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|name          = Akhaten
|name = Akhaten
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|aka           = The Old God, Grandfather
|type = [[Planet]]
|type           = [[Parasite|Parasitic]], sentient [[star]]
|location = [[Sung Sings of Akhet]]
|location       = [[Sung Sings of Akhet]]
|only= The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)
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'''Akhaten''' was a [[star]] orbited by a number of [[asteroid]] [[ring]]s. The natives of its orbiting [[planet]]s believed that all [[Life|life forms]] in the [[universe]] originated there. Every thousand years, the natives of Akhaten celebrated the [[Festival of Offerings]], where the currently allocated [[Queen of Years]] would sing a lullaby to [[the Mummy]] to keep the [[Old God]] asleep. However, they did not know that the [[the Mummy]] was not the god, but just an empty shell designed as an "alarm clock" to waken the [[Old God]]. The Old God itself was just a multi-millenia year old parasitic sentient sun.


[[File:A market in Akhaten.jpg|thumb|left|A market in Akhaten ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')]]
Akhaten was a [[parasite|parasitic]], sentient [[star]] that fed on the [[soul]]s, and therefore the [[story|stories]], of the inhabitants of the seven [[planet]]s surrounding him, known as the [[Sung Sings of Akhet]]. He was considered by the people of Akhet to be a great and fearful [[god]].


An unspecified incarnation of [[the Doctor]] previously visited Akhaten with [[Susan Foreman|his granddaughter]], most likely [[First Doctor|the first]].
== Biography ==
He slumbered for thousands of years, until the [[Long Song]] ended. Then, he awoke and threatened to consume all [[Sung Sings of Akhet|the system]]'s seven [[planets]]. Eventually, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] let him take his memories instead of the valuable things of the natives of Akhet. The Doctor was then saved by [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Clara Oswald]], who gave the Old God the [[leaf]] that told all of her family's story, all that happened, all that didn't happen and all that should have happen. The overload of stories caused him to implode. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] also took [[Clara Oswald]] there, in response to her request for him to take her to 'somewhere awesome'. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'')
== Trivia ==
The Old God somewhat resembles [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthugha Cthugha], a deity added to the Cthulhu Mythos by August Derleth. It too was a giant ball of fire, easily mistaken for a sun, that was in fact an ancient, sleeping god.  
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Revision as of 15:33, 7 April 2013


Akhaten was a parasitic, sentient star that fed on the souls, and therefore the stories, of the inhabitants of the seven planets surrounding him, known as the Sung Sings of Akhet. He was considered by the people of Akhet to be a great and fearful god.

Biography

He slumbered for thousands of years, until the Long Song ended. Then, he awoke and threatened to consume all the system's seven planets. Eventually, the Eleventh Doctor let him take his memories instead of the valuable things of the natives of Akhet. The Doctor was then saved by Clara Oswald, who gave the Old God the leaf that told all of her family's story, all that happened, all that didn't happen and all that should have happen. The overload of stories caused him to implode. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)

Trivia

The Old God somewhat resembles Cthugha, a deity added to the Cthulhu Mythos by August Derleth. It too was a giant ball of fire, easily mistaken for a sun, that was in fact an ancient, sleeping god.