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{{rename|[[Lofty (The Girl Who Died)]]. Pretty much no-one looking for this page is going to use the name on the BBC website. Even the iPlayer subtitles cut off the name.}}
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|job = Blacksmith
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|home planet = [[Earth]]
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|child = Brot's child
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|only = The Girl Who Died (TV story)
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|actor = Tom Stourton
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'''Brot''', nicknamed "'''Lofty'''" by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], was a [[Viking]] [[blacksmith]] who was trained to be a [[warrior]] to fight the [[Mire]].
"'''Lofty'''" was a nickname used by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] for a [[Viking]] [[blacksmith]] whom he trained to be a [[warrior]] to fight the [[Mire]].


After the Mire abducted the village's warriors and [[Ashildr]] had declared war on them, Brot was one of the ones who was chosen to train with the Doctor to become a true Viking warrior. He was perplexed when the Doctor rejected his true name and instead began to call him Lofty.
"Lofty"'s village was visited by the Doctor and [[Clara Oswald]] during the [[9th century]], coinciding with an attempted incusrion by the Mire. The Mire transported the warriors of the village to their [[Mire spaceship|ship]], where they were killed, leaving "Lofty" and the other villagers defenceless. Following this, he agreed to train for battle under the tutelage of the Doctor.


He was trained by the Doctor to fight with a [[sword]], but he eventually came to terms with the Doctor's plan of using [[electric eel]]s to generate [[electricity]] to defeat the Mire.
"Lofty" had a [[Lofty's child|child]], who was inadvertently responsible for helping the Doctor construct an elaborate plan to defeat the Mire using [[electric eel]]s and metal wiring. After helping to enact the plan and chasing off the Mire, "Lofty" celebrated with the rest of his village. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'')
 
Later, when [[Odin (The Girl Who Died)|Odin]] arrived with the Mire in tow, Brot was partying with the others when [[Einarr]] activated the electric eels and Ashildr, through a Mire helmet, projected the image of a [[dragon]] attacking the Mire. This scared them off, and the village celebrated over their retreat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'')
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Revision as of 21:31, 4 January 2016

"Lofty" was a nickname used by the Twelfth Doctor for a Viking blacksmith whom he trained to be a warrior to fight the Mire.

"Lofty"'s village was visited by the Doctor and Clara Oswald during the 9th century, coinciding with an attempted incusrion by the Mire. The Mire transported the warriors of the village to their ship, where they were killed, leaving "Lofty" and the other villagers defenceless. Following this, he agreed to train for battle under the tutelage of the Doctor.

"Lofty" had a child, who was inadvertently responsible for helping the Doctor construct an elaborate plan to defeat the Mire using electric eels and metal wiring. After helping to enact the plan and chasing off the Mire, "Lofty" celebrated with the rest of his village. (TV: The Girl Who Died)

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