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|individual name = Drax
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|race = [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]])
|species          = Time Lord
|home planet = [[Gallifrey]]
|origin            = [[Gallifrey]]
|appearances = [[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''<br>[[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''<br>''[[Search for the Doctor]]''
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|mentions = [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''
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|actor = [[Barry Jackson]]}}
|actor            = Barry Jackson (actor)
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{{Draxes}}
One '''incarnation of [[Drax]]''', a [[renegade Time Lord]] with a knack for tinkering and [[engineering]] who was an old friend of [[the Doctor]]'s, reunited with him while the [[Fourth Doctor]] was on the cusp of completing his quest for the [[Key to Time]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}})


'''Drax''' was a [[renegade Time Lord]] with a knack for tinkering. He knew [[the Doctor]] before either had left their home [[planet]] of [[Gallifrey]].
By several accounts, this body was Drax's second incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dark Secrets of the Time Lords (feature)}}, [[GAME]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (game)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Trouble with Drax (audio story)}})


==Biography==
== Biography ==
===Youth===
=== Early activities ===
Drax attended [[Prydon Academy]] with the [[First Doctor]] in the Class of 92. ([[DW]]: ''[[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]]'') By one account, unlike other renegades like his contemporaries, [[the Master]] and [[the Rani]], Drax purchased [[Drax's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] instead of stealing one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor]]'') However, another account disagreed and asserted that he did indeed steal his [[Type 63]] TARDIS, although the Time Lords decided to leave him be, recording him as "harmless and apolitical". ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)|namedpart=Renegade Time Lords}})


Drax and the Doctor belonged to [[the Deca]], a social group of rebellious students at Prydon Academy. Drax and [[Mortimus]] became the first two members of the Deca to permanently flee Gallifrey and turn [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'')
Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled [[the universe]], doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of [[cybernetics]], guidance systems and armaments. He also committed cons. When his 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 for over ten years where he acquired a [[Cockney English|Cockney accent]] to help him survive inside, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}) which would later become a trademark through several of his regenerations, though the Twelfth Drax would tell [[Romana II]] he had lost it a few regenerations ago, from that incarnation's perspective, during a con. ([[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|The Trouble with Drax (audio story)}})


===As a Renegade===
=== Used by the Shadow ===
Upon going renegade, Drax travelled the galaxy doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of cybernetics, guidance systems, and armaments.
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]].


When Drax's [[TARDIS]] suffered a breakdown in its [[hyperbolics]], Drax was caught on [[Earth]] engaging in criminal activity to procure replacement parts and did time in a [[Brixton]] prison.
450 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]] arrived on Zeos. Drax, under the Shadow's orders, reluctantly led the Doctor into a trap. Drax claimed he hadn't expected the one looking for the Key to be the Doctor. Briefly, the two reminisced though at first, the Doctor needed a moment to remember him. 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]]. Afterwards, Drax stayed on Atrios to help rebuild that world. ([[TV]]: {{Cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}) During that time, Drax had hacked the directional unit of the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]'')


During the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s search for the sixth and final segment of the [[Key to Time]], the Doctor and [[Romana I|Romana]] arrived on the planet [[Atrios]], which was at war with their neighbouring planet [[Zeos]]. In reality, the planet Zeos was deserted save for a giant computer called [[Mentalis]], which was controlling the war. The true enemy was a third planet called the [[Third planet]], ruled by [[The Shadow|the Shadow]].
=== Later activities ===
Drax was once involved in an incident with the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Omega]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Search for the Doctor (novel)}})


The Shadow imprisoned Drax and made him work for him. He agreed to help the Doctor. With Drax's assistance, the Doctor recovered the final segment of the Key to Time. Afterward, Drax stayed on Atrios to help rebuild. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
== Alternate timeline ==
In an [[alternate 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===
== Other information ==
Drax showed extreme technological aptitude.  As a youth on Gallifrey, Drax had a [[skimmer]] he had built himself.  ([[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'')  However, Drax found himself unable to grasp [[temporal theory]], and he failed the class. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
This [[Drax's TARDIS]] took the shape of a convertible [[car]], the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Search for the Doctor (novel)}})


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.
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When Drax met [[K9 Mark II]] and marvelled at the "little tin dog," K9 made note of 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 was able to talk him round to joining him against the Shadow without much trouble. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
 
==Behind the scenes==
* The exchange between the Doctor and Drax regarding his accent in ''The Armageddon Factor'' would be echoed decades later in a similar exchange between [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.


* The interactive [[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]] book ''[[Search for the Doctor]]'' included Drax as a character. In this book Drax's 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

One incarnation of Drax, a renegade Time Lord with a knack for tinkering and engineering who was an old friend of the Doctor's, reunited with him while the Fourth Doctor was on the cusp of completing his quest for the Key to Time. (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"])

By several accounts, this body was Drax's second incarnation. (PROSE: Dark Secrets of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Dark Secrets of the Time Lords (feature)"], GAME: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (game)"], AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax [+]Loading...["The Trouble with Drax (audio story)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early activities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drax had already escaped from Gallifrey when the Doctor was expelled from the Time Lord Academy. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) By one account, unlike other renegades like his contemporaries, the Master and the Rani, Drax purchased his TARDIS instead of stealing one. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor) However, another account disagreed and asserted that he did indeed steal his Type 63 TARDIS, although the Time Lords decided to leave him be, recording him as "harmless and apolitical". (GAME: "Renegade Time Lords" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Renegade Time Lords","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})

Upon becoming a renegade, Drax travelled the universe, doing repair and maintenance work in the fields of cybernetics, guidance systems and armaments. He also committed cons. When his 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 for over ten years where he acquired a Cockney accent to help him survive inside, (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"]) which would later become a trademark through several of his regenerations, though the Twelfth Drax would tell Romana II he had lost it a few regenerations ago, from that incarnation's perspective, during a con. (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax [+]Loading...["The Trouble with Drax (audio story)"])

Used by the Shadow[[edit] | [edit source]]

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.

450 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 arrived on Zeos. Drax, under the Shadow's orders, reluctantly led the Doctor into a trap. Drax claimed he hadn't expected the one looking for the Key to be the Doctor. Briefly, the two reminisced though at first, the Doctor needed a moment to remember him. Easily seeing through Drax's pretence, the Doctor talked him into joining forces against the Shadow. With Drax's assistance, the Doctor recovered the final segment of the Key to Time. Afterwards, Drax stayed on Atrios to help rebuild that world. (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"]) During that time, Drax had hacked the directional unit of the Doctor's TARDIS. (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax)

Later activities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drax was once involved in an incident with the Sixth Doctor and Omega. (PROSE: Search for the Doctor [+]Loading...["Search for the Doctor (novel)"])

Alternate timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternate 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)

Other information[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Drax's TARDIS took the shape of a convertible car, the registration plate of which read: "TARDIS". (PROSE: Search for the Doctor [+]Loading...["Search for the Doctor (novel)"])

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