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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Durac
|individual name= Death
|image= [[Image:GrimReaper.jpg|250px]]
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|alias = Death
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|race=  
|race= [[Eternal]]
|home planet=  
|home planet=  
|home era=  
|home era=  
|appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]''
|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]]''
|actor=  
|actor= [[Charlie Hayes]]
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:''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".
:''See [[Durac]] for the entity of the same name. See also [[Death (disambiguation)]].''
 
'''Death''' was an [[Eternal]] and was one of the [[god]]s of [[Gallifrey]]. As such she represented and embodied Death itself.


==Profile==
==Profile==
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.
Death was not the oldest of the Gods. That was [[Pain]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'')
 
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]]'')


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]]'')
[[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]]'')


==See also==
[[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]]'')
*[[Death]]
*The [[Fendahl]]


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[[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 11:52, 23 August 2010

See Durac for the entity of the same name. See also Death (disambiguation).

Death was an Eternal and was one of the gods of Gallifrey. As such she represented and embodied Death itself.

Profile

Death was not the oldest of the Gods. That was Pain. (NA: Set Piece)

Early in life, during the youth of his 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)

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)

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. (NA: Human Nature)

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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