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| |image = Salamander.jpg
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| |species=Human
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| |origin = [[Earth]]
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| |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' (cameo)|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'' (cameo)}}
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| |actor = Patrick Troughton
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| '''Ramón Salamander''' was a supposed philanthropist who, in reality had a boundless fount of cruelty and powerlust. He bore a close physical resemblance to the [[Second Doctor]].
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| == Biography ==
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| === Criminal career ===
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| Salamander came from [[Merida]] in the [[Yucatan]] in [[Mexico]]. Both a respected politician and a scientist, Salamander received worldwide acclaim for his invention of [[Sun Store]] technology which beamed [[sunlight]] from [[Earth orbit]] in order to help the growth of crops and alleviate global hunger on an overpopulated planet.
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| He addressed the [[World Zones Authority]], outlining his triumphs.
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| Secretly, however, Salamander also committed murders of officials in order to ensure his goal of world domination so he could replace them with other officials that Salamander could trust. Circa [[2013]], he had taken advantage of an experiment by a team of scientists who had isolated themselves a [[deep shelter]] as an endurance exercise. He lied to them and claimed that a [[nuclear war]] had taken place on the surface. The scientists created "natural" disasters such as [[volcano]]s and [[earthquake]]s that would happen at will in order to work against their so-called enemies.
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| He betrayed [[Giles Kent]], an almost equally power-hungry man. Kent plotted Salamander's death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'')
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| === Downfall ===
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| In [[2018]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] landed on a beach. Kent attempted to kill the Doctor, mistaking him for his enemy, and then tried to have the Doctor impersonate him, for the same reason. Kent's associate, the trusting [[Astrid Ferrier]], inserted the Doctor's [[companion]] [[Jamie McCrimmon]] into an already planned operation of infiltrating Salamander's mansion in the [[Central European Zone]].
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| Salamander set off an explosion to destroy his base in Australia, shot Kent fatally and escaped. Jamie, mistaking him for the Doctor, welcomed him into the TARDIS. A few minutes later, the Doctor appeared, but by this time the TARDIS had taken off. In the confusion, Salamander flew through its open doors into the [[Time Vortex]], where he remained. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'') The Doctor stated it would be very unpleasant for him floating around in time and space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
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| === In the Vortex ===
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| Nevertheless, Salamander still survived in a ghastly existence, still alive in the Vortex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]''). He became a member of the [[hive mind|gestalt intelligence]] based in the Vortex known as [[the Horror]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
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| [[Category:Human politicians]] | | [[Category:Human politicians]] |
