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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image      = Old Swarm (THA).jpg
|image      = Old Swarm OUT.jpg
|image2      = Main Swarm.jpg
|species    = Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)
|species    = Ravagers
|affiliation = Passenger form
|affiliation = Passenger (War of the Sontarans)
|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 = [[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''
|clip        = Swarm Confronts the Doctor - The Halloween Apocalypse - Doctor Who- Flux
|clip        = The Doctor Defeats the Ravagers - Once, Upon Time - Doctor Who- Flux
|actor      = Sam Spruell
|actor      = Matthew Needham
|other actor = Matthew Needham
}}{{Swarms}}
}}
The '''Old Swarm''' was the incarnation of the [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravager]] [[Swarm]] who led the resistance against [[the Division]]'s [[Anchoring of the thread|binding]] of [[time]] at the [[Temple of Atropos]] during the [[Founding Conflict]], ultimately being defeated by the [[Fugitive Doctor]] and remaining imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]] on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]] for most of the lifetime of the universe. Allowed to escape by [[Awsok Tecteun|the final incarnation]] of [[Tecteun]], he killed his guards and regenerated into a [[Younger Swarm|new incarnation]].
'''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.
 
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.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Imprisoned incarnation ===
=== Battles with the Doctor ===
==== Imprisonment ====
Swarm and [[the Doctor]] fought numerous times across time and space ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') as part of the [[Founding Conflict]] between forces aligned with [[Time (mythology)|Time]] and forces aligned with [[Space]]; Swarm his sister [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]] represented Time while the [[Time Lord]]s and their [[The Division|Division]], who intended to bring an end to the [[Dark Times]], represented Space. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') Azure suggested to the Doctor that she and her brothers existed to "correct the error" that the Doctor's existence in the universe, standing up for [[life]] against [[death]], constituted. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
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 ====
Towards the end of the Founding Conflict, Swarm and [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]] learnt [[the Division]]'s greatest secret, the [[Mouri]] in the [[Temple of Atropos]] on the planet of [[Time (planet)|Time]] that [[Anchoring of the thread|kept the force of Time bound]]. Viewing this endeavour as [[heresy]], the pair took control of the Temple, bringing along millions of hostages within [[Passenger form]]s, and evicted the Mouri. The Division dispatched the [[Fugitive Doctor]], along with [[Karvanista]] and two other agents, to capture Swarm and Azure and restore the universe to normal. In the [[Siege of Atropos]], the Doctor confronted Swarm and Azure in the inner sanctum and revealed she'd had the Mouri secret themselves in one of the Passengers, unleashing them to retake their positons in the Temple. The Doctor's team then immobilised Swarm and Azure and had them transmatted away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'')
[[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]]'')


=== Renewed incarnation ===
Swarm and Azure were officially banned from the Temple thereafter, with the Mouri being [[quantum-locking|quantum-locked]] against them in fear of their return. ([[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]'')
[[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]]'')
=== Imprisonment ===
Swarm was imprisoned in a [[containment chamber]] on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], 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 they did not know if he had literally been there since "the dawn of the universe". During this time, he "planned" and "waited". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')


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]]'')
=== Escape and renewal ===
[[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]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') the [[Awsok Tecteun|"Awsok" Tecteun]] decided to "reintroduce" the Ravagers by releasing Swarm, ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'', ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') remotely disabling all the technology keeping him frozen. Shortly before this occurred, Swarm reactivated an old [[Psychic power|psychic]] connection he had with [[the Doctor]], linking himself to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') as part of a long con to gain access to [[the Division]]'s [[Division Control|base]] outside [[N-Space|Universe One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') Using his powers to freeze En Sentac in place, Swarm kept his warden paralysed for a few moments before draining their life force. He [[regeneration|renewed]] himself, screaming in exultation, becoming a taller, [[younger Swarm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')


== Appearance and clothing ==
== Appearance and clothing ==
=== Imprisoned incarnation ===
[[File:Old Swarm (THA).jpg|thumb|right|The Old Swarm had pale and almost "scaly" skin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')]]
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]]'')
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]]'') While walking free, he wore a coat with a large fur collar. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'')
 
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=== 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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Latest revision as of 20:22, 10 April 2024

The Old Swarm was the incarnation of the Ravager Swarm who led the resistance against the Division's binding of time at the Temple of Atropos during the Founding Conflict, ultimately being defeated by the Fugitive Doctor and remaining imprisoned in a containment chamber on the Burnished Rage battleground for most of the lifetime of the universe. Allowed to escape by the final incarnation of Tecteun, he killed his guards and regenerated into a new incarnation.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Battles with the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Swarm and the Doctor fought numerous times across time and space (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse) as part of the Founding Conflict between forces aligned with Time and forces aligned with Space; Swarm his sister Azure represented Time while the Time Lords and their Division, who intended to bring an end to the Dark Times, represented Space. (TV: Once, Upon Time) Azure suggested to the Doctor that she and her brothers existed to "correct the error" that the Doctor's existence in the universe, standing up for life against death, constituted. (TV: The Vanquishers)

Towards the end of the Founding Conflict, Swarm and Azure learnt the Division's greatest secret, the Mouri in the Temple of Atropos on the planet of Time that kept the force of Time bound. Viewing this endeavour as heresy, the pair took control of the Temple, bringing along millions of hostages within Passenger forms, and evicted the Mouri. The Division dispatched the Fugitive Doctor, along with Karvanista and two other agents, to capture Swarm and Azure and restore the universe to normal. In the Siege of Atropos, the Doctor confronted Swarm and Azure in the inner sanctum and revealed she'd had the Mouri secret themselves in one of the Passengers, unleashing them to retake their positons in the Temple. The Doctor's team then immobilised Swarm and Azure and had them transmatted away. (TV: Once, Upon Time)

Swarm and Azure were officially banned from the Temple thereafter, with the Mouri being quantum-locked against them in fear of their return. (TV: War of the Sontarans)

Imprisonment[[edit] | [edit source]]

Swarm was imprisoned in a containment chamber on the Burnished Rage battleground, 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 they did not know if he had literally been there since "the dawn of the universe". During this time, he "planned" and "waited". (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

Escape and renewal[[edit] | [edit source]]

Swarm regenerates after killing En Sentac. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

During what would become En Sentac's last such tour, performed in the company of K-Toscs, (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse) the "Awsok" Tecteun decided to "reintroduce" the Ravagers by releasing Swarm, (TV: Once, Upon Time, Survivors of the Flux) remotely disabling all the technology keeping him frozen. Shortly before this occurred, Swarm reactivated an old psychic connection he had with the Doctor, linking himself to the Thirteenth Doctor, (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse) as part of a long con to gain access to the Division's base outside Universe One. (TV: Survivors of the Flux) Using his powers to freeze En Sentac in place, Swarm kept his warden paralysed for a few moments before draining their life force. He renewed himself, screaming in exultation, becoming a taller, younger Swarm. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

Appearance and clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Old Swarm had pale and almost "scaly" skin. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

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) While walking free, he wore a coat with a large fur collar. (TV: Once, Upon Time)

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