|appearances= [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]''<br />[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]''<br />[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''<br />[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tangled Web (audio story)|Tangled Web]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]''
'''Straxus''' was a [[Time Lord]] who worked for the [[High Council]] of [[Gallifrey]].
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'''Straxus''' was a [[Time Lord]] who acted as an agent for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]].
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Straxus was sent by the [[High Council]] to the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor's TARDIS]]. He ordered the [[Eighth Doctor]] to [[Lonsis]] in [[2006]] to retrieve [[Lucie Miller]] from a temporal blackspot. The Doctor agreed on condition that Straxus fix his TARDIS. Straxus agreed and gave the Doctor a [[time ring]] for his mission.
Straxus once worked for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. Unbeknownst to the [[High Council]], he was instructed to gather from the [[Vess]] weapons that would allow the Time Lords to defend themselves and defeat races that posed a threat to [[Gallifrey]]. The [[Decayed Master]] discovered this and, by threatening to inform the High Council, blackmailed Straxus and the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|CIA]] into letting him buy a [[conceptual bomb]] from the Vess.
On the Doctor's return from his mission, Straxus told the Doctor why Lucie was originally taken out of her own time and sent to the Doctor. Straxus then helped the Doctor defeat the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] on Lonsis before returning to [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]'')
The Master used the device to attack the Doctor's [[timeline]], erasing [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and consequently everything he had accomplished. Recognising that the loss of the Doctor from history was causing too much damage, Straxus captured the [[Sixth Doctor]] to ask for his help in defeating the Master. Eventually, he regretted his own actions and claimed he meant to report to the High Council. His TARDIS was destroyed by the Sixth Doctor by forcing and expanding its dimensional stabilisation field, in order to let the Doctor's other incarnations land in the pocket dimension of the Vess at the same time. Although the first three Doctors were only able to partially materialise, this was enough for the other Doctors to work out what the Master had done and undo his attack, essentially erasing the whole crisis from existence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'')
Straxus was later sent by the [[Time Lord]]s to take the Doctor back to Gallifrey, where he was to be quarantined with the rest of the Time Lords in order to prevent the resurrection of [[Morbius]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'') Straxus failed to find the Doctor in time and instead was captured by [[Cristophe Zarodnix]] and was forced to surrender his DNA in order to resurrect [[Morbius]]. Straxus was imprisoned for ten years while Morbius fed of Straxus' life energy whenever he became weak. The Doctor and Lucie came for Straxus and the Doctor sacrificed his life to save the universe from Morbius. Straxus' life energy was restored after the Time Lords corrected history. Straxus was taken back to [[Karn]], where he offered to take Lucie home to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')
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In another incarnation, Straxus was sent on a mission for the Time Lords to [[London]] in [[1893]]. He became trapped there and decided to place ancient historical treasures in a market place where they were never meant to be. By doing this he would reshape human history, which would in turn inform the Time Lords as to which time period he was trapped in. During this time, an attempt was made on his life by [[Septimus]], one of his [[Cwejen]] [[clone]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'')
Following another regeneration, Straxus was ordered by the [[Lord President]] of Gallifrey to send the Doctor to [[France]] during [[World War I]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'')
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Straxus later saved the Doctor and his new companion [[Molly O'Sullivan]] from a group of Daleks. His TARDIS was attacked by the Daleks and he escaped back to Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tangled Web (audio story)|Tangled Web]]'')
In his next incarnation, Straxus' DNA was altered by the Daleks and he became known as Kotris. Kotris spent centuries on the planet [[Srangor]] helping the Daleks create a temporal chamber. Kotris was erased from history when his earlier self, seeing what he would become, was exterminated by the Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
On the [[12 July]] [[2011]] edition of ''[[The Big Finish Podcast]]'', [[Nicholas Briggs]] revealed that the original actor hired to play Straxus had to be fired. When the original actor proved unsuitable for the role, Briggs quickly called someone he knew — [[Nickolas Grace]] — to take over. The crew became so enamoured of his performance on [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]'' that they wrote Straxus into ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]''. Briggs went on to mention that this was the only time in Big Finish's ''Doctor Who'' production where an actor had to be fired for performance deficiencies. It's unclear whether Briggs was exaggerating, but it is probably fair to say that such dismissals are at least highly unusual at Big Finish.
Straxus once worked for the Celestial Intervention Agency. Unbeknownst to the High Council, he was instructed to gather from the Vess weapons that would allow the Time Lords to defend themselves and defeat races that posed a threat to Gallifrey. The Decayed Master discovered this and, by threatening to inform the High Council, blackmailed Straxus and the CIA into letting him buy a conceptual bomb from the Vess.
The Master used the device to attack the Doctor's timeline, erasing the Doctor's TARDIS and consequently everything he had accomplished. Recognising that the loss of the Doctor from history was causing too much damage, Straxus captured the Sixth Doctor to ask for his help in defeating the Master. Eventually, he regretted his own actions and claimed he meant to report to the High Council. His TARDIS was destroyed by the Sixth Doctor by forcing and expanding its dimensional stabilisation field, in order to let the Doctor's other incarnations land in the pocket dimension of the Vess at the same time. Although the first three Doctors were only able to partially materialise, this was enough for the other Doctors to work out what the Master had done and undo his attack, essentially erasing the whole crisis from existence. (AUDIO: The Light at the End)
