Curse

You may wish to consult Curse (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

A curse was the use of magic power on a person or object to cause harm.

Nature

A hex was a curse. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Gods and Monsters (audio story)"])

History

On ancient Gallifrey, the last Pythia cursed her world with sterility after Rassilon and his Neo-Technologists rose to power. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible ^[+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)"])

Vikings believed in curses, and occasionally laid them. In the 10th century, the Vikings believed that the flask containing Fenric was cursed. (TV: The Curse of Fenric ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) At some point, the Viking captain Gundar laid a curse on his crew after they mutinied against him; the god Odin ensured that the curse was fulfilled. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales 37 ^[+]Loading...["Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 37 comic story)"])

In 1800, the Chief Astrologer of China placed a curse on opium trader Roderick Upcott. (PROSE: Foreign Devils ^[+]Loading...["Foreign Devils (novel)"])

According to legend, Native Americans placed the Curse of Tippecanoe on the Presidents of the United States. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"])

In 2011, Hetocumtek cursed Clyde Langer's name, causing everyone who heard or spoke it to hate him. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"])

In 2020, "Magister1971" sent P.R.O.B.E. a cursed DVD which blew out all their electronics as soon as Giles opened the DVD box. (WC: Doctor X ^[+]Loading...["Doctor X (webcast)"])

In 2194, Estella cursed Duke Orsino and the city of Venice. (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice ^[+]Loading...["The Stones of Venice (audio story)"])

Misidentifications

The Eleventh Doctor seemed sceptical of the existence of curses, glossing humans' claim of being under a curse as meaning that "bad things are happening but you can't be bothered to find an explanation". (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"])

Vicki Pallister was believed by the Trojans to be either possessed or cursed. (AUDIO: Frostfire ^[+]Loading...["Frostfire (audio story)"])

In 1649, during the battle of Drogheda, Mary Fitzgerald's unborn baby was said to be cursed by the villagers due to being conceived out of wedlock. (AUDIO: The Settling ^[+]Loading...["The Settling (audio story)"])

In the 17th century, the treasure of Captain Henry Avery was said to be cursed. (TV: The Smugglers ^[+]Loading...["The Smugglers (TV story)"]) Captain Avery himself, along with the crew of the Fancy, believed that their ship was cursed when the Siren began taking them. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"])

After its destruction from a nuclear reactor meltdown in 1939, the ruins of Heinrich Himmler's castle of Drachensberg were believed to be cursed. People who refused to move away from the area gradually became ill and died, as a then-unknown consequence of radiation poisoning. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])

Devil's End was famous for the "curse" upon Devil's Hump, which turned out to amount to the Dæmon Azal physically being contained within it. (TV: The Dæmons ^[+]Loading...["The Dæmons (TV story)"])

In 2006, the engineers working on Blaidd Drwg believed that the project was cursed. (TV: Boom Town ^[+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"])

The Friars of Pangloss told their slaves that they had been cursed by a piece of red glass. When the glass came to Olleril, the natives believed that it had cursed them as well; the human colonists also came to believe in the curse. (PROSE: Tragedy Day ^[+]Loading...["Tragedy Day (novel)"])