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|image       = Zaroff UnderwaterMenace.jpg
|individual name = Zaroff
|species    = Human
|alias          = Hermann Zaroff
|job        = Professor
|race            = [[Human]]
|partner    = Hermann Zaroff's wife{{!}}His wife
|home planet    = [[Earth]]
|child      = Hermann Zaroff's daughter{{!}}His daughter
|home era        = [[1970]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|appearances     = [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]''
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|actor           = [[Joseph Fürst]]
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|actor       = Joseph Fürst
|only = The Underwater Menace (TV story)
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[[Professor]] '''Zaroff''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'') whose first name was either '''Hermann''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|The Underwater Menace]]'') or '''Hans''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'') was a [[scientist]] who lived during the [[20th century]].


Professor '''Zaroff''' was a scientist and leader in the field of producing food from the sea. He disappeared in [[1950]], having presumably been kidnapped and killed, with the Eastern and Western blocs blaming each other. Zaroff in fact had discovered the remains of the lost city of [[Atlantis]] and relocated there. He promised [[King]] [[Thous]] that he would raise his city above the sea, but secretly planned to drain the ocean into [[Earth]]'s core, with the resulting superheated steam causing the planet to explode. The [[Second Doctor|Second Doctor]] defeated his plans and he drowned when his laboratory flooded. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'')
He spoke with "a pronounced [[Eastern Europe|East Europe]]an accent ... together with a slight [[United States of America|American]] twang." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''quote, pages 33 and 34'')


:''In the novelisation, he is given the first name of Hermann.''
== Biography ==
{{Section stub|Information from [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|The Underwater Menace]]'' and ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'' needs to be added.}}
Zaroff was well-known for producing cheap food from the [[sea]]. He went missing and was reported as dead, but in reality, he had found the submerged city of [[Atlantis]] and was living there. Initially, he had been thought kidnapped, with the west and east blaming one another.


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Twenty years later, when the [[Second Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s [[Ben Jackson]], [[Polly Wright]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] were about to be [[sacrifice]]d to the Atlantean goddess [[Amdo]], the Doctor sent a note to Zaroff. [[Damon (The Underwater Menace)|Damon]] gave Zaroff the note and he became intrigued and put a halt to the sacrifice. He put Ben and Jamie to work in the [[mine]]s, sent Polly to be fitted with plastic gills so she could farm under water and took the Doctor to his laboratory. When the Doctor sabotaged the power system to rescue Polly from an operation, Zaroff became suspicious of him and wanted to keep him close.


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Zaroff explained his plan to raise Atlantis from the sea to the Doctor, which involved draining the [[ocean]]. He knew his plan would destroy the world, which was, as he saw it, the scientist's ultimate dream of supreme power.
[[File:Second Doctor in Zaroff's lab UnderwaterMenace.jpg|thumb|left|Zaroff feeding his pet [[octopus]] by [[Damon (The Underwater Menace)|Damon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'')]]
 
Atlantis's leader, [[Thous]], betrayed the Doctor and [[Ramo]] to Zaroff, who ordered them to be sacrificed. They were rescued by the Doctor's companions and kidnapped Zaroff to stop his plans. Zaroff faked a [[heart attack]], killed Ramo and grabbed Polly to use as a hostage. Polly was rescued by Jamie but Zaroff escaped.
 
He went to the council chamber and shot Thous and his two guards, claiming the rule of Atlantis for himself. He boldly proclaimed, "Nothing in the world can stop me now!"
 
Zaroff tried to start his experiment, but the Doctor flooded Atlantis and Zaroff was trapped in his laboratory, drowning in the flood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Zaroff was very arrogant and quite insane. He was willing to die in his experiment just to prove himself successful. When he claimed that his experiment was already underway, the Doctor correctly guessed that it hadn't started yet, as Zaroff would want to be the one to push the button. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Name ===
In [[Nigel Robinson]]'s [[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|novelisation]] of the story, Zaroff is given the first name of Hermann — which was not derived from any information given in the televised version. However, in ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'', Zaroff's first name is given as Hans.
 
=== Other matters ===
* In the novelisation of ''The Underwater Menace'', Zaroff's desire to blow up the world is explained as the result of madness from the deaths of [[Hermann Zaroff's wife|his wife]] and [[Hermann Zaroff's daughter|daughter]] in a car crash.
* ''The Doctor: His Lives and Times'' reveals he had a scretary, [[Heidi von Herzog]].
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 20 November 2023

Professor Zaroff, (TV: The Underwater Menace) whose first name was either Hermann (PROSE: The Underwater Menace) or Hans, (PROSE: The Doctor: His Lives and Times) was a scientist who lived during the 20th century.

He spoke with "a pronounced East European accent ... together with a slight American twang." (PROSE: The Underwater Menace, quote, pages 33 and 34)

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

This section's awfully stubby.

Information from PROSE: The Underwater Menace and The Doctor: His Lives and Times needs to be added.

Zaroff was well-known for producing cheap food from the sea. He went missing and was reported as dead, but in reality, he had found the submerged city of Atlantis and was living there. Initially, he had been thought kidnapped, with the west and east blaming one another.

Twenty years later, when the Second Doctor and his companions Ben Jackson, Polly Wright and Jamie McCrimmon were about to be sacrificed to the Atlantean goddess Amdo, the Doctor sent a note to Zaroff. Damon gave Zaroff the note and he became intrigued and put a halt to the sacrifice. He put Ben and Jamie to work in the mines, sent Polly to be fitted with plastic gills so she could farm under water and took the Doctor to his laboratory. When the Doctor sabotaged the power system to rescue Polly from an operation, Zaroff became suspicious of him and wanted to keep him close.

Zaroff explained his plan to raise Atlantis from the sea to the Doctor, which involved draining the ocean. He knew his plan would destroy the world, which was, as he saw it, the scientist's ultimate dream of supreme power.

Zaroff feeding his pet octopus by Damon. (TV: The Underwater Menace)

Atlantis's leader, Thous, betrayed the Doctor and Ramo to Zaroff, who ordered them to be sacrificed. They were rescued by the Doctor's companions and kidnapped Zaroff to stop his plans. Zaroff faked a heart attack, killed Ramo and grabbed Polly to use as a hostage. Polly was rescued by Jamie but Zaroff escaped.

He went to the council chamber and shot Thous and his two guards, claiming the rule of Atlantis for himself. He boldly proclaimed, "Nothing in the world can stop me now!"

Zaroff tried to start his experiment, but the Doctor flooded Atlantis and Zaroff was trapped in his laboratory, drowning in the flood. (TV: The Underwater Menace)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Zaroff was very arrogant and quite insane. He was willing to die in his experiment just to prove himself successful. When he claimed that his experiment was already underway, the Doctor correctly guessed that it hadn't started yet, as Zaroff would want to be the one to push the button. (TV: The Underwater Menace)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Name[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Nigel Robinson's novelisation of the story, Zaroff is given the first name of Hermann — which was not derived from any information given in the televised version. However, in The Doctor: His Lives and Times, Zaroff's first name is given as Hans.

Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the novelisation of The Underwater Menace, Zaroff's desire to blow up the world is explained as the result of madness from the deaths of his wife and daughter in a car crash.
  • The Doctor: His Lives and Times reveals he had a scretary, Heidi von Herzog.
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