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'''Death''' was an [[Eternal]] and was one of the [[god]]s of [[Gallifrey]]. As such she represented and embodied Death itself.
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'''Death''' was a mysterious being and a figure in legends. It was present to [[Suzie Costello]] and [[Owen Harper]] in the [[afterlife]], and was believed to be a personification of death. Owen stated that its name means "hunger".


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
According to [[Suzie Costello]], when one died and entered the [[afterlife]], Death would stalk them in the darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
Death was not the oldest of the gods; [[Pain]] was. But she was older than [[Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'')


Death was both worshipped and feared by [[Weevil]]s. Once in [[1479]], it manifested itself in [[Cardiff]] after a girl named [[Faith]] was brought back to life with the [[resurrection gauntlet]]. Death killed twelve people, but Faith managed to stop it before it could collect a thirteenth victim, which would have enabled it to enter the [[universe]] completely.
She came into being when [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Ishtar Hutchings]] had [[sex]]. Ishtar gave birth to [[Jasmine Surprise Cwej-Hutchings]], who went on to have sex with [[Ricky McIlveen]] (a powerful psionic), who in turn gave birth to Death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
:''During this time, contemporary chroniclers also recorded the presence of Weevils, which seemed to have inspired imagery of the [[Grim Reaper]].''
[[File:Dead_man_walking_main.jpg|thumb|left|Death possesses Owen.]]
In the early [[21st century]], when [[Owen Harper]] was resurrected with the same gauntlet, Death used him as a gateway into the universe, and possessed him repeatedly. While doing so, it repeated "I shall walk the earth and my hunger will know no bounds" in a strange language.


Eventually, the energy from Death that was keeping Owen animate fully transformed Owen's cell structure; allowing Death to cross through into the universe. After manifesting in the universe through Owen, Death had the physical form of a human skeleton shrouded in grey vapour. It travelled to [[St Helen's Hospital]] and began killing and collecting the souls of the staff and patients that Torchwood failed to evacuate from the hospital in time.
There were legends that Death was apparently conceived when the "gods" were drunk. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'') Being created from the dreams and thoughts of Time Lords, becoming personified into an "abstract universal entity." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')


Death claimed twelve of the thirteen souls it needed to fully enter the universe, but before it could claim a thirteenth victim, Owen used faith to literally fight off Death and dissipate its energy; sending it back to the darkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
Early in life, during the youth of his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]], the Doctor killed someone. He made a deal with Death. Rather than having Death make him her champion, Death would choose another [[Time Lord]], later known as [[the Master]]. However, the Doctor would later forget about this encounter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')


== See also ==
The Doctor recalled seeing Death on a Gallifreyan hillside (presumably, before he knew who Death was). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'')
* [[Death]]
* The [[Fendahl]]


== Notes ==
The [[Seventh Doctor]] met Death for the first time on [[the Moon]], when she was summoned by the [[Timewyrm]] as a robed skeleton. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Thirteen, which is the number of souls Death needs to collect after entering the physical dimension in order to enter it permanently, is considered the unlucky number.
* It is unknown whether, when Death enters the physical universe, it can use the souls of anyone in the world who dies to add to the thirteen souls it needs to permanently manifest, or if Death needs to kill its thirteen victims itself in order to collect their souls. However, as Death apparently only collected twelve souls when it entered the universe through Owen, even though it was in the universe for approximately an hour or less, the latter is most likely; unless in the [[Doctor Who universe]] death rates were extremely low at the time when Death entered the physical universe.


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[[The Doctor]] made another deal with Death to save [[Ace]] (presumably from the [[Hoothi]]) and offered himself in her place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') Death later took the life of Doctor [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
 
On several occasions, the Doctor has said he was "friends" with Death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Death Collectors]]'', ''[[Spider's Shadow]]'')
 
Death picked [[Mortimus]] to be her champion, as a means of revenge upon the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future]])''
 
The Doctor once won a bet with Death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sleepy]]'')
 
Death, along with Time and Pain, attended [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]'s [[wedding]] in [[Cheldon Bonniface]] on [[24 April]] [[2010]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
 
When the Doctor suffered a one-sided heart attack at [[Roz Forrester]]'s funeral, he had a vision of Death taunting him about taking the life of one of his companions, and that some day soon, she will take him, when he is alone and friendless, without warning and without meaning. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]])''
 
Death appeared to the Doctor when he returned to the [[House of Lungbarrow]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
 
At some point, the Doctor makes a deal with Death, to give the Master a new start in life as a good and honest man for ten years, feeling guilty for how he turned out. However, after the ten years, he would have to kill the Master.
 
When the ten years expired, Death sent the Doctor to [[Perfugum]], where "John Smith" was. Taking on the identity of John Smith's maid, Jade, Death tormented the Doctor, John Smith and his friends. This led to one of his friends, Victor, killing his own wife, and John's love, Jacqueline. When the Doctor couldn't go through with killing John, he realised his significance in creating the Master, and turned him into Death's Champion, by making his original deal with Death. So he made a new deal with Death, to get out of killing John, to kill an innocent person, in the place of an assassin (who was just a disguise of Death again), but couldn't go through with that deal either. Death also made a deal with John Smith: to remain as John Smith, he had to decide whether he would make the Doctor, Death's Champion, or he could kill Victor, so Jacqueline, would stay alive, but he would become the Master again. It is still unknown what his decision was. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
 
The Doctor encountered Death again with Mortimus, which involved [[the Tramp]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tramp's Story]]'')
 
The Eighth Doctor knew the rituals involved in journeying to speak with Death. [[Sabbath]] followed the Doctor on his trip into Death's abode. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Obscura]]'')
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Revision as of 05:20, 29 November 2012

You may wish to consult Death (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

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

Biography

Death was not the oldest of the gods; Pain was. But she was older than Time. (PROSE: Set Piece)

She came into being when Chris Cwej and Ishtar Hutchings had sex. Ishtar gave birth to Jasmine Surprise Cwej-Hutchings, who went on to have sex with Ricky McIlveen (a powerful psionic), who in turn gave birth to Death. (PROSE: Happy Endings)

There were legends that Death was apparently conceived when the "gods" were drunk. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad) Being created from the dreams and thoughts of Time Lords, becoming personified into an "abstract universal entity." (PROSE: Human Nature)

Early in life, during the youth of his first incarnation, the Doctor killed someone. He made a deal with Death. Rather than having Death make him her champion, Death would choose another Time Lord, later known as the Master. However, the Doctor would later forget about this encounter. (AUDIO: Master)

The Doctor recalled seeing Death on a Gallifreyan hillside (presumably, before he knew who Death was). (PROSE: Set Piece)

The Seventh Doctor met Death for the first time on the Moon, when she was summoned by the Timewyrm as a robed skeleton. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)

The Doctor made another deal with Death to save Ace (presumably from the Hoothi) and offered himself in her place. (PROSE: Love and War) Death later took the life of Doctor John Smith. (PROSE: Human Nature)

On several occasions, the Doctor has said he was "friends" with Death. (AUDIO: The Death Collectors, Spider's Shadow)

Death picked Mortimus to be her champion, as a means of revenge upon the Doctor. (PROSE: No Future)

The Doctor once won a bet with Death. (PROSE: Sleepy)

Death, along with Time and Pain, attended Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010. (PROSE: Happy Endings)

When the Doctor suffered a one-sided heart attack at Roz Forrester's funeral, he had a vision of Death taunting him about taking the life of one of his companions, and that some day soon, she will take him, when he is alone and friendless, without warning and without meaning. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin)

Death appeared to the Doctor when he returned to the House of Lungbarrow. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)

At some point, the Doctor makes a deal with Death, to give the Master a new start in life as a good and honest man for ten years, feeling guilty for how he turned out. However, after the ten years, he would have to kill the Master.

When the ten years expired, Death sent the Doctor to Perfugum, where "John Smith" was. Taking on the identity of John Smith's maid, Jade, Death tormented the Doctor, John Smith and his friends. This led to one of his friends, Victor, killing his own wife, and John's love, Jacqueline. When the Doctor couldn't go through with killing John, he realised his significance in creating the Master, and turned him into Death's Champion, by making his original deal with Death. So he made a new deal with Death, to get out of killing John, to kill an innocent person, in the place of an assassin (who was just a disguise of Death again), but couldn't go through with that deal either. Death also made a deal with John Smith: to remain as John Smith, he had to decide whether he would make the Doctor, Death's Champion, or he could kill Victor, so Jacqueline, would stay alive, but he would become the Master again. It is still unknown what his decision was. (AUDIO: Master)

The Doctor encountered Death again with Mortimus, which involved the Tramp. (PROSE: The Tramp's Story)

The Eighth Doctor knew the rituals involved in journeying to speak with Death. Sabbath followed the Doctor on his trip into Death's abode. (PROSE: Camera Obscura)

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