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The '''Mara''' was an entity created from the evil in the minds of the [[Manussan]]s and given independent life via the [[Great Crystal]]. It led the [[Sumaran Empire]]. Some time after this, it was drawn to the planet [[Deva Loka]], where it possessed several of the Deva Lokans. When [[Tegan Jovanka]] fell asleep on Deva Loka, the Mara possessed her through her unconscious. Using Tegan's body, the Mara sought to create chaos by pushing the [[Kinda]] to attack the [[Earth]] force on the planet. [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] used a [[Circle of Mirrors|circle of mirrors]] to make the Mara face itself and therefore make it leave Tegan and be banished once more. ([[DW]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'')
The '''Mara''' was an entity created from the evil in the minds of the [[Manussan]]s and given independent life via the [[Great Crystal]].  


However, the Mara was not banished from Tegan and forced her to return to Manussa. It planned to recorporalise itself using the Great Crystal, but the Doctor once more defeated it, this time destroying it permanently by smashing the Great Crystal. ([[DW]]: ''[[Snakedance]]'')
It led the [[Sumaran Empire]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Snakedance]]'') On the [[planet]] [[Deva Loka]], it possessed several of the [[Kinda]] tribe. When [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s [[companion]] [[Tegan Jovanka]] fell asleep on Deva Loka, the Mara possessed her through her unconscious. Using Tegan's body, the Mara sought to create chaos by pushing the [[Kinda]] to attack the [[Earth]] force on the planet. [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] used a [[Circle of Mirrors|circle of mirrors]] to make the Mara face itself and therefore make it leave Tegan and be banished once more. ([[DW]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] mentions the Mara in [[Time Crash]] when he is trying to work out where the [[Fifth Doctor]] is taken from.


In the 1996 [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]], one of the eras seen on the TARDIS console display along with the Humanian Era and Rassilon Era, is the Sumaron era. This may be a reference to the Sumaran empire.
The Mara was not entirely banished from Tegan and forced her to return to Manussa. It planned to recorporalise itself using the Great Crystal, but the Doctor once more defeated it by smashing the Great Crystal. ([[DW]]: ''[[Snakedance]]'')
 
==Minor references==
*[[Jack Harkness]] mentioned an alternate name for [[fairies]]: Mara. ([[TW]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'')
'':Whether this indicates a connection remains unknown.''
 
*[[Tenth Doctor|The tenth incarnation]] of the Doctor mentions the Mara to [[Fifth Doctor|his fifth incarnation]] when they met. ([[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'')


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Revision as of 01:31, 13 November 2008

The Mara was an entity created from the evil in the minds of the Manussans and given independent life via the Great Crystal.

It led the Sumaran Empire. (DW: Snakedance) On the planet Deva Loka, it possessed several of the Kinda tribe. When the Doctor's companion Tegan Jovanka fell asleep on Deva Loka, the Mara possessed her through her unconscious. Using Tegan's body, the Mara sought to create chaos by pushing the Kinda to attack the Earth force on the planet. The Doctor used a circle of mirrors to make the Mara face itself and therefore make it leave Tegan and be banished once more. (DW: Kinda)

The Mara was not entirely banished from Tegan and forced her to return to Manussa. It planned to recorporalise itself using the Great Crystal, but the Doctor once more defeated it by smashing the Great Crystal. (DW: Snakedance)

Minor references

:Whether this indicates a connection remains unknown.