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The afterlife, also known as Slawcor by the Grel, was a term used for the plane of existence to which deceased souls were 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 higher plane of existence, while their negative emotions would be left behind in Null-Space and devolve into monstrous beings. (AUDIO: 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)
After Grace Holloway was resurrected by the Eye of Harmony, she mentioned that the afterlife "is nothing to be afraid of." (TV: Doctor Who)
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 John Tucker, Suzie Costello and Owen Harper, there was nothing but darkness in the afterlife. When Suzie and Owen were dead, they were in a dark void, with Death nearby in the darkness, and were otherwise alone. (TV: Everything Changes, They Keep Killing Suzie, Dead Man Walking) Due to this Owen and Suzie both greatly feared death and became determined to stay alive as long as they could after being resurrected. (TV: They Keep Killing Suzie, Exit Wounds)
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: an eternal paradise called Heaven, or a realm of punishment called Hell, or, in Muslim culture, Jahannam. (AUDIO: Lost Souls, The God Complex)
Rita, a Muslim, mistakenly believed that the prison ship she was trapped on was Jahannam.
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 a Heaven-like 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)
