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Reducing aliases to actual names said by the Ood in The Impossible Planet. The rest seems a little oblique and metaphorical to call actual titles.
(Removing speculation. Tardis:Universe.) |
(Reducing aliases to actual names said by the Ood in The Impossible Planet. The rest seems a little oblique and metaphorical to call actual titles.) |
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|image = Thesatanpit01.jpg | |image = Thesatanpit01.jpg | ||
|name = The Beast | |name = The Beast | ||
|alias = [[Satan]] | |alias = {{il|[[Satan]]|[[Abaddon]]|Lucifer|Krop Tor|The King of Despair|The Deathless Prince|The Bringer of Night}} | ||
|species = Demon | |species = Demon | ||
|origin = | |origin = | ||
|first = The Impossible Planet (TV story) | |first = The Impossible Planet (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Jetsam (comic story)|Jetsam]]'' (illusion)|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Beast Is Back In Town (comic story)|The Beast Is Back In Town]]''}} | ||
|voice actor = Gabriel Woolf | |voice actor = Gabriel Woolf | ||
|clip = The face of the Beast - Doctor Who - The Satan Pit - Series 2 - BBC | |clip = The face of the Beast - Doctor Who - The Satan Pit - Series 2 - BBC | ||
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The Beast claimed to have existed [[Pre-Universe|before the universe]], a claim the [[Tenth Doctor]] found troubling to accept or consider as he believed nothing could have existed before the universe. | The Beast claimed to have existed [[Pre-Universe|before the universe]], a claim the [[Tenth Doctor]] found troubling to accept or consider as he believed nothing could have existed before the universe. | ||
The Beast had been at battle with the [[Disciples of the Light]]. The Disciples, who themselves existed before the universe, bound it in giant chains and confined it to a pit in the centre of [[Krop Tor]], a planet in orbit around the [[black hole]] [[K37 Gem 5]]. If it ever tried to escape, the field holding Krop Tor in orbit would collapse and the planet would be sucked into the black hole, taking the Beast with it. Despite this, the Beast claimed that it was the basis of the Devil-figure in all religions. The Doctor believed this to be because the Beast's existence seeped into the subconscious of all sentient beings. Deities the Beast inspired included the [[Kaled]] [[God]] of War and the God of Evil for [[Draconia]] and [[Dæmos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | |||
=== Encounter with the Walker Expedition === | === Encounter with the Walker Expedition === | ||
In the year [[43K2.1]], the [[Walker Expedition]] came to Krop Tor, searching for the source of energy that kept the planet from falling into the black hole. The Beast possessed [[Toby Zed]] via the text transcribed into | [[File:Beast toby.jpg|thumb|left|The Beast possesses Toby. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'')]] | ||
In the year [[43K2.1]], the [[Walker Expedition]] came to Krop Tor, searching for the source of energy that kept the planet from falling into the black hole. The Beast possessed [[Toby Zed]] via the text transcribed into a notebook. | |||
The Beast used Toby's body to go outside, but he was heard by [[Scooti Manista]], the base's maintenance officer, when she went to deliver Toby's expenditure. While investigating, Scooti discovered the possessed Toby standing on the surface. At first it tried to draw Scooti towards it by hypnotising her, but she managed to break free. Angered, the Beast, through Toby, began to use its telekinetic abilities to break the glass in the section Scooti was in. Scooti tried to escape, but the doors had been sealed, trapping her. Soon the glass was shattered and she was pulled out into the vacuum. After [[Ida Scott]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]] went down to investigate the bottom of the mine shaft, the Base's Ood were taken over, causing them to attack the other members of the Expedition. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') | The Beast used Toby's body to go outside, but he was heard by [[Scooti Manista]], the base's maintenance officer, when she went to deliver Toby's expenditure. While investigating, Scooti discovered the possessed Toby standing on the surface. At first it tried to draw Scooti towards it by hypnotising her, but she managed to break free. Angered, the Beast, through Toby, began to use its telekinetic abilities to break the glass in the section Scooti was in. Scooti tried to escape, but the doors had been sealed, trapping her. Soon the glass was shattered and she was pulled out into the vacuum. After [[Ida Scott]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]] went down to investigate the bottom of the mine shaft, the Base's Ood were taken over, causing them to attack the other members of the Expedition. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') | ||
[[File:Beast | [[File:The Beast.jpg|thumb|The Doctor encounters the Beast. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'')]] | ||
Upon the Ood's defeat, the Beast planned to escape by keeping its spirit in Toby's body, leaving its physical body behind. The Tenth Doctor managed to destroy the force holding Krop Tor in orbit. | Upon the Ood's defeat, the Beast planned to escape by keeping its spirit in Toby's body, leaving its physical body behind. The Tenth Doctor managed to destroy the force holding Krop Tor in orbit. | ||
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The Beast was shown to have had a narcissistic personality, constantly exulting itself and its achievements and referring to itself by various grandiose epithets. It was also exceedingly arrogant, dismissing all other creatures as its inferiors and believing itself invincible. In addition to being an arrogant narcissist, the Beast was also a ferocious killer and was imprisoned because of the horrific crimes it had committed. The Beast also had an extremely manipulative and cunning nature, and was proud of the acts of evil it set into motion, laughing when the Tenth Doctor deduced its plans to escape Krop Tor. The Beast would even sadistically prey on people's fears and guilty feelings to shake them and leave them feeling vulnerable. Able to see into the future, the Beast used this precognitive insight against others, foretelling twisted interpretations of what would befall them, with enough honesty preserved in his statements to keep them plagued with dread. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | The Beast was shown to have had a narcissistic personality, constantly exulting itself and its achievements and referring to itself by various grandiose epithets. It was also exceedingly arrogant, dismissing all other creatures as its inferiors and believing itself invincible. In addition to being an arrogant narcissist, the Beast was also a ferocious killer and was imprisoned because of the horrific crimes it had committed. The Beast also had an extremely manipulative and cunning nature, and was proud of the acts of evil it set into motion, laughing when the Tenth Doctor deduced its plans to escape Krop Tor. The Beast would even sadistically prey on people's fears and guilty feelings to shake them and leave them feeling vulnerable. Able to see into the future, the Beast used this precognitive insight against others, foretelling twisted interpretations of what would befall them, with enough honesty preserved in his statements to keep them plagued with dread. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
== Other | == Legacy == | ||
[[Abaddon]] was the "son of the Beast". ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') | |||
== Other references == | |||
* When [[Drew Blayney]], leader of the [[Brimstone Skulls]] motorcycle club, was possessed by one of the [[ritual motorcycle]]s, he drew upon the image of the Beast as one of his childhood fears. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jetsam (comic story)|Jetsam]]'') | * When [[Drew Blayney]], leader of the [[Brimstone Skulls]] motorcycle club, was possessed by one of the [[ritual motorcycle]]s, he drew upon the image of the Beast as one of his childhood fears. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jetsam (comic story)|Jetsam]]'') | ||
* [[Mr Smith]] once noted that the Beast was on the [[Judoon]]'s most-wanted list, but was not as high on it as [[Androvax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 6]]'') | * [[Mr Smith]] once noted that the Beast was on the [[Judoon]]'s most-wanted list, but was not as high on it as [[Androvax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 6]]'') | ||