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{{Infobox Individual
| individual name  = Trask
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|image= Trask.jpg
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|species = Human
| race            = [[Human]] (originally)
|origin=[[Earth]]  
| home planet      = [[Earth]]<br>[[Mictlan]]
|first= The Highlanders (TV story)
| home era        =  
|appearances= [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''
| appearances     = [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]
|actor= Dallas Cavell
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}}'''Trask''' was a [[human]] [[sailor]] who ran the ''[[Annabelle]]'' as a [[slave trade|slave ship]]. Following his death in an encounter with the [[Second Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}}) he became a [[Celestis]] agent and attended [[Qixotl's auction]] for [[the Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}})
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'''Trask''' was an individual who represented the [[Celestis]]' interests at an auction for [[the Relic]] in the [[ReVit Zone]] on [[Earth]] during the late [[21st century]]. When he attended the auction he was dead, re-animated by the Celestis in order to attend the auction. Upon seeing the Doctor, Trask remembered that it was [[the Doctor]] who killed him via drowning, though the Shift later admitted that it had altered Trask's own memory to be more "dramatic."


Trask made a deal with [[Qixotl]] following inconclusive end of the auction's proceedings to take the Relic back to Mictlan. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'')
== Biography ==
Trask was [[Willie Mackay]]'s partner in smuggling weapons from [[France]] to [[Scotland]] during the [[Jacobite Rebellion]] in [[1746]]. He betrayed Mackay to the government army and seized control of his ship, the ''[[Annabelle]]''. Trask became part of [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Grey]]'s [[slave trade|slave-trading]] ring and took prisoners on board for transporting to [[Caribbean]] [[plantation]]s. With the [[Second Doctor]]'s help, the prisoners rose up; [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] fought with Trask and threw him overboard. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}})


:''Trask ''might'' be the same [[Trask]] from ''[[The Highlanders]]'', who also met the Doctor and (possibly) died by drowning, but this is never directly stated.''
When he died from [[drowning]], the Celestis thought it would be appropriate to reincorporate him and send him as their representative to the [[East Indies ReVit Zone]] with the mission of recovering [[the Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]] and carrying it back to [[Mictlan]] by whatever means necessary. When he arrived at the auction in the late [[21st century]], he had been dead for nearly four hundred years.
[[Category:Eighth Doctor enemies]]
 
Due to her reconditioning in the Faction, [[Cousin (rank)|Cousin]] [[Justine McManus|Justine]] was irresistibly attracted to Trask. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) [[Godfather (rank)|Godfather]] [[Morlock]] would later describe this as her "pathological attraction to dead things", though she insisted she had gotten over it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}})
 
Shortly before the auction, [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|Mr Shift]] edited Trask's memory of his death in an attempt to turn him against the Doctor and distract him while the Shift secured the Relic. Trask recognised the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s face at the auction due to the altercations to his memory, and, when [[E-Kobalt]] tried to attack the Doctor, Trask tackled it, decaring the Doctor to be his to kill. He split his knuckles and fingers but successfully cracked the crystal with his undead strength.
 
Trask hid during the [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]]' attack on the ziggurat; he later approached the dying [[Qixotl|Mr Qixotl]] and put him into a [[mortal stasis]] to offer him recorporation in exchange for the Relic. Qixotl agreed to the offer, regaining his health, and Trask promptly took the Relic to Mictlan for recorporation. When the Doctor followed him, Trask gave him the [[Mark of Indenture]], turning him into a Celestis servant, and gave him the now-worthless Relic to destroy. Trask did not realise that he had really Marked [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the Shift]], who was trapped in the Doctor's mind. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}})
 
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[[Category:Human sailors]]
[[Category:Human time travellers]]
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 2 April 2024

Trask was a human sailor who ran the Annabelle as a slave ship. Following his death in an encounter with the Second Doctor, (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"]) he became a Celestis agent and attended Qixotl's auction for the Relic. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])

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Trask was Willie Mackay's partner in smuggling weapons from France to Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion in 1746. He betrayed Mackay to the government army and seized control of his ship, the Annabelle. Trask became part of Grey's slave-trading ring and took prisoners on board for transporting to Caribbean plantations. With the Second Doctor's help, the prisoners rose up; Jamie fought with Trask and threw him overboard. (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])

When he died from drowning, the Celestis thought it would be appropriate to reincorporate him and send him as their representative to the East Indies ReVit Zone with the mission of recovering the Relic and carrying it back to Mictlan by whatever means necessary. When he arrived at the auction in the late 21st century, he had been dead for nearly four hundred years.

Due to her reconditioning in the Faction, Cousin Justine was irresistibly attracted to Trask. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"]) Godfather Morlock would later describe this as her "pathological attraction to dead things", though she insisted she had gotten over it. (AUDIO: The Eleven Day Empire [+]Loading...["The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)"])

Shortly before the auction, Mr Shift edited Trask's memory of his death in an attempt to turn him against the Doctor and distract him while the Shift secured the Relic. Trask recognised the Eighth Doctor's face at the auction due to the altercations to his memory, and, when E-Kobalt tried to attack the Doctor, Trask tackled it, decaring the Doctor to be his to kill. He split his knuckles and fingers but successfully cracked the crystal with his undead strength.

Trask hid during the Krotons' attack on the ziggurat; he later approached the dying Mr Qixotl and put him into a mortal stasis to offer him recorporation in exchange for the Relic. Qixotl agreed to the offer, regaining his health, and Trask promptly took the Relic to Mictlan for recorporation. When the Doctor followed him, Trask gave him the Mark of Indenture, turning him into a Celestis servant, and gave him the now-worthless Relic to destroy. Trask did not realise that he had really Marked the Shift, who was trapped in the Doctor's mind. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])

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