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"Anubekh" was the name used by the Doctor's companions to refer to a copy of Sutekh's mind, described as a "splinter of himself" by the original. Like Marcus Scarman before him, Anubekh thought of himself as Sutekh, but was aware that he was also merely an extension of Sutekh, a servant of his will. Anubekh possessed Sutekh's son Anubis and worked to free Sutekh from the time corridor in which he had been trapped.
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Origins
Anubekh described himself as the "first" of Sutekh's splinters when reunited with his original. Inside the mindscape where he overpowered Anubis's mind, Anubekh explained that the original Sutekh had left this splinter of his consciousness buried within the Hand of Sutekh as a "parting gift," to be activated after Anubis recovered the Hand. (COMIC: Old Girl)
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This came to be when Anubis began to train the human Dorothy Bell aboard the Shining Horizon, following Bell merging with the Hand of Sutekh, (COMIC: Old Girl) a quantum harvester. (COMIC: The Fountains of Forever) The splinter of Sutekh kept many months gnawing at his son's soul like a virus, occasionally causing him moodwings and blackouts, before fully taking him over. (COMIC: Old Girl)
End
Immediately after taking over his son's body, the copied Sutekh enacted an old plan, contacting his original, who was trapped in the Void following the Fourth Doctor's attempt to destroy him using a time corridor. Anubekh thirsted to be rejoined with the original Sutekh, but his Lord delayed, wanting the Doctor put out of commission before the plan proceeded. In the end, however, Sutekh did deign to merge back with Anubekh, draining Anubis's psyche to strengthen the conglomerate and using energy the Doctor had meant to use to defeat Sutekh to instead rejuvenate his physical form. Sutekh had returned — and Anubekh, as a separate entity, was no more. (COMIC: Old Girl)