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|name= Straxus
|image       = Straxus (X and the Daleks).jpg
|image= Straxus (X and the Daleks).jpg
|alias       = [[Straxus]], X
|alias= Lord Straxus<br />Kotris<br>X
|species     = Time Lord
|species= Time Lord|
|affiliation = Dalek{{!}}Daleks
|origin= [[Gallifrey]]  
|origin     = [[Gallifrey]]
|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]]''
|first      = The Great War (audio story)
|voice actor= [[Nickolas Grace]]<br />[[Peter Miles]]<br>[[Peter Egan]]<br>[[Toby Jones]]
|appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tangled Web (audio story)|Tangled Web]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]''}}
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|voice actor = Toby Jones
'''Straxus''' was a [[Time Lord]] who worked for the [[High Council]] of [[Gallifrey]].
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'''Kotris''' was an incarnation of the [[Time Lord]] [[Straxus]] who worked with the [[Dalek]]s.  
 
== 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 became fed up with the morally questionable actions of himself and his people, and allied himself with the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. The Dalek Time Controller helped him rewrite his [[biodata]] to remove his [[Time Lord]] heritage, so that when they retroactively destroyed the Time Lords the new Straxus — now calling himself Kotris, an old family name of his — would survive. Kotris knew that as Straxus he had attempted to avoid [[Regeneration|regenerating]], and sent a [[temporal drone]] to prevent Straxus killing himself.  
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
Kotris and the Time Controller planned to incubate "[[retro-genitor particle]]s" in a human named [[Molly O'Sullivan]]. They sent [[Dalek]]s after her and the [[Eighth Doctor]], forcing them to spend time together and allowing the retro-genitor particles to latch onto the Doctor's [[Gallifreyan]] [[DNA]]. The particles were then intended to follow that DNA back through history, undoing not just the Doctor's life, but all of Gallifrey's past.


== Behind the scenes ==
An [[Straxus (The Great War)|earlier incarnation of Straxus]] modified the retro-genitor particles implanted in Molly to target the Daleks instead of the Time Lords, but in a confrontation with Kotris and the Dalek Time Controller, the Time Controller killed him. This meant he could never become Kotris, and the scheme was entirely undone. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'', ''[[Fugitives (audio story)|Fugitives]]'', ''[[Tangled Web (audio story)|Tangled Web]]'', ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Death of Hope (audio story)|The Death of Hope]]'')
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.
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 2 April 2024

Kotris was an incarnation of the Time Lord Straxus who worked with the Daleks.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Straxus became fed up with the morally questionable actions of himself and his people, and allied himself with the Dalek Time Controller. The Dalek Time Controller helped him rewrite his biodata to remove his Time Lord heritage, so that when they retroactively destroyed the Time Lords the new Straxus — now calling himself Kotris, an old family name of his — would survive. Kotris knew that as Straxus he had attempted to avoid regenerating, and sent a temporal drone to prevent Straxus killing himself.

Kotris and the Time Controller planned to incubate "retro-genitor particles" in a human named Molly O'Sullivan. They sent Daleks after her and the Eighth Doctor, forcing them to spend time together and allowing the retro-genitor particles to latch onto the Doctor's Gallifreyan DNA. The particles were then intended to follow that DNA back through history, undoing not just the Doctor's life, but all of Gallifrey's past.

An earlier incarnation of Straxus modified the retro-genitor particles implanted in Molly to target the Daleks instead of the Time Lords, but in a confrontation with Kotris and the Dalek Time Controller, the Time Controller killed him. This meant he could never become Kotris, and the scheme was entirely undone. (AUDIO: The Great War, Fugitives, Tangled Web, X and the Daleks, The Death of Hope)

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