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| {{Infobox Individual
| | '''Badger''' was an [[Eighth Doctor (Obverse)|alternate Eighth Doctor]]'s nurse and teacher in the [[Obverse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'') |
| |image= Badger Lungbarrow.jpg
| | [[Category:Nurses]] |
| |species= Avatroid
| | [[Category:Teachers]] |
| |origin= [[Ava]]
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| |first = Lungbarrow (novel)
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| |appearances= [[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]''
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| '''Badger''' was an [[avatroid]] which [[Quences]] gave [[the Doctor]] when he was a child. It acted as his tutor, protector and friend. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | |
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| == Biography ==
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| Badger came with the rest of his race to [[Gallifrey]] seeking [[time travel]]. They were told that their home planet would be sealed behind a force field if they ever returned there. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')
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| When [[the Doctor]] was a child, [[Quences]] gave Badger to him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') [[Quences]] sent Badger to collect the Doctor from the [[Prydonian Academy|Academy]], wanting him home to celebrate [[Otherstide]] and his name day. The Doctor refused and sent Badger home without him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')
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| When the Doctor was disowned by his family and left [[Gallifrey]] in his stolen [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], Badger was stored away in the [[House of Lungbarrow]]. He remained in stand-by mode, reactivating only when the Doctor returned to Lungbarrow in his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'')
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| === Other realities ===
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| In a [[Parallel universe (Auld Mortality)|parallel universe]], where [[The Doctor (Auld Mortality)|the Doctor]] never left [[Gallifrey (Auld Mortality)|Gallifrey]], [[Badger (Auld Mortality)|Badger]] was the [[robot]] servant of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'')
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| [[Eighth Doctor (Obverse)|The version of the Eighth Doctor]] that lived in the [[Obverse]] had a private [[nurse]] and school [[teacher]] named Badger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'') | |
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| == Appearance ==
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| [[File:The battle between Badger and the Catalfaque.jpg|thumb|The battle between Badger and the Catalfaque ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'')]]
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| Badger looked nothing like [[Badger (species)|its namesake]]. It was bulky, standing about seven feet tall and was covered in serrated black stripes over a cream-coloured pelt. Its body was [[bear]]-like and tusks sprouted from its mouth. On either side of its head were massive, curling horns "big enough to hang a coat from".
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| Despite a realistic exterior, there were things which marked Badger as obviously mechanical. It had a wide variety of emotions programmed into it, but most of them were too robotically precise to be convincing. Its speakers were apparently hidden in its chest, because its voice never sounded as to be coming from its mouth.
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| Because Badger was meant to protect the Doctor, it had incredible strength, enough to fight and kill a monster who'd taken up residence in the flooded northern annex of the [[House of Lungbarrow]]. Badger would even attack other [[Time Lord]]s if it thought they threatened the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| [[File:Badger Mike Tucker DWM 317.jpg|thumb|Maquette of Badger ([[DWM 317]])]]
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| [[Mike Tucker]] made a maquette of Badger as a reference for cover artist [[Fred Gambino]]. ([[DWM 317]])
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| [[Category:Residents of Gallifrey]]
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