drax''' was a [[renegade Time Lord]] that knew [[the Doctor]] before either had left their home [[planet]] of [[Gallifrey]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Youth ===
Like all [[Time Lord]]s, Drax was taken from his family at the age of eight for the selection process in the [[Drylands]]. Staring into the [[Untempered Schism]] as part of a Time Lord initiation rite, Drax reacted by running away from what he saw in the Schism. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')
Drax attended the [[Prydonian Academy]] with [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] in the [[Class of 92]]. They took the tech course together. Though his practical work was satisfactory, he failed his exams, done in by [[temporal theory]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''). Whilst he was at the academy, Drax became a member of [[the Deca]] and had his own self-made skimmer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')


=== As a Renegade ===
Drax attended the [[Prydonian Academy]] with the [[First Doctor]] in the [[Class of 92]]. They took the tech course together. Though his practical work was satisfactory, he failed his exams, done in by [[temporal theory]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'')
Drax had already escaped from Gallifrey when the Doctor was expelled from the [[Time Lord Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled the [[universe]], doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of [[cybernetics]], guidance systems and armaments. When Drax's [[TARDIS]] suffered a breakdown in its [[hyperbolics]], Drax was stranded on [[Earth]]. He engaged in criminal activity to procure replacement parts and did time in [[Brixton]] prison.


Later, the [[Black Guardian]]'s agent, [[the Shadow]], imprisoned Drax and forced him to build and maintain a giant [[computer]] called [[Mentalis]] on the deserted [[planet]] [[Zeos]]. Mentalis carried out a war against the neighbouring planet of [[Atrios]].
Along with [[the Master]] and [[First Rani|the Rani]], Drax and the Doctor were tutored by [[Borusa]] and [[Azmael]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)}}) Whilst he was at the academy, Drax became a member of [[the Deca]] and had his own self-made [[skimmer]]. At some point Drax escaped Gallifrey after purchasing [[Drax's TARDIS|his own TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')


Four hundred and fifty years later in their personal timelines, Drax and the Doctor met again. While searching for the last segment of the [[Key to Time]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]] arrived on Zeos. Drax, under the Shadow's orders, reluctantly led the Doctor into a trap. Easily seeing through Drax's pretence, the Doctor talked him into joining forces against the Shadow. With Drax's assistance, the Doctor recovered [[Astra of Atrios|the final segment of the Key to Time]]. Afterward, Drax stayed on Atrios to help rebuild that world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
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== Alternative timeline ==
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In an [[alternative timeline]], Drax cooperated alongside [[the Master]], [[the Monk]] and [[the Rani]] to try to destroy the world using a DNA recombinator, turning the human race into a gestalt consciousness which could be used as a weapon to conquer the universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Drax showed great technological aptitude. However, he could not grasp [[temporal theory]] and failed the class. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
 
During his prison stay Drax picked up Brixton's local accent and idioms, which remained part of his speech patterns after he left Earth and resumed his travels. When Drax met [[K9 Mark II]] and marvelled at the "little tin dog", K9 noted Drax's silliness. Although Drax was not above criminal activity and weapons dealing for personal gain, he displayed a sense of what was morally right and bemoaned having to assist the Shadow in his schemes. The Doctor talked him round to joining him against the Shadow without much trouble. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Drax was [[Barry Jackson]]'s third guest role in ''[[Doctor Who]],'' after [[Ascaris]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans]]'') and [[Jeff Garvey]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'').


* The exchange between the Doctor and Drax regarding his accent in ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'' would be echoed centuries later in a similar exchange between [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
* Although Drax's TARDIS is somewhere around in ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'', only components from it are seen on-screen. The interactive ''[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]]'' book ''[[Search for the Doctor]]'' included Drax as a character, in which his TARDIS was in the shape of a convertible [[car]], the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS".
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Latest revision as of 16:47, 5 October 2024

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Drax I: see Talk:First Morbius.

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The First Drax was a renegade Time Lord that knew the Doctor before either had left their home planet of Gallifrey.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Like all Time Lords, Drax was taken from his family at the age of eight for the selection process in the Drylands. Staring into the Untempered Schism as part of a Time Lord initiation rite, Drax reacted by running away from what he saw in the Schism. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Drax attended the Prydonian Academy with the First Doctor in the Class of 92. They took the tech course together. Though his practical work was satisfactory, he failed his exams, done in by temporal theory. (TV: The Armageddon Factor)

Along with the Master and the Rani, Drax and the Doctor were tutored by Borusa and Azmael. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords [+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) Whilst he was at the academy, Drax became a member of the Deca and had his own self-made skimmer. At some point Drax escaped Gallifrey after purchasing his own TARDIS. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)

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