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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image      = Old Swarm (THA).jpg
|image      = <gallery>
|image2      = Main Swarm.jpg
Old Swarm (THA).jpg|1
|species    = Ravagers
Main Swarm.jpg|2
|affiliation = Passenger (War of the Sontarans)
</gallery>
|species    = Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)
|affiliation = Passenger form
|sister      = Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)
|sister      = Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)
|first      = The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)
|first      = The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]''
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]''}}
|clip        = Swarm Confronts the Doctor - The Halloween Apocalypse - Doctor Who- Flux
|clip        = Swarm Confronts the Doctor - The Halloween Apocalypse - Doctor Who- Flux
|actor      = Sam Spruell
|actor      = Sam Spruell
|other actor = Matthew Needham
|other actor = Matthew Needham
}}
}}{{dab page|Swarm (disambiguation)}}
'''Swarm''' was a dangerous being imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]] at the [[Burnished Rage battleground]] by [[the Division]]. He had the ability to drain the life away from a [[Time Lord]], using their energies to fuel a [[regeneration]] of his own.
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'''Swarm''' was one of the two [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravager]]s who led the fight against the [[Time Lord]]s in the [[Founding Conflict]] which ended the [[Dark Times]], opposing the Time Lords' intention of using the power of the [[Mouri]] to [[Anchoring of the thread|bind time]]. Defeated at the [[Siege of Atropos]] by the [[Fugitive Doctor]], he was subsequently imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]] at the [[Burnished Rage battleground]] by [[the Division]]. After escaping in a new [[incarnation]], as secretly permitted by [[Tecteun (Once, Upon Time)|Tecteun]], he revealed to the amnesiac [[Thirteenth Doctor]] that he had been the [[Fugitive Doctor]]'s [[archenemy]] in their life as a Division agent, and attempted to harm the Mouri once more following [[the Flux]], allowing the [[Time Force]] to be unleashed.


After freeing himself, he revealed to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] that he had been [[the Doctor]]'s [[archenemy]] in their life as a Division agent, prior to being regressed into a child with their memories erased.
He had the ability to burn living things to ash with a single touch, to teleport himself across space and time at will, and even to drain away life from his enemies to fuel a [[regeneration]].


== Biography ==
He noted that "Swarm" and "Azure" was not his and his sister's actual names but merely [[translation]]s, albeit serviceable ones.
=== Imprisoned incarnation ===
==== Imprisonment ====
One version of Swarm was imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]], allegedly at "the dawn of the universe". Every thousand years, agents of [[the Division]] would come check whether he was still secure in his containment; [[En Sentac]] visited him a number of times over the millennia, though she did not know if he had literally been there since "the dawn of the universe". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')


==== Renewal ====
== Incarnations of Swarm ==
[[File:Swarm regenerates.jpg|thumb|left|Swarm [[regeneration|regenerates]] after killing [[En Sentac]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')]] During what would become En Sentac's last such tour, performed in the company of [[K-Toscs]], Swarm managed to disable all the technology keeping him frozen. Using his [[psychic power]]s to freeze En Sentac in place and establish a telepathic contact with [[the Doctor]] (by now in her [[Thirteenth Doctor|thirteenth incarnation]]), Swarm kept her paralysed for a few moments before draining her life force. He [[regeneration|renewed]] himself, screaming in exultation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
At some point, the [[Old Swarm]] and [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]] took over the [[Temple of Atropos]] on the planet of [[Time (planet)|Time]], holding numerous hostages within [[Passenger form]]s. A team of [[the Division|Division]] agents led by the [[Fugitive Doctor]] captured them with the aid of the [[Mouri]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') The Mouri were subsequently [[quantum-locking|quantum-locked]] against them in fear of their return. ([[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]'')


=== Renewed incarnation ===
Swarm was imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]], allegedly at "the dawn of the universe". Every thousand years, agents of the Division would come check whether he was still secure in his containment. During what would become [[En Sentac]]'s last such tour, Swarm managed to disable all the technology keeping him frozen. Using his [[psychic power]]s to freeze En Sentac in place, Swarm kept her paralysed for a few moments before draining her [[life force]] and [[regeneration|renewed]] himself into [[Younger Swarm|a new form]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') This form was later destroyed by Time for failing to free it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
[[File:Renewed Swarm.jpg|thumb|right|Swarm after his regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')]]After completing his regeneration, the new Swarm relished at being renewed in a healthier, more slender form. Stepping out of the containment chamber, he reduced [[K-Toscs]] to ash with a single touch and recited a mocking "Trick or treat" to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], announcing that "his time had just begun". He travelled to [[Earth]], to a remote house where [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]], his sister, was hiding in a [[Anna (The Halloween Apocalypse)|human guise]] unaware of her true nature. He killed her partner [[Jón (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Jón]] and then stripped the human guise from her, awakening her true self.


After the Thirteenth Doctor realised that [[the Flux]] was threatening the integrity of the [[universe]] itself, Swarm used their psychic link to have a conversation with her in a surreal dreamscape. He informed her of their past relationship, explaining that he was delighted that they could now "dance" once again. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
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Swarm and Azure travelled to the [[Temple of Atropos]] on the planet [[Time (planet)|Time]], where they found the Doctor's companion [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] and [[Vinder]]. Swarm used them to reveal the [[Mouri]], who had been [[quantum lock]]ed against him and Azure, discovering two were broken already. He destroyed two more and placed Yaz and Vinder in their places. When the Doctor and [[Dan Lewis|Dan]] arrived at the temple Swarm revealed what he'd done and prepared to expose Yaz and Vinder to the full force of time, wondering how long they'd last. ([[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]'')
== Appearance and clothing ==
=== Imprisoned incarnation ===
During his imprisonment, the aged Swarm had a stout appearance. He spoke in a deep, raspy voice; his nostrils were narrow and slit-like and he had dark, squarish shadows around his sunken [[blue]] eyes. Crystal formations ringed his race, oriented towards the back of his head, giving the appearance of scales flaking off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
=== Renewed incarnation ===
After his [[Regeneration|renewal]], Swarm appeared more slender and agile; his skin appeared as a greyish [[mauve]], with [[pink]] eyes surrounded by rounder [[blue]] circles and wider nostrils that made his overall facial structure more blatantly resemble a human [[skull]]. The crystalline growths on his face were more obvious and asymmetrical, with four fang-like crystals jutting out of his right temple and a smaller cluster above his right brow and a flatter arrangement of crystals at the apex of his cranium. He towered over the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. He wore a dark suit with prominent shoulder pads and a more colourful collar. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
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You may wish to consult Swarm (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Swarm was one of the two Ravagers who led the fight against the Time Lords in the Founding Conflict which ended the Dark Times, opposing the Time Lords' intention of using the power of the Mouri to bind time. Defeated at the Siege of Atropos by the Fugitive Doctor, he was subsequently imprisoned in a containment chamber at the Burnished Rage battleground by the Division. After escaping in a new incarnation, as secretly permitted by Tecteun, he revealed to the amnesiac Thirteenth Doctor that he had been the Fugitive Doctor's archenemy in their life as a Division agent, and attempted to harm the Mouri once more following the Flux, allowing the Time Force to be unleashed.

He had the ability to burn living things to ash with a single touch, to teleport himself across space and time at will, and even to drain away life from his enemies to fuel a regeneration.

He noted that "Swarm" and "Azure" was not his and his sister's actual names but merely translations, albeit serviceable ones.

Incarnations of Swarm[[edit] | [edit source]]

At some point, the Old Swarm and Azure took over the Temple of Atropos on the planet of Time, holding numerous hostages within Passenger forms. A team of Division agents led by the Fugitive Doctor captured them with the aid of the Mouri. (TV: Once, Upon Time) The Mouri were subsequently quantum-locked against them in fear of their return. (TV: War of the Sontarans)

Swarm was imprisoned in a containment chamber, allegedly at "the dawn of the universe". Every thousand years, agents of the Division would come check whether he was still secure in his containment. During what would become En Sentac's last such tour, Swarm managed to disable all the technology keeping him frozen. Using his psychic powers to freeze En Sentac in place, Swarm kept her paralysed for a few moments before draining her life force and renewed himself into a new form. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse) This form was later destroyed by Time for failing to free it. (TV: The Vanquishers)

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