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|image   = The Corsair (Chris Riddell illustration).jpg
|individual name= The Corsair
|species = Time Lord
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|origin  = [[Gallifrey]]
|race= [[Gallifreyan]] ([[Time Lord]]/[[Time Lady]])
|first = Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story)
|home planet= [[Gallifrey]]
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]''
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' (arm)
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The '''Seventh Corsair''' was a female incarnation of the [[Renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Corsair]], who travelled with a [[Parrot (One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)|parrot]] as her [[companion]]. On at least two occasions, she opposed the [[Dalek]]s, something the Corsair did rarely, although on neither occasion did she face them directly.  
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'''The Corsair''' was a [[Time Lord]] described by the [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] as "one of the good ones." His signature emblem was a classical depiction of the mythological [[Oroborus]], a snake devouring its tail. According to the Doctor, he had the emblem tattooed on his body after each [[regeneration]], even when he regenerated as a female. Without it, the Corsair didn't feel like him/herself. In his last regeneration, the tattoo appeared on the inside of his left forearm.


The Doctor described one of the Corsair's male incarnations as a "fantastic bloke" and one of his female incarnations as "a bad girl!"
== Biography ==
[[File:Corsair_tattoo.jpg|thumb|right|The Corsair's [[Oroborus]] tattoo. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]]]
This incarnation of the Corsair was "spotted" on [[Clarkor Nine]] on the night a [[Dalek scout ship]] landed there. Sneaking aboard, she detached the nine Dalek occupants' [[manipulator arm]]s and [[gunstick]]s and then welded them together into "a shape that meant something very rude in [[Dalek (language)|Skarosian]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story)|Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]]'')
The Corsair was presumably killed by the entity known only as [[House]], a disembodied being that fed on [[artron energy]] it harvested from captured [[TARDIS]]es. The Corsair's left arm had been stitched onto the composite humanoid creature being known as "[[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]]" that served as House's slave. The other composite humanoid creature slave "[[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]]" received "the spine and the kidneys." The loss of these organs was presumably lethal and the Corsair went the way of House's numerous other Time Lord victims.


The final incarnation of the Corsair was described by Auntie as "a strapping big bloke." The Doctor discovered his fate after being contacted by his [[hypercube]] and following its psychically encoded distress message to House. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
As a favour for the [[First Doctor]], the Corsair travelled to the [[City Obsidian]] in the [[Imperial Edifice of Infinite Steps]] to steal the [[Hand of Omega]]. Although pursued by troop ships belonging to the [[Supreme Leader (One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)|Supreme Leader]], she escaped with the Hand of Omega and managed to deliver it to the [[First Doctor]] prior to him [[The Doctor and Susan's escape from Gallifrey|leaving]] [[Gallifrey]] as instructed. However, her Parrot companion did leave a single blue feather behind, which was discovered by the Supreme Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'') The Doctor subsequently buried the Hand of Omega on [[1963]] [[Earth]], setting in motion a centuries-long plan to destroy the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et al)
==Behind the scenes==
On his blog, [[Neil Gaiman]] stated that before he began writing the first draft, he wanted to make sure the idea of the Corsair was okay with [[Steven Moffat]] before he became fixed in the story, so he sent him an email with a piece of dialogue between the Doctor and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] in which the Doctor talks about the Corsair. The Doctor explained that the Corsair did not have a name and used to travel, exploring the limits of [[time]] and [[space]]. The Doctor said that when he was twelve he asked the Corsair if he could travel with him and act as his "[[companion|assistant]]", but the Corsair just laughed. Steven Moffat replied that he wanted the Corsair to be less like the Doctor because the Doctor "does what he does for reasons too vast and terrible to relate".<ref>http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/06/fairly-humongous-doctor-who-q-mostly.html</ref>


==Footnotes==
== Appearance ==
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This Corsair was a dark-skinned woman with [[scarlet]] hair. She wore a [[Viridian (colour)|viridian]] [[coat]], with [[Tan (colour)|tan]] [[leather]] and dark [[Cherry (colour)|cherry]] coloured clothes which were patched and bartered. She also wore a [[Tricorn|tricorn hat]] with hyacinth blue plumes that were donated by her Parrot companion after a moult.  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'')


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The Seventh Corsair was a female incarnation of the Renegade Time Lord known as the Corsair, who travelled with a parrot as her companion. On at least two occasions, she opposed the Daleks, something the Corsair did rarely, although on neither occasion did she face them directly.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

This incarnation of the Corsair was "spotted" on Clarkor Nine on the night a Dalek scout ship landed there. Sneaking aboard, she detached the nine Dalek occupants' manipulator arms and gunsticks and then welded them together into "a shape that meant something very rude in Skarosian". (PROSE: Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair)

As a favour for the First Doctor, the Corsair travelled to the City Obsidian in the Imperial Edifice of Infinite Steps to steal the Hand of Omega. Although pursued by troop ships belonging to the Supreme Leader, she escaped with the Hand of Omega and managed to deliver it to the First Doctor prior to him leaving Gallifrey as instructed. However, her Parrot companion did leave a single blue feather behind, which was discovered by the Supreme Leader. (PROSE: One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes) The Doctor subsequently buried the Hand of Omega on 1963 Earth, setting in motion a centuries-long plan to destroy the Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, et al)

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Corsair was a dark-skinned woman with scarlet hair. She wore a viridian coat, with tan leather and dark cherry coloured clothes which were patched and bartered. She also wore a tricorn hat with hyacinth blue plumes that were donated by her Parrot companion after a moult. (PROSE: One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)

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