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'''Gods''' were beings of immense power | {{wikipediainfo|Deity}} | ||
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{{first pic|God human image.jpg|Accessing [[ARC]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] projects a fabricated image of a [[human]] god onto [[Roman]] soldiers in [[312]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Conversion (comic story)|Conversion]]'')}} | |||
'''Gods''' were beings of immense power in the [[religion]]s and [[mythology|mythologies]] of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods varied from culture to culture. Some considered [[transcendental being]]s gods, due to their power. | |||
[[ | The [[Time Lord]]s themselves were considered gods by some cultures. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'', ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''; , [[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)}}; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Omega (comic story)|Omega]]'') Following his [[regeneration]] during the [[Last Great Time War]], [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]] saw himself as a deity, likening his people to gods. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]'') However, the [[Fourth Doctor]], when asked directly by [[Idas]] if he was a god, hesitated briefly before he answered no. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, | Indeed, some Time Lords worshipped gods of their own, the [[Eternal]] [[Menti Celesti]], although this was controversial on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') The [[Second Doctor]] once offered a silent [[prayer]] to "the gods of his own people", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'') but the [[Tenth Doctor]] later claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, although admitting that had met a number of beings who ''claimed'' to be gods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once pointed out that real Gods would "never actually show up". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') | ||
== | == Human gods == | ||
The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most | The [[human]]s of [[Earth]] and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most of these gods turned out to be [[alien]]s or other advanced beings. | ||
The [[Celt]]s believed in multiple gods. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)|The Wrath of the Iceni]]'') | |||
[[Cessair]] was worshipped as Cailleach for thousands of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'') | |||
According to the [[Third Doctor]], the [[Dæmon]]s inspired horned gods throughout history, including the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Khnum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | |||
== | [[Greek mythology]] featured a number of gods, shown in various accounts to really exist. One account depicted them as the [[Immortal]]s, who resided in a realm of ther own, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') while another as [[Olympian]]s whose dwelling of [[Olympus]] was another planet rather than a mountain on [[Earth]]; ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Life Bringer! (comic story)}}) by a number of sources, [[Kronos]], as worshipped by [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]], was a [[Chronovore]], a powerful being from [[interstitial time]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Monster (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) In Greek mythology, the "blood of the Gods" was known as [[ichor]], and could be passed down to mortals, forming semi-[[Immortality|immortal]] [[bloodline]]s who could live forever thanks to [[ambrosia]]. Ambrosia was, however, toxic to ordinary [[human]]s. By the [[21st century]], [[Ichor (Ichor)|one member of such a bloodline]] no longer existed on "the [[mortal plane]]" but desired to return there, and was able to do step through with the help of a [[Ghost (Ichor)|ghost]] with its own agenda. However, he ultimately killed himself to escape his deal with the ghost. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Ichor (home video)}}) | ||
{{ | The [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] was a group worshipped in [[New York City|New York]] in [[1965]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') | ||
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[[Light (Ghost Light)|Light]] was worshipped as the Burning One by [[Nimrod]]'s tribe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | |||
The [[Osiran]]s [[Sutekh]] and [[Horus]] were [[Egypt]]ian gods, ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') as were [[Scaroth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') Field Major [[Styx (The Gods Walk Among Us)|Styx]] ("Sontar"), ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]'') [[Jane Templeton]] ("Thoth"), and [[Antak]] ("Amun"). ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]'') | |||
A [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform|werewolf]] was worshipped by the [[Brethren]] as a god. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | |||
[[Xoanon]] was worshipped by the [[Sevateem]] and the [[Tesh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') | |||
[[Dalek (Living History)|A Dalek]] was believed to be the Bronze God in ancient Britain. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Living History (audio story)|Living History]]'') | |||
In [[BC#Prehistory|circa 100,000 BC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') Earth's sun [[Sol]] was worshipped by a [[Tribe of Gum|tribe of cavemen]] who called it [[Orb (An Unearthly Child)|Orb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | |||
In the year 1500 [[BC]] in [[Greece|ancient Greece]], [[Hangle-Wang]] [[Slitheen]] from the [[347th century]] were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion (novel)|The Slitheen Excursion]]'') | |||
The ancient [[Roman]]s worshipped gods of commerce and the mountain and had [[household god]]s. Some of the Roman gods included [[Venus (god)|Venus]] and [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], while the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] were worshipped by one family as household gods. The [[Pyrovile]]s beneath the Roman city of [[Pompeii]] were believed to have been gods of the [[underworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | |||
The [[Viking]]s worshipped the god [[Odin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') | |||
== Other gods and goddesses == | |||
Many other races had gods of some kind, many of them living beings. | |||
[[The Doctor]] was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the [[Face of Boe]]'s final prophecy, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') River Song would also refer to the Doctor as a god on occasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]'') | |||
The [[Time Lord]]s were originally thought to be gods by [[Minyos]], [[Klist]] and [[Plastrodus 14]], but they later fell out of favour. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
[[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] considered [[TARDIS]]es to be "the technology of the gods". The [[Ninth Doctor]] responded, "Don't worship me. I'd make a very bad god. You won't get a day off, for one." ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') | |||
The [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]] of the [[Last Great Time War]] sincerely believed himself to be a god, proclaiming himself to be "the God of All [[Dalek]]s" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and the "God Emperor", the one god and ruler of the universe. As such, he was incensed by the like-minded [[Rassilon (Deception)|Rassilon]], deeming his claims of godhood to be [[blasphemy]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]'') After escaping the Time War, the Dalek Emperor was worshipped as such by the Daleks he had created from deceased humans to resurrect his race. The fact that these Daleks even had a concept of blasphemy came as a shock to the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | |||
The [[Optera]] believed the [[Menoptera]] to be gods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') | |||
[[Aggedor]] was thought to be a god by the [[Peladonian]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'') | |||
The [[Tigellan|Deons]] believed in [[Ti]] and thought the [[Dodecahedron]] was his gift. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'') | |||
The Worldsphere [[God (The Also People)|God]] was a machine who watched over [[the People]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') | |||
[[File:Swampie dance.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Swampie]]s worship [[Kroll]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'')]] | |||
[[Kroll]] was worshipped by the [[Swampie]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') | |||
The [[Nimon]]s' ''modus operandi'' was for an individual Nimon to set himself up as a god to a given species, claiming to be one-of-a-kind, thus clearing the way for a large-scale invasion. Many of the inhabitants of [[Crinoth]] and [[Skonnos]] thus once worshipped "the Nimon" as their deity. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'') | |||
A [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|related Minotaur-like species]] also set themselves up as the gods of many races, feeding on faith and worship. On one world, the natives expelled a [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]] they had formerly worshipped when they realised that it was a fraud. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') | |||
The [[Kaled]]s had a god of war. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | |||
Ancient [[Gallifreyan]]s worshipped their moon [[Pazithi Gallifreya]] as a virgin Goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') | |||
The line of Pepins ruled as gods. [[Pepin VII]] abdicated, leaving [[Frobisher]] as a god in his place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'') | |||
The [[Sisters of Plenitude]] had a goddess named [[Santori]], and invoked her during bad times. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') | |||
[[Thoueris]] was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Power of Thoueris! (comic story)|The Power of Thoueris!]]'') | |||
[[Balor]] was worshipped as a god by the [[Cynrog]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island (novel)|The Nightmare of Black Island]]'') | |||
The [[Jaftee]] sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including [[Donna Noble]] who they called the "[[Ginger (trait)|Ginger]] Goddess". They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]'') | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] told [[Jack Harkness]] that if a Time Lord took on the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]], they could become "a vengeful god". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | |||
The inhabitants of [[Sto]] worshipped a god known as [[Vot]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | |||
After [[K9 Mark I]] liberated the [[Anubian]]s from the [[Huduct]], the Anubians worshipped him as a god. ([[TV]]: ''[[Curse of Anubis (TV story)|Curse of Anubis]]'') | |||
[[Akhaten]] was a celestial object that was described as a "parasite god" by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], represented by the [[Mummy (The Rings of Akhaten)|mummy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'') | |||
The people of [[Ribos]] believed that their planet was a battleground to a war between [[Ice God]]s and [[Sun God]]s, producing the turnover of the seasons. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') | |||
The people of the volcanic planet [[Sarn (planet)|Sarn]] worshipped the fire-god [[Logar]], actually [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] volcanologists in a thermal protection suit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'') | |||
The [[Guardians of Time]] were, together, the Six-Fold God. They were the masters of [[reality]], each being responsible for a sixth of the [[Universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
An [[Ood]] on [[Krop Tor]] under the possession of [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]] claimed that “''the Beast and his armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God''”. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') | |||
After the detonation of a Dalek [[retcon bomb]] during the [[Last Great Time War]], [[Planet (Previously, Next Time)|a previously uninhabited planet]] developed a culture that worshipped [[Kaledia]], a deity that resembled a [[Bronze Dalek]], minus the [[Dalek eyestalk|eyestalk]] and [[gunstick]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Previously, Next Time (audio story)|Previously, Next Time]]'') | |||
The Toymaker, after unintentionally being granted entry to the universe by the Fourteenth Doctor, claimed to have met something identifying itself as "God". The Toymaker turned them into a Jack-in-the-box. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 25 March 2024
- You may be looking for the singular, monotheistic figure of "God".
Gods were beings of immense power in the religions and mythologies of many species. The powers, abilities and appearances of the gods varied from culture to culture. Some considered transcendental beings gods, due to their power.
The Time Lords themselves were considered gods by some cultures. (TV: Underworld, Boom Town; , GAME: The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"]; COMIC: Omega) Following his regeneration during the Last Great Time War, Rassilon saw himself as a deity, likening his people to gods. (AUDIO: Homecoming) However, the Fourth Doctor, when asked directly by Idas if he was a god, hesitated briefly before he answered no. (TV: Underworld)
Indeed, some Time Lords worshipped gods of their own, the Eternal Menti Celesti, although this was controversial on Gallifrey. (PROSE: Happy Endings) The Second Doctor once offered a silent prayer to "the gods of his own people", (PROSE: The Murder Game) but the Tenth Doctor later claimed that he didn't believe in any specific god, although admitting that had met a number of beings who claimed to be gods. (TV: The Satan Pit) The Twelfth Doctor once pointed out that real Gods would "never actually show up". (TV: The Girl Who Died)
Human gods[[edit] | [edit source]]
The humans of Earth and their colonies had many gods from their many cultures. Most of these gods turned out to be aliens or other advanced beings.
The Celts believed in multiple gods. (AUDIO: The Wrath of the Iceni)
Cessair was worshipped as Cailleach for thousands of years. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
According to the Third Doctor, the Dæmons inspired horned gods throughout history, including the Egyptian god Khnum. (TV: The Dæmons)
Greek mythology featured a number of gods, shown in various accounts to really exist. One account depicted them as the Immortals, who resided in a realm of ther own, (PROSE: Deadly Reunion) while another as Olympians whose dwelling of Olympus was another planet rather than a mountain on Earth; (COMIC: The Life Bringer! [+]Loading...["The Life Bringer! (comic story)"]) by a number of sources, Kronos, as worshipped by Atlanteans, was a Chronovore, a powerful being from interstitial time. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"], PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"]) In Greek mythology, the "blood of the Gods" was known as ichor, and could be passed down to mortals, forming semi-immortal bloodlines who could live forever thanks to ambrosia. Ambrosia was, however, toxic to ordinary humans. By the 21st century, one member of such a bloodline no longer existed on "the mortal plane" but desired to return there, and was able to do step through with the help of a ghost with its own agenda. However, he ultimately killed himself to escape his deal with the ghost. (HOMEVID: Ichor [+]Loading...["Ichor (home video)"])
The Latter-Day Pantheon was a group worshipped in New York in 1965. (PROSE: Salvation)
Light was worshipped as the Burning One by Nimrod's tribe. (TV: Ghost Light)
The Osirans Sutekh and Horus were Egyptian gods, (TV: Pyramids of Mars) as were Scaroth, (TV: City of Death) Field Major Styx ("Sontar"), (COMIC: The Gods Walk Among Us) Jane Templeton ("Thoth"), and Antak ("Amun"). (AUDIO: False Gods)
A werewolf was worshipped by the Brethren as a god. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
Xoanon was worshipped by the Sevateem and the Tesh. (TV: The Face of Evil)
A Dalek was believed to be the Bronze God in ancient Britain. (AUDIO: Living History)
In circa 100,000 BC, (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) Earth's sun Sol was worshipped by a tribe of cavemen who called it Orb. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
In the year 1500 BC in ancient Greece, Hangle-Wang Slitheen from the 347th century were mistaken for gods by the Greeks. (PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion)
The ancient Romans worshipped gods of commerce and the mountain and had household gods. Some of the Roman gods included Venus and Vulcan, while the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble were worshipped by one family as household gods. The Pyroviles beneath the Roman city of Pompeii were believed to have been gods of the underworld. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
The Vikings worshipped the god Odin. (TV: The Girl Who Died)
Other gods and goddesses[[edit] | [edit source]]
Many other races had gods of some kind, many of them living beings.
The Doctor was referred to as "the lonely god" in the legend of the Face of Boe's final prophecy, (TV: New Earth) and was worshipped in absentia as "the god of time" by a Roman family after rescuing them from the destruction of Pompeii. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) River Song would also refer to the Doctor as a god on occasion. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)
The Time Lords were originally thought to be gods by Minyos, Klist and Plastrodus 14, but they later fell out of favour. (TV: Underworld, PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen considered TARDISes to be "the technology of the gods". The Ninth Doctor responded, "Don't worship me. I'd make a very bad god. You won't get a day off, for one." (TV: Boom Town)
The Dalek Emperor of the Last Great Time War sincerely believed himself to be a god, proclaiming himself to be "the God of All Daleks" (TV: The Parting of the Ways) and the "God Emperor", the one god and ruler of the universe. As such, he was incensed by the like-minded Rassilon, deeming his claims of godhood to be blasphemy. (AUDIO: Homecoming) After escaping the Time War, the Dalek Emperor was worshipped as such by the Daleks he had created from deceased humans to resurrect his race. The fact that these Daleks even had a concept of blasphemy came as a shock to the Ninth Doctor. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
The Optera believed the Menoptera to be gods. (TV: The Web Planet)
Aggedor was thought to be a god by the Peladonians. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
The Deons believed in Ti and thought the Dodecahedron was his gift. (TV: Meglos)
The Worldsphere God was a machine who watched over the People. (PROSE: The Also People)
Kroll was worshipped by the Swampies. (TV: The Power of Kroll)
The Nimons' modus operandi was for an individual Nimon to set himself up as a god to a given species, claiming to be one-of-a-kind, thus clearing the way for a large-scale invasion. Many of the inhabitants of Crinoth and Skonnos thus once worshipped "the Nimon" as their deity. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)
A related Minotaur-like species also set themselves up as the gods of many races, feeding on faith and worship. On one world, the natives expelled a Minotaur they had formerly worshipped when they realised that it was a fraud. (TV: The God Complex)
The Kaleds had a god of war. (TV: The Satan Pit)
Ancient Gallifreyans worshipped their moon Pazithi Gallifreya as a virgin Goddess. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
The line of Pepins ruled as gods. Pepin VII abdicated, leaving Frobisher as a god in his place. (AUDIO: The Holy Terror)
The Sisters of Plenitude had a goddess named Santori, and invoked her during bad times. (TV: New Earth, Gridlock)
Thoueris was mistaken by the Egyptians for a god. (COMIC: The Power of Thoueris!)
Balor was worshipped as a god by the Cynrog. (PROSE: The Nightmare of Black Island)
The Jaftee sequentially worshipped a number of gods, including Donna Noble who they called the "Ginger Goddess". They made a habit of trading in old religions for new ones. (PROSE: Shining Darkness)
The Tenth Doctor told Jack Harkness that if a Time Lord took on the Bad Wolf entity, they could become "a vengeful god". (TV: Utopia)
The inhabitants of Sto worshipped a god known as Vot. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)
After K9 Mark I liberated the Anubians from the Huduct, the Anubians worshipped him as a god. (TV: Curse of Anubis)
Akhaten was a celestial object that was described as a "parasite god" by the Eleventh Doctor, represented by the mummy. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
The people of Ribos believed that their planet was a battleground to a war between Ice Gods and Sun Gods, producing the turnover of the seasons. (TV: The Ribos Operation)
The people of the volcanic planet Sarn worshipped the fire-god Logar, actually Trion volcanologists in a thermal protection suit. (TV: Planet of Fire)
The Guardians of Time were, together, the Six-Fold God. They were the masters of reality, each being responsible for a sixth of the Universe. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties, The Quantum Archangel)
An Ood on Krop Tor under the possession of the Beast claimed that “the Beast and his armies shall rise from the pit to make war against God”. (TV: The Impossible Planet)
After the detonation of a Dalek retcon bomb during the Last Great Time War, a previously uninhabited planet developed a culture that worshipped Kaledia, a deity that resembled a Bronze Dalek, minus the eyestalk and gunstick. (AUDIO: Previously, Next Time)
The Toymaker, after unintentionally being granted entry to the universe by the Fourteenth Doctor, claimed to have met something identifying itself as "God". The Toymaker turned them into a Jack-in-the-box. (TV: The Giggle)
