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|species      = Time Lord
|individual name= The Corsair
|origin        = [[Gallifrey]]
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|first mention = The Doctor's Wife (TV story)
|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 only)
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The '''Ninth Corsair''' was the final incarnation of the [[Renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Corsair]]. He was often described as being a "strapping big fellow".
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'''The Corsair''' was a [[Time Lord]] described by the [[Eleventh 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 onto his body after each [[regeneration]] even when he regenerated as a female. Without it, the Corsair didn't feel like himself/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 "hell of a 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]]]]
The final incarnation of the Corsair visited the [[Supreme Leader]] to collect the [[feather]] left behind by his [[Parrot (One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)|Parrot]] companion. He also collected a [[reward]] for supplying information on the mysterious woman and bird whom had escaped the Supreme Leader (in actuality [[Seventh Corsair|one of his own past incarnations]]). He disappeared, and was never heard from again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'')
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 while 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]]'')
The Corsair drew their name from frequently going on unofficial missions for the [[Time Lord]]s, with their status as a Renegade meaning that the Time Lords could claim they had no responsibility for the Corsair's actions. One such mission saw the Ninth Corsair taking part in the [[Fourth Universal Survey Expedition]], an effort on the part of the Time Lords to keep tabs on all of reality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story)|Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]]'') Like many Time Lords before him, the Corsair was lured by distress calls seemingly coming from other Time Lords, and left [[N-Space|his home universe]] through a [[Bubble universe rift|rift in the Vortex]] and into a [[bubble universe]].  
==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. In this, the Doctor explained that the Corsair did not have a name and used to travel, exploring the limits of [[time]] and [[space]]. The Doctor recounted 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 at this. 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==
[[File:The Corsair's arm.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] sees [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] has the Corsair's arm. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')]]
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There, the Corsair went the way of 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 by the parasitic entity known as "[[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]]". The Corsair had only just enough time to get a message together before he was finally killed. The two "patchwork-people" created by House, "[[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]]" and "[[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]]", received the Corsair's left arm and "the [[spine]] and the [[kidney]]s", respectively.
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovered the Corsair's fate after being contacted by a [[hypercube]] with their peculiar [[Ouroboros]] symbol and following its [[psychic]]ally encoded distress message to House. He eventually discovered the Corsair's remains in Auntie and Uncle; this and the stockpile of hypercubes House used as bait cemented his fury in confronting and defeating House with [[Idris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
 
===Legacy===
During one adventure, while pushing a heavy [[crate]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] said that if he kept up this habit, he would develop big [[arm]]s like the Corsair. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
 
==Appearance==
In their [[Seventh Corsair|seventh incarnation]], the Corsair stated that she wanted one of her next incarnations to have "a body with [[muscle]]s [...] with one of those faces people just [[trust]]". Indeed, when the [[Supreme Leader]] later encountered the final Corsair, he immediately trusted him upon seeing his face. The Corsair was also described as a "strapping big fellow" who also had a [[tattoo]] of "a snake-swallowing-its-tail" on his inner left [[wrist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]'') [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] also thought that the Corsair was a "strapping big bloke", and had the Corsair's left arm with the [[Ouroboros]] tattoo grafted onto her body comprised of limbs and organs taken from many individuals. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')


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The Ninth Corsair was the final incarnation of the Renegade Time Lord known as the Corsair. He was often described as being a "strapping big fellow".

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The final incarnation of the Corsair visited the Supreme Leader to collect the feather left behind by his Parrot companion. He also collected a reward for supplying information on the mysterious woman and bird whom had escaped the Supreme Leader (in actuality one of his own past incarnations). He disappeared, and was never heard from again. (PROSE: One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes)

The Corsair drew their name from frequently going on unofficial missions for the Time Lords, with their status as a Renegade meaning that the Time Lords could claim they had no responsibility for the Corsair's actions. One such mission saw the Ninth Corsair taking part in the Fourth Universal Survey Expedition, an effort on the part of the Time Lords to keep tabs on all of reality. (PROSE: Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair) Like many Time Lords before him, the Corsair was lured by distress calls seemingly coming from other Time Lords, and left his home universe through a rift in the Vortex and into a bubble universe.

The Eleventh Doctor sees Auntie has the Corsair's arm. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

There, the Corsair went the way of House's numerous other Time Lord victims who had fallen into House's bubble universe and was marooned when his TARDIS was drained of energy by the parasitic entity known as "House". The Corsair had only just enough time to get a message together before he was finally killed. The two "patchwork-people" created by House, "Auntie" and "Uncle", received the Corsair's left arm and "the spine and the kidneys", respectively.

The Eleventh Doctor discovered the Corsair's fate after being contacted by a hypercube with their peculiar Ouroboros symbol and following its psychically encoded distress message to House. He eventually discovered the Corsair's remains in Auntie and Uncle; this and the stockpile of hypercubes House used as bait cemented his fury in confronting and defeating House with Idris. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

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)

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

In their seventh incarnation, the Corsair stated that she wanted one of her next incarnations to have "a body with muscles [...] with one of those faces people just trust". Indeed, when the Supreme Leader later encountered the final Corsair, he immediately trusted him upon seeing his face. The Corsair was also described as a "strapping big fellow" who also had a tattoo of "a snake-swallowing-its-tail" on his inner left wrist. (PROSE: One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes) Auntie also thought that the Corsair was a "strapping big bloke", and had the Corsair's left arm with the Ouroboros tattoo grafted onto her body comprised of limbs and organs taken from many individuals. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

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