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== Known biographical details == | == Known biographical details == | ||
On the [[planet]] [[Tora]], somewhere in the [[Crab Nebula]], the [[companion]]-less Seventh Doctor was once walking | On the [[planet]] [[Tora]], somewhere in the [[Crab Nebula]], the [[companion]]-less Seventh Doctor was once walking near a mountain named [[Kabuki]]. Suddenly, he was beset by vandals. Ly-Chee, a [[hermit]] who lived on the mountain, came down swiftly on the attackers. Though the Doctor thanked Ly-Chee for his able assistance, the Doctor's knowledge of [[Venusian aikido]] proved sufficient for his own defence. | ||
Ly-Chee offered the Doctor a respite of [[nettle tea]] | Ly-Chee offered the Doctor a respite of [[nettle tea]] at his home in a mountain cave. Over the drink, Ly-Chee explained he had been occupied all his contemplative life — over thirty Toran years —with the search for the [[Holy Number of Nirvana]] — a mathematical puzzle. | ||
The Doctor's mug of tea turned into a few days of study. Eventually | The Doctor's mug of tea turned into a few days of study. Eventually, the Doctor deduced that the answer was seven, unceremoniously finishing Ly-Chee's life work. Desperate for a new challenge, Ly-Chee asked the Doctor if he had a puzzle that needed solving. The Doctor quickly came up with a [[human]] classic. "Why", the Doctor asked, "did the [[chicken]] cross the road?" | ||
The question was one that had never been posed to the hermit. He put himself in deep seclusion. For an entire week, he plunged himself under a waterfall to think. Eventually, the Doctor broke the wise man's deliberations, unable to let him waste any more of his life with what was just a joke. "to get to the other side," came the predictable answer. | The question was one that had never been posed to the hermit. He put himself in deep seclusion. For an entire week, he plunged himself under a waterfall to think. Eventually, the Doctor broke the wise man's deliberations, unable to let him waste any more of his life with what was just a joke. "to get to the other side," came the predictable answer. | ||
[[File:Ly-CheeTravels.jpg|thumb|left|Ly-Chee travels in [[time]] and space with the [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[IHP]]: ''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'')]] | [[File:Ly-CheeTravels.jpg|thumb|left|Ly-Chee travels in [[time]] and space with the [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[IHP]]: ''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'')]] | ||
Ly-Chee was so crestfallen at having yet again encountering a riddle with an incredibly simple answer that he decided to return to town and look for a "real" job. | Ly-Chee was so crestfallen at having yet again encountering a riddle with an incredibly simple answer that he decided to return to town and look for a "real" job. Feeling guilty at having ruined his friend's life, the Doctor offered him a lift to town in [[the TARDIS]]. | ||
The two travelled together for | The two travelled together for many adventures before the Doctor finally found the town to which Ly-Chee had originally wanted to go. Happy to be back in a place he knew, Ly-Chee immediately headed to the nearest pub to order himself a stiff [[alcohol|drink]]. Only then, after an unknown but apparently considerable amount of time, did the two [[companion]]s part each other's company. ([[IHP]]: ''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
