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|individual name= Xanxia
|image= Xanxia.jpg
|image= [[file:Xanxia.jpg|250px]]
|alias = Nurse
|alias=
|species= Humanoid
|race= [[Near-human]]
|origin= [[Zanak]]
|home planet= [[Zanak]]
|only cs= The Pirate Planet (TV story)
|home era=
|actor= Rosalind Lloyd
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]''
|other actor= Vi Delmar
|actor= [[Vi Delmar]]<br>[[Rosalind Lloyd]] (Nurse)
}}
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'''Xanxia''' was the [[queen]] of [[Zanak]]. She was practically frozen at extreme age in [[time dam]]s so she could achieve her long sought out goal of immortality, and watched over by [[the Captain]].


Queen '''Xanxia''' was the [[queen]] of [[Zanak]]. She was practically frozen at extreme age in [[time dam]]s and watched over by the Pirate Captain.
== Biography ==
Xanxia was the queen of Zanak at some point. She was rumoured to have evil powers and the ability to live for hundreds of years. She staged galactic wars to demonstrate her powers, but ended up ruining the planet and there were few survivors. When [[the Captain]] crashed landed, she saved him by fitting him with cybernetic parts, which she used to control him.


==Biography==
At some point, Xanxia created a [[hologram]] of herself, with which she could pretend to be the Captain's [[nurse]]. She persuaded him to jump Zanak continually through space to plunder [[planet]]s for rare minerals and the energy required to feed the time dams.
At some point, Xanxia created a hologram of herself, pretending to be the Captain's [[nurse]] and persuaded him to continually jump Zanak, plundering planets for rare minerals to feed the time dams. Her aim was to create a permanently youthful, viable body by permanently preserving her true form in its last few seconds of life, but the [[Fourth Doctor]] dismissed this as a foolish plan, stating that there wasn't enough energy in the universe to keep the dams running forever even if she tried to drain the energy from stars, and she would always be dependent on the last few seconds of life in her old body even if the new one became permanent. She was defeated by the Doctor when Zanak was prevented from materialising around [[Earth|Earth.]] The distraction caused by this failure allowed the time dams and the mountain they were enclosed within to finally be destroyed by the [[Mentiad]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')


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Xanxia hoped to create a permanently youthful, viable body by preserving her true form in its last few seconds of life. The [[Fourth Doctor]] dismissed this as foolish, stating that there wasn't enough energy in the [[universe]] to keep the dams running forever. She would always be dependent on the last few seconds of life in her old body, and eventually she would die anyway. Xanxia was defeated by the Doctor when Zanak was prevented from materialising around [[Earth]]. The distraction caused by this failure allowed the time dams and the mountain in which they were enclosed to finally be destroyed by the [[Mentiad]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}})
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== Behind the scenes ==
* While writing ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'', [[Douglas Adams]] considered that the villain could be [[the Master's daughter]], collecting the planets where he'd been defeated because she either loved him or hated him. He also considered that she could just be [[the Master]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (novelisation)|page=263}})
 
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 21 August 2024

Xanxia was the queen of Zanak. She was practically frozen at extreme age in time dams so she could achieve her long sought out goal of immortality, and watched over by the Captain.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Xanxia was the queen of Zanak at some point. She was rumoured to have evil powers and the ability to live for hundreds of years. She staged galactic wars to demonstrate her powers, but ended up ruining the planet and there were few survivors. When the Captain crashed landed, she saved him by fitting him with cybernetic parts, which she used to control him.

At some point, Xanxia created a hologram of herself, with which she could pretend to be the Captain's nurse. She persuaded him to jump Zanak continually through space to plunder planets for rare minerals and the energy required to feed the time dams.

Xanxia hoped to create a permanently youthful, viable body by preserving her true form in its last few seconds of life. The Fourth Doctor dismissed this as foolish, stating that there wasn't enough energy in the universe to keep the dams running forever. She would always be dependent on the last few seconds of life in her old body, and eventually she would die anyway. Xanxia was defeated by the Doctor when Zanak was prevented from materialising around Earth. The distraction caused by this failure allowed the time dams and the mountain in which they were enclosed to finally be destroyed by the Mentiads. (TV: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"])

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