Thor

Thor

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Thor
Species:	Human
Affiliated with:	Legendary Legion
Father:	Odin
First appearance:	Doctor Who Trump Card Game [+]Loading...["Doctor Who Trump Card Game (game)"]
Appearances:	see list

Thor was the Scandinavian God of Thunder and a deity in Norse mythology. He possessed a "Magic Hammer", Mjölnir, with which he could control the very elements. His father was Odin.

Biography

Meeting the Third Doctor

The Third Doctor and Jo Grant met Thor in 141. He was actually a human son of Odin, High King of all Sweden; Odin was believed to be a god due to the power of Gungnir or Spear of Destiny, an alien artefact he possessed.

The Decayed Master, under the alias of Frey, influenced the Vanir, a tribe of Vikings in 141 to fight Odin and Thor and the Third Doctor so that he could get Gungnir. The Doctor explained to Jo at the time that Norse mythology probably came from real adventures of early Viking history, as here the fight between Vanir and Odin's folk. (PROSE: The Spear of Destiny ^[+]Loading...["The Spear of Destiny (short story)"])

With the Legendary Legion

When the Earth was threatened by a fleet of Alien Monsters, Doctor Who gathered a "Legendary Legion" of individuals from across Earth's history, including Thor. (GAME: Doctor Who Trump Card Game ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who Trump Card Game (game)"])

On Maruthea

Thor with the Human Torch on Maruthea. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head ^[+]Loading...["The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)"])

Thor once attended Bonjaxx's birthday party at Maruthea. (COMIC: The Incomplete Death's Head ^[+]Loading...["The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)"])

Further events

The Seventh Doctor played scrabble against a Norse lighting god for the control plinth of Botoya's chroni-core. (AUDIO: The End of the Beginning ^[+]Loading...["The End of the Beginning (audio story)"])

Legacy

A poster featuring Thor, the Hulk, and Spider-Man. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio ^[+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])

Grant, a fan of superhero comic books, had various posters of Thor in his childhood bedroom, including one for Mighty Marvel Comicon 1975. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio ^[+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

• Anthony Hopkins, who plays Odin in the Marvel Thor film series, was considered for Rassilon during the planning stages of the 1990s TV reboot.
• Thor, identifiable through his iconic winged helmet and hammer Mjolnir, appears in The Incomplete Death's Head ^[+]Loading...["The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)"]. Although probably intended to be consistent with the Marvel interpretation of the character (who, although the genuine Norse god, becomes a superhero in the present day), he was illustrated with a beard, which his then-current Marvel design lacked.

External links

• Thor at Marvel Database
• Marvel Comics' Thor on Wikipedia