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| |timelord = {{Corsairpic}} | | |image = The Corsair (Chris Riddell illustration).jpg |
| |species = Time Lord | | |species = Time Lord |
| |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] |
| |first mention = The Doctor's Wife (TV story) | | |first = Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story) |
| |first = Old Friends (comic story)
| | |appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'' |
| |appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Alternating Current (comic story)|Alternating Current]]'' | |
| }}{{Corsairs}} | | }}{{Corsairs}} |
| '''The [[Corsair]]''' was a [[Time Lord]] adventurer and an old friend of [[the Doctor]], described by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as "one of the good ones." The Corsair changed gender a few times throughout their many incarnations. The Doctor noted with fondness that when the Corsair was female, "she was a bad girl." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') | | 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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| == Biography == | | == Biography == |
| === Early life ===
| | 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]]'') |
| Like all [[Time Lord]]s, the Corsair was taken from their 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, the Corsair reacted by running away from what they saw in the Schism. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')
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| At some point in their lives, the Corsair left [[Gallifrey]] in [[The Corsair's TARDIS|their Type 60 TARDIS]] to travel the universe. They named the TARDIS ''Esperanza''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'') Each one of the Corsair's incarnations had the symbol of the [[Ouroboros]] [[tattoo]]ed somewhere on their body. It changed size each time with each different [[regeneration]]. Without it, they did not feel themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|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) |
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| At least one of the Corsair's incarnations was female. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Keeping up with the Joneses (short story)|Keeping up with the Joneses]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] once said to [[Romana II]] that he should meet up with the Corsair sometime, referring to the Corsair as both a man and woman when he did so. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'') According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], the Corsair was a woman a couple of times, saying she was "a bad girl" each time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
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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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| According to the [[Ninth Doctor]], the Corsair kept a [[sub-dimensional void]] in a [[hatbox]] in [[23rd century]] [[Swindon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'')
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| The Corsair and the Doctor have ended up in jail cells on more than one occasion. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] noted the last time the two of them had a drink together, the Doctor woke up in a [[bank]] vault. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Friends (comic story)|Old Friends]]'')
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| === Incarnations of the Corsair ===
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| [[The Corsair (Old Friends)|An incarnation of the Corsair]] met the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her [[Team TARDIS|Fam]] on at least two occasions. [[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Friends (comic story)|Old Friends]]'', ''[[Alternating Current (comic story)|Alternating Current]]'')
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| [[The Corsair (One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)|Another incarnation]] travelled with a [[Parrot (One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)|parrot]] as her companion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'')
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| In [[The Corsair (The Doctor's Wife)|his final incarnation]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') he was described as a "strapping big fellow" with "a trustworthy face". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'') The Corsair went the way of [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]]'s numerous other Time Lord victims who had fallen into House's [[bubble universe]] and was marooned when [[The Corsair's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] was drained of energy. The Corsair had only just enough time to get a message together before he was finally killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
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| == Legacy ==
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| In one account of events of the rediscovery of [[Shada (prison)|Shada]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] mentioned the Corsair while he and [[Romana II]] mused over Time Lords who broke with traditional Gallifreyan inactivity, considering him "one of the good 'uns" and desiring to catch up with her. ([[PROSE]]: [[Shada (novelisation)|''Shada'']])
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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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| In ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]'', a book that contains [[Tardis:Valid sources|non-narrative]] information, [[Neil Gaiman]] provided more information in "[[Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]]".
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| ==== Incarnations ====
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| Specific attributes and details about the Corsair's incarnations were first provided in ''The Brilliant Book 2012'':
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| * Third Corsair: Had a multi-coloured Ouroboros tattoo on their back, the largest version of the tattoo.
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| * Fourth Corsair: Male incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor.
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| * Fifth Corsair: Female incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor. She had the smallest Ouroboros tattoo, which was the size of a ten pence piece on her upper thigh.
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| * Eighth Corsair: Male incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor.
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| [[File:The Corsair's incarnations.jpg|thumb|Seven of the Corsair's incarnations. ([[REF]]: ''[[Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]]'')]]
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| Additionally, seven images of the Corsair's incarnations are provided, albeit unnumbered:
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| * A bearded man with a top hat. Tattoo on the back of the neck.
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| * A person with a bowler hat and a cane topped with an hourglass. Ouroboros on the back of the trenchcoat.
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| * Light-skinned arm with a [[sonic screwdriver]]-like device. Tattoo on the inside left wrist. (Closest match to the Corsair's arm in ''The Doctor's Wife''.)
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| * A dark-haired woman in a black dress. Tattoo on the upper back.
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| * A dark-skinned arm with a parrot. Tattoo on the back right wrist.
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| * A person wearing a black coat and a tricorn hat.
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| * Dark-haired woman in red Gallifreyan robes and collar. Tattoo on lower right thigh.
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| ==== Other details ====
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| * The [[Ouroboros]] tattoo trademark of the Corsair — a [[snake]] eating its own tail, symbolising eternity — moved around the Corsair's body with each regeneration.
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| * The Doctor and Corsair had many adventures together, getting drunk in the Corsair's fourth, fifth, and eighth incarnations. Twice they woke up in jail and once in the [[Bank of England]] vaults.
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| * Amongst their secret missions for the Time Lords, the Corsair stole the Callisto Pulse from the Callistan Kleptocracy. The Corsair denied stealing it and Time Lords denied asking him to steal it.
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| * They visited [[Earth]] several times. He was once worshipped as a [[god]] by the [[Assyria]]ns but left with the sacred temple cat after getting bored.
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| * No matter which race or gender, the Corsair had an amazing and trustworthy smile.
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| * The Corsair preferred to travel alone, but liked having a [[cat]] or a [[parrot]] on his TARDIS.
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| * 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.
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| === Other matters ===
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| * The Corsair was not the only Time Lord to bear a snake tattoo on their arm. Whereas the Corsair tattooed an ouroboros on each of their new bodies, the [[Third Doctor]] had a tattoo of a snake in the shape of a question mark on his right arm. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
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| * On his blog, ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|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. 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>
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| * According to Neil Gaiman, [[Russell T Davies]] saw the image of the Corsair's arm with a parrot and liked the idea that [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the 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.<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>
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| * The Corsair, being the first confirmed example of a [[Time Lord]] changing [[gender]]s on [[regeneration]], was frequently cited in media and online discussions in 2013 as to whether any future incarnation of the Doctor could be played by a woman. The Doctor would not get a female incarnation until 2017, with [[Jodie Whittaker]]'s [[Thirteenth Doctor]].
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| * The Corsair's [[hypercube]], with [[Ouroboros]] motif, was among the variants of toy hypercube produced by [[Character Options]].
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| == Footnotes ==
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| [[Category:Residents of Gallifrey]] | | [[Category:Residents of Gallifrey]] |
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| [[Category:Individuals who can fly a TARDIS]] | | [[Category:TARDIS pilots]] |
| [[Category:Time Lords who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS]] | | [[Category:Incarnations of the Corsair| 07]] |
