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|first        = Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair (short story)
'''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 throughout their many incarnations. The Doctor noted that when the Corsair was female, "she was a bad girl." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
|appearances  = [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes (short story)|One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes]]''
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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 ==
==Biography==
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]]'')
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]]'')


Each one of the Corsair's incarnations had the symbol of the [[Ouroboros]] [[tattoo]]ed somewhere on their body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|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]].


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]]'')
[[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]]'')]]
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.


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]]'')
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]]'')


=== Final incarnation and death ===
===Legacy===
[[File:Eleventh-doctor-holds-hypercube.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] receives the Corsair's [[hypercube]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')]]
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]]'')
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 onto 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 who had fallen into House's [[bubble universe]] and was marooned when [[The Corsair's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] was drained of energy.


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. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
==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]]'')


== Later references ==
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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]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
=== The Brilliant Book 2012 ===
In ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]'', a book that contains [[Tardis:Valid sources|non-narrative]] information, Neil Gaiman provided more information about the Corsair.
==== Incarnations ====
Specific attributes and details about the Corsair's incarnations are provided:
* Third Corsair: Had a multi-coloured Ouroboros tattoo on their back, the largest version of the tattoo.
* Fourth Corsair: Male incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor.
* Fifth Corsair: Female incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor. She had the smalled Ouroboros tattoo the size of a ten pence piece on her upper thigh.
* Seventh Corsair: Female incarnation who had an unclear involvement with the Daleks on Clarkor Nine.
* Eighth Corsair: Male incarnation who got drunk with the Doctor.
* Ninth Corsair: Male incarnation trapped by [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] during the Fourth Universal Survey Expedition.
Additionally, seven images of the Corsair's incarnations are provided, albeit unnumbered:
* A bearded man with a top hat. Tattoo on the back of the neck.
* Person with a bowler hat and a cane topped with an hourglass. Ouroboros on the back of the trenchcoat.
* Light-skinned arm with a [[sonic screwdriver]]-like device. Tattoo on the inside left wrist.
* Dark-haired woman in a black dress. Tattoo on the upper back.
* Dark-skinned arm with a parrot. Tattoo on back wright wrist.
* Person wearing a tricorn hat.
* Dark-haired woman in red Gallifreyan robes and collar. Tattoo on lower right thigh.
==== Other details ====
The [[Ouroboros]] tattoo trademark of the Corsair — a [[snake]] eating its own tail, symbolising eternity — moved around the Corsair's body with each regeneration.
Amongst their secret missions for the Time Lords, the Corsair stole the Callisto Pulse from the Callistan Kleptocracy.
They visited [[Earth]] several times and was worshipped as a [[god]] by the [[Assyria]]ns.
The Doctor and Corsair had many adventures together, getting drunk in the Corsair's fourth, fifth, and eighth incarnations.
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 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]]'')
* 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>
* According to Neil Gaiman, [[Russell T Davies]] 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.
* 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]].
* The Corsair's [[hypercube]], with [[Ouroboros]] motif, was among the variants of toy hypercube produced by [[Character Options]].
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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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