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|image = The Corsair (Chris Riddell illustration).jpg
|name= The Corsair
|species = Time Lord
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|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
|species= Time Lord
|first = Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story)
|origin= [[Gallifrey]]
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]''
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'''The Corsair''' was a [[Time Lord]], described by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as "one of the good ones". The Corsair took on different sexes throughout many incarnations. The Doctor noted that when the Corsair was female, "she was a bad girl."
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.
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Based on the limited information available, it is not known whether The Corsair's initial incarnation was female or male.
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 [[Fourth Doctor]] once said to [[Romana]] that he should meet up with the Corsair sometime; he described the Corsair as both male and female in the same sentence, implying one of his [[Regeneration|regenerations]] had already been female. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')
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)
The Corsair had the symbol of the [[Ouroboros]] [[tattoo]]ed on each of his or her incarnations and also imprinted on his [[hypercube]]. The final incarnation of the Corsair was described by [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]], a composite [[humanoid]] servant of [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]], as "a strapping big bloke." She was a good authority on the matter; after all, she had the Corsair's left arm stitched on to her torso in place of her own, while the other composite humanoid slave, "[[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]]" received "the [[spine]] and the [[kidney]]s." The loss of these organs was presumably lethal, and the Corsair went the way of House's numerous other Time Lord victims.
== Appearance ==
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]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovered the Corsair's fate after being contacted by a [[hypercube]] and following its [[psychic]]ally encoded distress message to House. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
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During one adventure, while pushing a heavy crate, the Eleventh Doctor said that if he kept up this habit, he would develop big arms like the Corsair. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
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=== The Brilliant Book 2012 ===
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According to ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]],'' a book that contains [[Tardis:Canon policy|non-narrative]] information, the Ouroboros tattoo trademark of the Corsair — a [[snake]] eating its own tail, symbolising eternity — moved around the Corsair's body with each regeneration. The largest of these was during the third incarnation in which a multi-coloured variant covered a third of the Corsair's back; the smallest was no bigger than a ten-pence coin on the fifth incarnation's upper thigh.
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Amongst their missions for the Time Lords, the Corsair stole the [[Callisto Pulse]] from the Callistan Kleptocracy.
Although she denied ever having fought the [[Dalek]]s, she was spotted in her seventh incarnation on Clarkor Nine when the Dalek scout ship arrived. It is highly likely that she was involved in those Daleks having their suction cups and [[manipulator arm]]s removed in the night and fused into a shape resembling a [[Skaro]]sian profanity. The Daleks departed shortly afterward.
He visited [[Earth]] several times. He was worshipped as a [[god]] by the Assyrians until he became bored and departed with the sacred temple [[cat]].
The Doctor and Corsair had many adventures together, getting drunk in the Corsair's fourth, fifth, and eighth incarnations. Each time, the Doctor swore never to do it again. Twice they woke up in jail and the other time they woke up in the vaults of the [[Bank of England]].
The Corsair was formally censured by the Time Lords after they may have been linked to the theft of the Portrait of Rassilon. This was overturned by [[Lord President|Lady President]] [[Flavia]], perhaps due to the Corsair's smile.
The Corsair's final adventure was when he was working on the Time Lords' Fourth Universal Survey. He was in his ninth incarnation when House killed him.<ref>[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/30786184930/eleven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the Neil Gaiman's Journal: Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]</ref>
=== Other matters ===
* The Corsair was not the only Time Lord to bear a snake tattoo on his arm. Whereas the Corsair tattooed an ouroboros on each of his new bodies, [[the Doctor]]'s [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] came with a tattoo of a snake in the shape of a question-mark on his right arm. It was actor [[Jon Pertwee]]'s own tattoo from his [[Royal Navy]] service during the [[Second World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead From Space]]'')
* On his blog, ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'' scriptwriter [[Neil Gaiman]] stated that before he began writing the first draft, he wanted to make sure the idea of the Corsair was okay with series [[show runner]] [[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]] in which the Doctor discussed the Corsair. In this draft, 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 had asked the Corsair if he could travel with him and act as his "[[companion|assistant]]", but the Corsair had 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 Neil Gaiman's Journal: A Fairly Humongous Doctor Who Q&A Mostly]</ref>
*According to Neil Gaiman, [[Russell T Davies]] liked the idea that the [[The Shopkeeper|Shopkeeper]] from [[Sarah Jane Adventures]] episode ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'' was actually the Time Lord known as The Corsair although no in-scene references have been made.
* The Corsair, being the first confirmed example of a Time Lord changing genders on regeneration, was frequently cited in media and online discussions in 2013 as to whether any future incarnation of the Doctor should be played by a female.
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Latest revision as of 04:23, 10 October 2024
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.
