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home era= [[12th Century BC]] | | home era= [[12th Century BC]] | | ||
appearances= <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' (as ghost/mental projection)</li><li>[[ST]]: ''[[Scribbles in Chalk]]''</li><li>[[ST]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld]]'' (as a ghost)</li> | | appearances= <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' (as ghost/mental projection)</li><li>[[DWM]]: ''[[An Unfulfilled Dream]]''</li><li>[[ST]]: ''[[Scribbles in Chalk]]''</li><li>[[ST]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld]]'' (as a ghost)</li> | | ||
actor= [[Adrienne Hill]] |}} | actor= [[Adrienne Hill]] |}} | ||
'' | :''"She wanted to save our lives, and perhaps the lives of all other beings of the [[solar system]]. I hope she found perfection."'' | ||
:— [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | |||
'''Katarina''' was a companion to [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] for a very short time. She gave her live in order to save others. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] first met Katarina as a [[Trojan|local]] girl living near [[Troy]]. She explained to him her ambition of serving as the handmaiden to a priestess, before her poor family could not afford to feed her any longer. The Doctor gave them a [[gold]] coin to alleviate their poverty but learning Katarina's name, knew (because in his personal timeline, he had witnessed it already) that she would die young. ([[DWM]]: ''[[An Unfulfilled Dream]]'') | |||
As a young woman, she served as [[Cassandra (The Myth Makers)|Cassandra]], Princess of [[Troy]], and little more than a slave. Cassandra sent Katarina to spy on the Doctor and his friends, and in particular [[Vicki]], known to Cassandra by the name of Cressida, in order to gather evidence that she was really a spy for the [[Greek]]s. To this end, she befriended Vicki, who sent her to help the Doctor get [[Steven Taylor]] (wounded by a spear thrust) back to [[the TARDIS]]. Once there, Katarina tended to Steven's wounds, and joined Steven and the Doctor on their travels. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'') | |||
Katarina came from a simpler time. She was from an era which believed in prophecies, auguries, heroic myths, and in [[god]]s. She never understood where she was, or what was happening to her. She mistook the TARDIS for the [[Palace of Perfection]] and the Doctor for the god [[Zeus]], come to take her on a journey beyond, in his temple. Despite the Doctor's protestations to the contrary, she remained set in this belief. She firmly believed that this was a devine journey to the [[Palace of Perfection]]. | |||
When the criminal [[Kirksen]] held Kataraina hostage in an [[airlock]] in order to blackmail the Doctor in returning [[Mavic Chen]]'s ship, the ''[[Spar]]'' back to the [[planet]] [[Kembel]] and the [[Dalek]]s, she used what knowledge she had to activate the airlock door and expel herself and Kirksen into space. She was certain that her death had been foretold, and that she was doomed to die. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | |||
===Aftermath=== | |||
When, after the Doctor had defeated the Daleks, Steve Taylor said that he had seen too much death lately, the sacrifice of Katarina doubtless weighed on his mind, among others. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[The Massacre]]'') In the afterlife, Katarina found herself without a coin and unable to cross the [[River Styx]]. Due to the intervention of the Doctor (or her idea of her) she found her way not only to [[Asphodel]], where souls who had done neither good nor evil would go, but to the [[Elysian Fields]], the abode of the blessed. ([[ST]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld]]'') | |||
Doctor: | Much later, on the ruined world of [[Adeki]], [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] found one of several [[Gwanzulum]]s, beings who used their [[shapeshifter|shapeshifting]] powers to pass themselves off as some of the Doctor's past companions, including Katarina. Before he discovered the ruse, the false Katarina attempted to have him take her off the planet. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead]]'') Later, inside the inner landscape of the Doctor's mind in a Hell haunted by his guilt, [[Ace]] came across the ghost of Katarina in the form of an eternally frozen girl of ice. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') | ||
==Quotes== | |||
*''Can we have reached the Place of Perfection so soon?'' | |||
[[Category:Companions of the First Doctor]] | [[Category:Companions of the First Doctor]] |
Revision as of 02:37, 12 April 2008
- "She wanted to save our lives, and perhaps the lives of all other beings of the solar system. I hope she found perfection."
- — The Doctor (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)
Katarina was a companion to the Doctor for a very short time. She gave her live in order to save others.
Biography
The Doctor first met Katarina as a local girl living near Troy. She explained to him her ambition of serving as the handmaiden to a priestess, before her poor family could not afford to feed her any longer. The Doctor gave them a gold coin to alleviate their poverty but learning Katarina's name, knew (because in his personal timeline, he had witnessed it already) that she would die young. (DWM: An Unfulfilled Dream)
As a young woman, she served as Cassandra, Princess of Troy, and little more than a slave. Cassandra sent Katarina to spy on the Doctor and his friends, and in particular Vicki, known to Cassandra by the name of Cressida, in order to gather evidence that she was really a spy for the Greeks. To this end, she befriended Vicki, who sent her to help the Doctor get Steven Taylor (wounded by a spear thrust) back to the TARDIS. Once there, Katarina tended to Steven's wounds, and joined Steven and the Doctor on their travels. (DW: The Myth Makers)
Katarina came from a simpler time. She was from an era which believed in prophecies, auguries, heroic myths, and in gods. She never understood where she was, or what was happening to her. She mistook the TARDIS for the Palace of Perfection and the Doctor for the god Zeus, come to take her on a journey beyond, in his temple. Despite the Doctor's protestations to the contrary, she remained set in this belief. She firmly believed that this was a devine journey to the Palace of Perfection.
When the criminal Kirksen held Kataraina hostage in an airlock in order to blackmail the Doctor in returning Mavic Chen's ship, the Spar back to the planet Kembel and the Daleks, she used what knowledge she had to activate the airlock door and expel herself and Kirksen into space. She was certain that her death had been foretold, and that she was doomed to die. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)
Aftermath
When, after the Doctor had defeated the Daleks, Steve Taylor said that he had seen too much death lately, the sacrifice of Katarina doubtless weighed on his mind, among others. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre) In the afterlife, Katarina found herself without a coin and unable to cross the River Styx. Due to the intervention of the Doctor (or her idea of her) she found her way not only to Asphodel, where souls who had done neither good nor evil would go, but to the Elysian Fields, the abode of the blessed. (ST: Katarina in the Underworld)
Much later, on the ruined world of Adeki, the Doctor found one of several Gwanzulums, beings who used their shapeshifting powers to pass themselves off as some of the Doctor's past companions, including Katarina. Before he discovered the ruse, the false Katarina attempted to have him take her off the planet. (DWM: Planet of the Dead) Later, inside the inner landscape of the Doctor's mind in a Hell haunted by his guilt, Ace came across the ghost of Katarina in the form of an eternally frozen girl of ice. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
Quotes
- Can we have reached the Place of Perfection so soon?