Afterlife

The afterlife, also known as Slawcor by the Grel, is a term used for the plane of existence to which deceased souls are believed to go after death.

Afterlife

When Davros was left near death following a Thal bombing on his laboratory during the Thousand Year War, he saw a vision of his mother Calcula which urged him to survive and live on. Whether this was a hallucination or Calcula's spirit from the afterlife is uncertain. (AUDIO: Corruption)

After Katarina's death, she entered an afterlife virtually identical to that of Greek mythology. She was unable to cross the River Styx, but a manifestation of her idea of the First Doctor helped her get to the Elysian Fields, the abode of the blessed. (PROSE: Katarina in the Underworld)

According to one account, every living creature of N-Space had an N-Form which lived in Null Space. After an individual died, their N-Form would leave Null Space to enter a high plane of existence, while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null Space and devolve into monstrous beings. (The Ghosts of N-Space)

The Beautiful Death, an attraction at the Festival of Death, allowed the users to temporarily die for half an hour and tour the afterlife. (PROSE: Festival of Death)

When Eugene Jones died, a Dogon Sixth Eye he had swallowed before his death removed his consciousness from his body and left it in a ghost-like state between life and death. After Eugene saved Gwen Cooper from dying the same way as him, his spirit passed into the afterlife. (TV: Random Shoes)

According to Suzie Costello and Owen Harper, when both of them were (temporarily) dead, they were in a dark void with Duroc and otherwise alone. Due to this they both greatly feared death. (TV: They Keep Killing Suzie, Dead Man Walking)

After Owen and Toshiko Sato's deaths, Gwen Cooper tried to use an alien artefact to send messages to them in the afterlife. (AUDIO: In the Shadows)

Cultural beliefs and interpretations of the afterlife

Some cultures, such as some those of humans on Earth, believed that after death, people went to one of two realms: a paradise called Heaven, or a realm of punishment called Hell.

In 1863, an alternate dimension which shaped itself according to the wishes of its inhabitants was initially mistaken for the afterlife. (PROSE: Empire of Death)

Draconian culture believed in an afterlife, which they believed the Deathless Emperors spent playing a chess-like game with sazou for entertainment. (AUDIO: Paper Cuts)

In Kahler culture, it was believed that after one died, they would be forced to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone they had wronged in life. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)