Vastra

Vastra
Place of origin:	Earth
Appearances:	DW: A Good Man Goes to War
Main actor:	[[actor::Neve McIntosh|Neve McIntosh]]

Vastra was a female Silurian warrior who shared a house with a human woman, Jenny in Victorian London. It is implied from dialogue between the two that they shared a both romantic and sexual relationship.

She was one of many people who owed the Doctor a debt: she had awoken during the construction of part of the London Underground and had wanted to take revenge on the workers for the deaths of her "sisters"; the Doctor convinced her not to give in to rage. Vastra instead made a home in London, disguising her Silurian form to most people and acting as a freelance adventuress.

After eating Jack the Ripper, she was summoned by the Doctor to help in the mission to rescue Amy and her baby at Demon's Run. She and Jenny arrived at Demon's Run along with an army of Silurian soldiers. They both survived the battle with the Headless monks. It is implied she had known the Doctor for some time as she referred to him as an old friend. The Doctor also informed her about Time Lords as she referred to regeneration, the Untempered Schism and the time vortex . (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)

Personality

Vastra appeared to know the Doctor very well, referring to him as an old friend. She knew the Doctor well enough that when she asked him how Melody could have become a Time Lord, she attempted to be delicate because she knew how he could blush. Also when the Doctor's anger got the better of him she repeated the words that he had told her when he stopped her from killing the tunnel diggers. Vastra was also quite knowledgeable about the Time Lords, knowing about their ability to regenerate. She also had knowledge of the Untempered Schism and the Time Vortex which showed a considerable knowledge of time itself. Vastra suspected that the reason Melody Pond was part Time Lady was because she had been concieved in the TARDIS while it was travelling through the Time Vortex.

It is implied that she is in a romantic relationship with Jenny, despite the fact that they were different species and the same gender. When Vastra mentioned that the Doctor was attractive Jenny pointed out that he was a man to which Vastra simply said that all mammels looked the same to her, which seemed to hurt Jenny's feelings. However, after she realized that what she had said hurt Jenny, Vastra apologized to her and said that she didn't know why Jenny put up with her. Later, before the Headless Monks attacked, Vastra made another comment which implied that she thought Lorna Bucket was attractive and Jenny told her to stop it, though this time it seemed that the two where only fooling around with one another as Jenny was smiling at the time when she said this.

Despite her relationship with Jenny, Vastra enjoyed eating humans; however she was shown to be able to control her darker urges as she spared the lives of two men when she and Jenny were helping the Doctor despite commenting that she was hungry. She poisoned one of them with her venom but this was only to stop him from calling for help. When her sisters were killed by humans, Vastra was enraged but with the Doctor's help she was able to control her anger and did not seek revenge on the humans that had killed her sisters.

Vastra was a fierce warrior who wielded two swords in combat and held her own extremely well against a group of Headless monks, surviving without any apparent injury. She was also very loyal and protective, ordering her allies to protect Melody Pond at all costs.