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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Death
|individual name= Durac
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|image= [[Image:GrimReaper.jpg|250px]]
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|alias = Death
|race= [[Eternal]]
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|appearances= [[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' <br>[[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]''<br> [[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece]]''<br>[[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''<br>[[EDA]]: ''[[Camera Obscura]]'' <br>[[BFA]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]''
|appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]''
|actor= [[Charlie Hayes]]
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:''For the [[Eternal]] known as Death, see [[Death]]. For other uses see [[Death (disambiguation)]].''
:''See [[Durac]] for the entity of the same name. See also [[Death (disambiguation)]].''
'''Duroc''', more usually known as '''Death''', who resembled the [[Grim Reaper]], was a mysterious being and a figure in legends. [[Owen Harper]] stated that its name means "hunger".
 
'''Death''' was an [[Eternal]] and was one of the [[god]]s of [[Gallifrey]]. As such she represented and embodied Death itself.


==Profile==
==Profile==
Death was not the oldest of the Gods. That was [[Pain]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'')
The [[Weevil]]s worshipped Duroc and feared him. Once, in [[1479]], it manifested itself in [[Cardiff]] (at which time contemporary chroniclers also recorded the presence of [[Weevil]]s, which seemed to have inspired imagery of the Grim Reaper) because a girl named [[Faith]] was brought back with the [[Resurrection Gauntlet]]. Duroc killed twelve people instead of thirteen (as it needed) and would have killed everyone had it collected a thirteenth victim, but Faith managed to stop it.
 
Early in life, during the youth of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], the Doctor had committed murder. He made a deal with Death, so that rather than having Death make him her Champion, Death would, instead, make another [[Time Lord]], later known as [[the Master]], her Champion. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')


[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] met Death for the first time on [[the Moon]], when she was summoned by the [[Timewyrm]] as a robed skeleton. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
In the early [[21st century]], it used the newly resurrected [[Owen Harper]] as a gateway into the [[Universe]], and possessed him repeatedly. While doing so, it repeated the same words in a strange language. Duroc then arrived at a [[St. Helen's Hospital|hospital]], having taken taken possession of Owen's body. It was required to claim 13 souls so it could enter the universe completely. Outside of Owen's body, Duroc had a physical form, a skeleton shrouded in grey vapour. Before it could claim its final soul, Owen used faith to literally fight Duroc off and dissipate the Reaper's energy, sending it back to the darkness. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')


[[The Doctor]] made another deal with Death to save [[Ace]] (presumably from the [[Hoothi]]) and offered himself in her place. ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'') Death later took the life of Doctor [[John Smith (novel)|John Smith]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
==See Also==
*[[Death]]
*The [[Fendahl]]


[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] knew the rituals involved in journeying to speak with Death, [[Sabbath]] had also witnessed Death's abode. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Camera Obscura]]'')
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Revision as of 09:49, 16 May 2010

For the Eternal known as Death, see Death. For other uses see Death (disambiguation).

Duroc, more usually known as Death, who resembled the Grim Reaper, was a mysterious being and a figure in legends. Owen Harper stated that its name means "hunger".

Profile

The Weevils worshipped Duroc and feared him. Once, in 1479, it manifested itself in Cardiff (at which time contemporary chroniclers also recorded the presence of Weevils, which seemed to have inspired imagery of the Grim Reaper) because a girl named Faith was brought back with the Resurrection Gauntlet. Duroc killed twelve people instead of thirteen (as it needed) and would have killed everyone had it collected a thirteenth victim, but Faith managed to stop it.

In the early 21st century, it used the newly resurrected Owen Harper as a gateway into the Universe, and possessed him repeatedly. While doing so, it repeated the same words in a strange language. Duroc then arrived at a hospital, having taken taken possession of Owen's body. It was required to claim 13 souls so it could enter the universe completely. Outside of Owen's body, Duroc had a physical form, a skeleton shrouded in grey vapour. Before it could claim its final soul, Owen used faith to literally fight Duroc off and dissipate the Reaper's energy, sending it back to the darkness. (TW: Dead Man Walking)

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