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| {{Infobox Species | | {{Infobox Species |
| |Species name = Great Vampire | | | image = |
| |image = [[File:King Vampire.jpg|250px]] | | | Species name = Vampire Gods |
| |type = [[humanoid]] | | | aka = |
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| | | type = [[Vampire]]s |
| |affiliation = | | | affiliation = |
| |origin = | | | origin = [[Nosfera II]] |
| |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]''<br />[[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''<br />[[FP]]: ''[[The Book of the War]]'' | | | appearances = |
| |mentions = [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''<br />[[PDA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]''<br />[[BFG]]: ''[[Spirit]]''<br />[[BFG]]: ''[[Annihilation]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' | | | mentions = [[DWBIT]]: [[DWBIT 37|#37]] |
| |individuals = [[King Vampire]] | | | individuals = |
| }} | | }}The '''Vampire Gods''' were a [[Vampire|vampiric]] species native to the lost galaxy of [[Nosfera II]]. |
| The '''Great Vampires''' were massive [[humanoid]]s in [[Gallifreyan]] legend that lived during the [[Dark Times]]. | |
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| == Biology ==
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| The Great Vampires were colossal [[humanoid]]s with grey skin and wings. Like lesser [[vampire]]s, Great Vampires needed [[blood]] to survive, but their large size dictated they needed considerably more. Great Vampires were extremely powerful and one individual could drain a whole [[planet]] dry. They could absorb energy in almost any form and survive numerous minor wounds. The only way to kill one was to stab them through the [[heart]], usually with a steel bolt. More powerful Great Vampires needed to have their heart fully destroyed in order to kill them. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')
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| == History == | | == History == |
| === Reign ===
| | The [[Hellmouth]] [[Wormhole]] was believed to lead to [[Nosfera II]], home of the Vampire Gods and their Vampire Weapon-Worlds. Hellmouth was guarded by the [[Chiroptera]]. The [[Dalek]]s travelled to the wormhole to see if the legends were true. The [[Dalek Fleet]] were ordered to fly through the Hellmouth, conquer Nosfera II and take control of the mythical Vampire Weapon-Worlds. As the fleet prepared to enter the wormhole, a hundred thousand Chiroptera came shrieking out. They tore the fleet to pieces. The Daleks were soon reduced to dust, though legend says their screams could still be heard echoing through the Astral Fog. ([[DWBIT]]: [[DWBIT 37|#37]]) |
| The Great Vampires suddenly appeared in the [[universe]], causing mass destruction and chaos. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'') They rampaged through the cosmos during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'') Great Vampires created the [[Vampire]]s on [[Earth]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'') They may have been the [[Yssgaroth]] ([[FP]]:''[[The Book of the War]]''). | |
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| === War with the Time Lords ===
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| Eventually [[Time Lord]]s hunted these creatures down in a long and bloody [[Time Lord-Vampire War|war]], using [[Bowship|bowships]] firing mighty bolts of steel to pierce their hearts. Though the [[Time Lords]] won, they took heavy losses. The leader of the Vampires escaped into the smaller universe of [[E-Space]]. Over time records of this war were lost and passed into legend. [[Rassilon]] wrote data about the vampires that was installed into every [[Type 40]] time vessel. It said that one vampire, [[King Vampire|the King Vampire]], had vanished and it was a Time Lord's solemn duty to lay down his life to kill it. This war was said to have sickened [[Time Lords]] of violence forever. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')
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| === The King Vampire ===
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| [[File:The Great One dies.jpg|left|thumb|The King Vampire dies. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')]] | |
| The King Vampire fell into [[E-Space]], using his great power to draw the ship [[Hydrax]] with him. He turned the people on this ship, three [[human]]s, into vampires. They fed and served him for a thousand years until the [[Time of Arising]]. As he rose from the ground the [[Fourth Doctor]] used a [[Scout ship]] from the Hydrax to pierce his heart, killing him. ([[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'')
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| == An alternate perspective ==
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| During the events involving [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]]'s infection with [[Anti-Time]], the [[TARDIS]] constructed a holographic projection of events from the [[Gallifrey]]an [[Gallifreyan history#The Time of Chaos|Time of Chaos]].
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| In this projection, a group of [[Gallifreyan]]s investigated [[Rassilon]]'s work on [[regeneration]], [[time travel]], and other projects. The prime investigator was the head of the [[Arcalian Chapter]] Houses, Provost Lord [[Tepesh]]. In the projection, Tepesh revealed himself as a Great Vampire in disguise, even saying he was a direct descendant of the King Vampire.
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| Tepesh claimed the Great Vampires were a peaceful lot, content to drink the blood of non-sentient, genetically bred cattle, until Rassilon showed up and declared the Vampires should not be allowed to exist. The subsequent 500-year war was more one of extermination than titanic conflict. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'')
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| ''The TARDIS declared this projection to be only partially based on reality. It is unknown how much of this projection accurately reflected real events.''
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| == Notes ==
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| * According to [[Doctor Who: Aliens and Creatures]] rpg book, the [[Plasmavore]]s are believed to had evolved and mutated from the Great Vampires from the Dark Times.
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