Pan

Pan
First mentioned in:	The Phoenix in the Tardis
First appearance:	The Rise & Fall of Señor 105

Pan was a god in Greek mythology. Like the other Greek gods, Pan was regarded as a myth by later cultures, but was in fact a powerful extradimensional entity. (PROSE: The Rise & Fall of Señor 105) Pan had a pipe. (PROSE: The Phoenix in the Tardis ^[+]Loading...{"page":"21","1":"The Phoenix in the Tardis (feature)"})

Biography

When several of the gods decided to align themselves to the planets of the solar system, Pan took El Mundo, where he sired a race of Satyrmen. The Satyrmen developed a key that could open a gateway to the gods' realm; Pan shared this technology with the other gods, creating similar keys for Aphrodite (on Venus), Gaia (on Earth), Ares (on Mars), Hestia (on Planet 5), and the others.

When El Mundo was ejected from the solar system, the Satyrmen modified their bodies with technology to survive. When a technological plague began to assimilate the planet's inhabitants, Señor 106 helped Pan and some uninfected refugees to Earth; Pan died, or fell into a deep sleep. Señor 106 helped the surviving Satyrmen establish Pangrave, a hidden settlement in a cave on the coast of Spain; Pan's body was kept on a gigantic catafalque in the meeting chamber (PROSE: The Rise & Fall of Señor 105)

Later references

According to one writer, the myth of Pan evolved from stories of a Babylonian deity, Ea, which was half-goat and half-fish; Ea also inspired the constellation Capricorn. In the Greek adaptation, the god became a fawn, half-goat and half-man, a change seemingly influenced by the histories of Demnos, whose people supposedly resembled fawns. (PROSE: Introduction and links)

Sin Yen pictured herself dancing with Pan in a secret glade deep in the darkest wood. (PROSE: Rags)

...she danced with the cloven-hoofed one. And now He took her in his arms and smiled a wicked smile and the horns curved back into the tangled bramble-hair and the eyes, oh my God, the eyes... such fierce beauty she had never beheld.

Legacy

A satyr that resembled Pan guarded Persephone while she was imprisoned. Satyrs reminded Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart of the drawing of Pan in The Wind in the Willows. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion)

Olive Hawthorne had a book with a picture of the horned god Pan. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dæmons)

The Third Doctor knew that the word "panic" came from fear of the pagan god Pan and it was usually experienced in woods and open places. (PROSE: Catastrophea) Paul Hamani knew that followers of Pan worked themselves into a frenzy. (PROSE: Seeing I)

In the City of the Saved, a Remake of the Great God Pan was dying in a custom-killing of deities. (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War)

Dr. Who, akin to "Pan of old", had a pipe in which he played tunes on to help him think and get his thoughts straight. (PROSE: The Phoenix in the Tardis ^[+]Loading...{"page":"21","1":"The Phoenix in the Tardis (feature)"})

Appearance

While dead or sleeping in Pangrave, Pan had a gigantic body, with cloven hooves, horns, a great curly beard, and an enigmatic smile. (PROSE: The Rise & Fall of Señor 105)