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|image = [[File:Gantok.png| | |image = [[File:Gantok.png|250px]] | ||
|individual name = Gantok | |individual name = Gantok | ||
|race = | |race = | ||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'' | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'' | ||
|actor = [[Mark Gatiss]] | |actor = [[Mark Gatiss|Rondo Haxton]] | ||
'''Gantok''' was a humanoid who worked for [[the Silence]] . | }} | ||
'''Gantok''' was a humanoid who worked for [[the Silence]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*Counting [[spitfire]] pilot "[[Spitfire Pilot|Danny Boy]]", whom Gatiss provided only the voice | *Counting [[spitfire]] pilot "[[Spitfire Pilot|Danny Boy]]", for whom Gatiss only provided only the voice, Gantok is the third character to be played by ''Doctor Who'' writer [[Mark Gatiss]], the other being Professor [[Richard Lazarus]]. Mark Gatiss is not credited in ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'' under his own name, but as Rondo Haxton, a reference to actor [[Wikipedia:Rondo Hatton|Rondo Hatton]], on whom Gantok's acromegalic facial features seem to be based. | ||
{{Series 6 aliens}} | {{Series 6 aliens}} | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 12 October 2011
Gantok was a humanoid who worked for the Silence.
Biography
Gantok wore Viking-style attire, along with the Eye Drive worn by many servants of the Silence. He was an avid player of Live Chess. He was rather proud of his skill at the game and, when the Doctor had beaten him during a match, Gantok offered to pay anything to escape. He told the Doctor that Dorium Maldovar knew many things about his death. Gantok helped him get into the Seventh Transept, where he turned on the Doctor. He was killed when he stepped on a booby trap that dropped him into a pit filled with the skulls from the Headless Monks, which proceeded to devour him. (DW: The Wedding of River Song)
Behind the scenes
- Counting spitfire pilot "Danny Boy", for whom Gatiss only provided only the voice, Gantok is the third character to be played by Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, the other being Professor Richard Lazarus. Mark Gatiss is not credited in The Wedding of River Song under his own name, but as Rondo Haxton, a reference to actor Rondo Hatton, on whom Gantok's acromegalic facial features seem to be based.
