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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image = [[File:Drax 2.jpg|250px]]
|aka              = Fleur McCormick
|individual name = Drax
|species          = Time Lord
|race = [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]])
|origin            = [[Gallifrey]]
|home planet = [[Gallifrey]]
|job              = Police inspector
|appearances = [[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]''<br />[[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''<br />''[[Search for the Doctor]]''
|only              = The Trouble with Drax (audio story)
|mentions = [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''
|voice actor      = Miranda Raison
|actor = [[Barry Jackson]]}}
}}{{character stub}}
 
{{Draxes}}
'''Drax''' was a [[renegade Time Lord]] with a knack for tinkering. He knew [[the Doctor]] before either had left their home [[planet]] of [[Gallifrey]].
[[Drax]]'s '''eighth incarnation''' posed as '''Inspector Fleur McCormick''', a galactic [[police inspector]], during a plot hatched by [[Third Drax|a previous incarnation]] of hers. The first female incarnation of the Time Lord, she led a band of her previous and future incarnations who posed as her "half a dozen best men". With the unwitting help of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]], they raided the most secure safe-house in history. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]'')


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Youth ===
After regenerating into her first female body, which was apparently planned long in advance with the paradox of the theft of the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect limiter|Blinovitch Limitation Effect Limiter]], Drax aided her various selves in a scheme to ensure that they could successfully cooperate with one another. Upon arriving on [[Altrazar]], she confronted the [[Fourth Doctor]], whom she had "mistaken" to be Drax.
Drax attended [[Prydon Academy]] with the the [[First Doctor]] in the Class of 92.  They were on the tech course together.  Though his practical work was satisfactory, he failed his exams, done in by Temporal Theory. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'') Drax and the Doctor belonged to [[the Deca]], a social group of rebellious students at Prydon Academy. Drax and [[the Monk]] became the first two members of the Deca to permanently flee Gallifrey and turn [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'')
 
=== As a Renegade ===
Upon going 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 caught on [[Earth]] engaging in criminal activity to procure replacement parts and did time in [[Brixton]] prison.
 
During the 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, ruled by [[the Shadow]].
 
The Shadow imprisoned Drax and forced him to build and maintain Mentalis for him, as well as reluctantly lead 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
 
=== Personality ===
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]]'')
 
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 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 ==
* Drax was [[Barry Jackson]]'s third guest role in ''[[Doctor Who]],'' after [[Ascaris]] and [[Jeff Garvey]].
 
* 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."
When the Doctor and Romana believed that they had rounded up all of the Draxes on the ''[[Rutan's Tendril]]'', they called her to arrest the Time Lord. By the time the Doctor and Romana realised that Drax must have known he would have been arrested over different incarnations, they realised the truth about McCormick and her men. When they returned all of Drax's incarnations had escaped in [[Drax's TARDIS|their TARDIS]]. The [[Fifth Drax]] commented later after their escape the gender switch had been worth it. This Drax and her [[Twelfth Drax|twelfth Incarnation]] teased one another at the same time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Trouble with Drax (audio story)|The Trouble with Drax]]'')


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Latest revision as of 16:50, 5 October 2024

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Drax's eighth incarnation posed as Inspector Fleur McCormick, a galactic police inspector, during a plot hatched by a previous incarnation of hers. The first female incarnation of the Time Lord, she led a band of her previous and future incarnations who posed as her "half a dozen best men". With the unwitting help of the Fourth Doctor and Romana II, they raided the most secure safe-house in history. (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax)

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After regenerating into her first female body, which was apparently planned long in advance with the paradox of the theft of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect Limiter, Drax aided her various selves in a scheme to ensure that they could successfully cooperate with one another. Upon arriving on Altrazar, she confronted the Fourth Doctor, whom she had "mistaken" to be Drax.

When the Doctor and Romana believed that they had rounded up all of the Draxes on the Rutan's Tendril, they called her to arrest the Time Lord. By the time the Doctor and Romana realised that Drax must have known he would have been arrested over different incarnations, they realised the truth about McCormick and her men. When they returned all of Drax's incarnations had escaped in their TARDIS. The Fifth Drax commented later after their escape the gender switch had been worth it. This Drax and her twelfth Incarnation teased one another at the same time. (AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax)

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