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|individual name = Dream Lord
|alias          = [[The Doctor]]
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|race            = Psychic manifestation depicting the dark side of [[The Doctor]]
|species        = Psychic pollen
|appearances    = [[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]''
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The '''Dream Lord''' was a dark, sadistic version of [[the Doctor]], who possessed control over [[dream]]s. He was "awoken" by specks of [[Psychic Pollen]] from the Candle Meadows of [[Karass Don Slava]] that had got stuck in the [[time rotor]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] console. This pollen induced a collective dream state for the Doctor and his [[companions]], Amy Pond and Rory Williams, as it was warmed up.
'''The Dream Lord''' was a psychic manifestation of the [[Dark Design|darker parts]] of [[the Doctor]]'s character, given life by [[psychic pollen]] that was stuck in the [[time rotor]] of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Due to his nature of being created from a mind, the Dream Lord had the ability to control the [[dream]]s of others as he wished, even allowing the Doctor, Amy and Rory to share the same dream. However, he had, as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] put it, "no power over the real world."


==Biography==
== Biography ==
After his creation, the Dream Lord trapped the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] between two worlds, one in a seemingly idyllic Upper [[Leadworth]] five years in Amy and Rory's personal futures and the other in a TARDIS hurtling toward a "[[cold star]]". He told them that one reality was dream and the other was real, and that they would have to choose between them. In each world, the three were to face "a deadly danger". Dying in the dream world would cause them to wake up in reality. In actuality, the Dream Lord had created both worlds, all the while they remained asleep in the Doctor's TARDIS.
All [[Gallifreyan]]s possessed a dark side of the mind ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of the Universe (short story)|A History of the Universe]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') called the [[Dark Design]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'') The darkness was a true form of [[evil]], locked inside the [[DNA]] of Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] knew there were possible "cold futures" in which his own way of thinking and feeling would become alien to his present self due to the Dark Design, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'') such as the future from which [[the Valeyard]] came. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of the Universe (short story)|A History of the Universe]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'')


The Dream Lord would appear to the Doctor and his companions in both worlds, taunting the Doctor on his insecurities and defects and pressuring Amy to assess her own priorities and 'dreams' for the future - whether she wanted a life of adventure with the Doctor or to be settled safely with Rory and a family. He seemed to relish attempting to bait the Doctor and his companions with remarks about their relationships to one another.
The Dream Lord was "awoken" by specks of [[psychic pollen]] from the Candle Meadows of [[Karass Don Slava]] that had become stuck in the [[time rotor]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] [[TARDIS console|console]]. This pollen induced a collective dream state for the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s, [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] when warmed. The Dream Lord trapped the Doctor, Amy, and Rory between two worlds, one in a seemingly idyllic Upper [[Leadworth]], five years in Amy and Rory's personal futures, and the other in a TARDIS hurtling toward a "[[cold star]]". He told them one of these worlds was a dream and the other was real. In each world, the three were to face "a deadly danger", and dying in the dream world would allow them to wake up in reality. In actuality, the Dream Lord had created both worlds; all the while they remained asleep in the Doctor's TARDIS.


The Doctor eventually realised that neither world was real, and managed to return them all to the waking world by destroying the TARDIS and seemingly killing himself after they all died in the Upper Leadworth world.
The Dream Lord appeared to the Doctor and his companions in both worlds, taunting the Doctor on his insecurities and defects, and pressuring Amy to assess her own priorities and "dreams" for the future – whether she wanted a life of adventure with the Doctor, or to be settled safely with Rory and a family. He seemed to relish baiting the Doctor and his companions with remarks about their relationships. The Doctor recognised who the Dream Lord was because, in his own words, only one person in the Universe could hate him that much.


Whether or not the Dream Lord was truly defeated is open for interpretation. After he had found and removed the Psychic Pollen, the Doctor saw the Dream Lord's face in his reflection in the TARDIS' console, smiling slyly at him. Being a representation of the Doctor's inner darkness, the Dream Lord may never be truly defeated, but only hiding within him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')
After they all died in the Upper Leadworth world, they were freed from the "cold star" by the Dream Lord as "reward" for apparently solving his puzzle. The Doctor then realised that neither world was real, and returned them all to the waking world by destroying the TARDIS and seemingly killing himself, Amy, and Rory.


==Personality==
Whether or not the Dream Lord was truly defeated was open to interpretation. After he had found and removed the psychic pollen, the Doctor saw the Dream Lord's face in his reflection in the TARDIS's console, smiling slyly at him. Being a representation of the Doctor's inner darkness, the Dream Lord may never be truly defeated, but only hiding within him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
The Dream Lord drew his personality and observations from the 'dark' dimensions of the Doctor's subconscious. This included his innermost thoughts and doubts about the course of his life and perhaps 'cavalier' treatment of others, including self-loathing, guilt, arrogance, selfishness and even lust. The Doctor said to the Dream Lord not long after they met, that he knew who the Dream Lord really was because only one person hated the Doctor as much as the Dream Lord did. An additional layer to the Dream Lord's identity emerged when the Doctor described the Psychic Pollen which created the Dream Lord as a 'mind parasite'. ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')


==Appearance==
== Personality ==
Physically, the Dream Lord appeared as a short, older man. When he faced the Eleventh Doctor and his companions, the Dream Lord's appearance was generally a parody of the Doctor himself, consisting of a tweed jacket, striped shirt and bow tie strikingly similar but subtly different to the Doctor's. After introducing himself in the TARDIS dream, he would appear in various outfits reflecting aspects of teh Doctor's personality in the Leadworth dream. ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')
The Dream Lord drew his personality and observations from the [[Dark Design|"dark" aspects]] of the Doctor's subconscious. This included his innermost thoughts and doubts about the course of his life and perhaps cavalier treatment of others, including self-loathing, guilt, arrogance, selfishness and even lust. The Dream Lord had a bleak, cynical sense of humour, turning other people's remarks against them effortlessly and callously. He proclaimed the advancing army of Eknodines as "attack of the old people", and mimicked the Doctor when he jumped to Amy's defence. He was scornful of how the Doctor mostly chose younger people as his companions, as "the old man prefers the company of the young", and thus the Dream Lord did not consider the Doctor's companions as actual friends.


==See also==
The Doctor said to the Dream Lord, not long after they met, that he knew who the Dream Lord really was because only one person hated the Doctor as much as the Dream Lord did. An additional layer to the Dream Lord's identity emerged when the Doctor described the psychic pollen which created the Dream Lord as a "mind parasite". He also enjoyed making fun of Rory and his lack of common sense, something the Doctor was more subtle about. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
*[[The Valeyard]]


==Behind the scenes==
== Appearance ==
*The Dream Lord was similar to some prominent villains seen throughout the orginal series, most notably [[the Valeyard]], who was also a manifestation of the Doctor's own dark side. The Dream Lord also shared some similarities with the [[Celestial Toymaker]], the [[Master of the Land]], the [[Black Guardian]] (who claimed to be the "evil to the Doctor's good"), and [[the Master]] (in as much as he is the Doctor's nemesis and yet defeats himself surreptitiously helping the Doctor and his companions). He also bore some resemblance to the [[Seventh Doctor]], who was considered among the darkest of the Doctor's incarnations, a cunning manipulator, and master of mindgames.
Physically, the Dream Lord appeared as a short, older man. When he faced the Eleventh Doctor and his companions, the Dream Lord's appearance was generally a parody of the Doctor himself, (being a psychic manifestation of him) consisting of a tweed jacket, striped shirt and bow-tie strikingly similar to the Doctor's. He frequently changed his clothes to make fun of whatever situation the trio was in.
*Some fans have noted the similarity between the Dream Lord and the ''Star Trek'' character [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Q Q]. Both characters are capable of manipulating reality and creating fictional worlds; both have a penchant for torturing or otherwise playing with the principal characters; both have a tendency to disappear in one place and reappear in another; and both have a flair for the dramatic, even going so far as to change costume to suit a location (or to better facilitate a joke). The key difference between the two, of course, is that Q is capable of altering ''actual'' reality, whereas the Dream Lord is only capable of creating and manipulating dreams.
 
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The Dream Lord appeared to have [[Ginger (trait)|ginger]] hair, ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') something the Doctor desired to have. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
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* The Dream Lord had some pronounced similarities to another prominent villain, [[the Valeyard]], who was also a manifestation of [[Dark Design|the Doctor's dark side]] taken from a point in the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s future. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'')
** He also shared a great similarity with the [[Nightmare Man]], a villain from the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' as they both existed in people's dreams and had absolute control over those dreams' content.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 3 November 2024

The Dream Lord was a psychic manifestation of the darker parts of the Doctor's character, given life by psychic pollen that was stuck in the time rotor of the TARDIS. Due to his nature of being created from a mind, the Dream Lord had the ability to control the dreams of others as he wished, even allowing the Doctor, Amy and Rory to share the same dream. However, he had, as the Eleventh Doctor put it, "no power over the real world."

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

All Gallifreyans possessed a dark side of the mind (PROSE: A History of the Universe, The Infinity Doctors) called the Dark Design. (PROSE: Falls the Shadow) The darkness was a true form of evil, locked inside the DNA of Time Lords. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors) The Seventh Doctor knew there were possible "cold futures" in which his own way of thinking and feeling would become alien to his present self due to the Dark Design, (PROSE: Falls the Shadow) such as the future from which the Valeyard came. (PROSE: A History of the Universe, TV: The Ultimate Foe)

The Dream Lord was "awoken" by specks of psychic pollen from the Candle Meadows of Karass Don Slava that had become stuck in the time rotor of the Doctor's TARDIS console. This pollen induced a collective dream state for the Eleventh Doctor and his companions, Amy Pond and Rory Williams when warmed. The Dream Lord trapped the Doctor, Amy, and Rory between two worlds, one in a seemingly idyllic Upper Leadworth, five years in Amy and Rory's personal futures, and the other in a TARDIS hurtling toward a "cold star". He told them one of these worlds was a dream and the other was real. In each world, the three were to face "a deadly danger", and dying in the dream world would allow them to wake up in reality. In actuality, the Dream Lord had created both worlds; all the while they remained asleep in the Doctor's TARDIS.

The Dream Lord appeared to the Doctor and his companions in both worlds, taunting the Doctor on his insecurities and defects, and pressuring Amy to assess her own priorities and "dreams" for the future – whether she wanted a life of adventure with the Doctor, or to be settled safely with Rory and a family. He seemed to relish baiting the Doctor and his companions with remarks about their relationships. The Doctor recognised who the Dream Lord was because, in his own words, only one person in the Universe could hate him that much.

After they all died in the Upper Leadworth world, they were freed from the "cold star" by the Dream Lord as "reward" for apparently solving his puzzle. The Doctor then realised that neither world was real, and returned them all to the waking world by destroying the TARDIS and seemingly killing himself, Amy, and Rory.

Whether or not the Dream Lord was truly defeated was open to interpretation. After he had found and removed the psychic pollen, the Doctor saw the Dream Lord's face in his reflection in the TARDIS's console, smiling slyly at him. Being a representation of the Doctor's inner darkness, the Dream Lord may never be truly defeated, but only hiding within him. (TV: Amy's Choice)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Dream Lord drew his personality and observations from the "dark" aspects of the Doctor's subconscious. This included his innermost thoughts and doubts about the course of his life and perhaps cavalier treatment of others, including self-loathing, guilt, arrogance, selfishness and even lust. The Dream Lord had a bleak, cynical sense of humour, turning other people's remarks against them effortlessly and callously. He proclaimed the advancing army of Eknodines as "attack of the old people", and mimicked the Doctor when he jumped to Amy's defence. He was scornful of how the Doctor mostly chose younger people as his companions, as "the old man prefers the company of the young", and thus the Dream Lord did not consider the Doctor's companions as actual friends.

The Doctor said to the Dream Lord, not long after they met, that he knew who the Dream Lord really was because only one person hated the Doctor as much as the Dream Lord did. An additional layer to the Dream Lord's identity emerged when the Doctor described the psychic pollen which created the Dream Lord as a "mind parasite". He also enjoyed making fun of Rory and his lack of common sense, something the Doctor was more subtle about. (TV: Amy's Choice)

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Physically, the Dream Lord appeared as a short, older man. When he faced the Eleventh Doctor and his companions, the Dream Lord's appearance was generally a parody of the Doctor himself, (being a psychic manifestation of him) consisting of a tweed jacket, striped shirt and bow-tie strikingly similar to the Doctor's. He frequently changed his clothes to make fun of whatever situation the trio was in.

The Dream Lord appeared to have ginger hair, (TV: Amy's Choice) something the Doctor desired to have. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The End of Time)

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

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