Kovarian

Kovarian
Main aliases:	Eye Patch Lady
Affiliated with:	[[affiliation::The Silence|The Silence]]
Place of origin:	Unknown
Appearances:	DW: Day of the Moon DW: The Curse of the Black Spot DW: The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People DW: A Good Man Goes to War
Main actor:	[[actor::Frances Barber|Frances Barber]]

Madame Kovarian was a mysterious woman associated with the religious movement known as the Silence, an academy of the Question, of whom Amy Pond had recurring visions during travels with the Eleventh Doctor. She wore an eyepatch over her right eye.

Biography

Some time after Amy Pond's honeymoon, Kovarian arranged her capture and replaced her with a Ganger, so perfectly synched to the real Amy that she couldn't tell. Amy's real body was taken to Demons Run in the 52nd century. Kovarian watched over her through a hatch above the room she was being held in, while her Ganger lived out her life. This affected the Ganger's mind as she saw visions of Kovarian wherever she went, often hearing her comments on how the pregnancy was going and how her health was. (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)

The first time Ganger Amy saw Kovarian was when she appeared at the little girl's bedroom door at Graystark Hall Orphanage. She was seen through a hatch in the door, which instantly disappeared. Amy was startled and asked who she was, but Kovarian ignored her and said "No, I think she's just dreaming". When Amy entered, the room appeared to be empty, with no evidence of Kovarian or the hatch. (DW: Day of the Moon)

While asleep on a pirate ship, Amy was woken by a noise and saw Kovarian in a hatch that opened on the hull of the ship. The woman said, "It's fine. You're doing fine. Just stay calm", and then she vanished instantly, along with the hatch. (DW: The Curse of the Black Spot)

She was seen twice by Ganger Amy at an acid mining factory, the first time whilst Amy searched for Rory, though she did not speak. The next time Kovarian was seen, Amy was able to sense her coming appearance, and stared at the point on the wall where the hatch would open. When she mentioned her to the Doctor, he quickly attempted to reassure her by dismissing it as "time memory, like a mirage." (DW: The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People)

After her Ganger form was destroyed, Amy awoke to find herself full-term pregnant in an alien hospital, with Kovarian looking over her. She went into labour, with Kovarian cruelly instructing her to push. (DW: The Almost People)

After Amy's baby was delivered, Kovarian took her away and had a Flesh duplicate created as to serve as a decoy to keep the Doctor off her trail. The duplicate was 'rescued' along with Amy by Rory Williams. During the battle with the Headless monks, Kovarian told the Doctor she was "privileged" to have fooled him twice in the same manner, and disconnected the Flesh signal, disintegrating the duplicate. (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)

Personality

Kovarian was a cruel, manipulative and sadistic woman who deeply hated the Doctor. The reasons for this hatred are unknown but she was willing to use the Doctor's friends against him and kidnap an innocent baby. She claimed that it was a privilege to fool the Doctor twice with the same trick and appeared to enjoy watching Amy struggle to push out her baby. Later she tortured Amy emotionally by kidnapping the real Melody Pond and leaving a Flesh duplicate in her place. Kovarian was very callous, showing little concern for her allies and dismissed Colonel Manton without a second thought, mocking him by calling him "Colonel Run-away". (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)

Behind the scenes

• Kovarian was credited only as "Eye Patch Lady" up until the mid-season finale of series six, A Good Man Goes to War. Kovarian made appearances in all the stories in this first half apart from The Impossible Astronaut and The Doctor's Wife. She appeared under various circumstances, only to Amy Pond, and always through a gap in a surface that subsequently disappeared. Her appearances acted as a story arc throughout these episodes and even with her name, little, if anything, was revealed about her.