Cthulhu

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Cthulhu was a Great Old One that the Doctor encountered in Haiti.

History

Cthulhu, like a number of other Great Old Ones, had been on Earth at some point following the Silurians going into hibernation. Centuries of warfare had damaged the planet and Cthulhu's only recourse was to entomb itself in a stone crypt deep (The sunken city of R'lyeh) within the planet's Pacific ocean (Co-ordiantes 47°9′S 126°43′W / 47.15°S 126.717°W / -47.15; -126.717 (R'lyeh fictional location (Lovecraft). Its separated consciousness travelled along the time winds while its sleeping body retained its subconscious mind, H.P.Lovecraft worte (or translated from the Necrononmicon, written by the mad arab, Abdul Azhlrad)"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" which translated means In his city at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. The two could not be merged until an alignment of the stars as they had been when Cthulhu was whole. Due to the universe's constant expansion and evolution, perfect alignment would be impossible and Cthulhu needed others to perform rituals that would give the subconscious additional focus in drawing the consciousness from the Time Vortex.

When the correct alignment occurred in 1915, Cthulhu's body was able to dream for several days and this created a pervasive psychic background at .338 microbars. Gilles Lemaitre, using the Voodoo ritual of Wete Mo Nan Dlo, attempted to restore Cthulhu. Cthulhu, in turn, helped Mait in his plans to create an army of zombies and a device to control them. Before Mait could awaken Cthulhu, the Doctor managed to set explosives in the tomb which killed Mait and resealed the Great Old One's tomb. (NA: White Darkness)

By the 21st century, Cthulhu's name entered popular culture. Cthulhu Gate was a software company that made computer games. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)

This may be due to the influence of the writer H. P. Lovecraft

Behind the scenes

Cthulhu