Pre-universe: Difference between revisions

The '''Pre-Universe''' was the [[Universe]], perhaps the most recent of many universes, that came immediately before [[Normal Space]], the home universe of [[the Doctor]]. After the destruction of the Pre-Universe, some [[:Category:Pre-Universe species|species]] found their way into N-Space and some (such as the [[Ancient Lights]], [[Great Old One]]s and [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]]) had [[god]]-like powers. Thus, some of the most powerful beings in existence came from before the universe that was home to the [[Time Lord]]s began. This made them older even than the Time Lords themselves. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'')

It was said that the Pre-Universe had a pink void, stars shaped like doughnuts and physical laws closer to what might have been understood as [[magic]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'')

Knowledge of this universe was a closely guarded secret. The Doctor only knew about it as a result of his connection to [[the Matrix]] during his time as [[Lord President]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') Even then, the knowledge would have proven temporary: in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]] incarnations, the Doctor was fully conversant with the details and specifics of this universe ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]''), whereas by his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] it would almost be an article of religious faith to him that such a universe could not have existed. ([[DW]]:''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Satan_Pit The Satan Pit]'')

Amongst the races that claimed to be older than the universe itself were the [[Great Old One]]s such as [[Azathoth]], [[Yog-Sothoth]] and [[Shub-Niggurath]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'') On many planets, these beings became part of the legends and religions. The Great Old Ones were worshipped by the first intelligent species to evolve on Earth - the [[Silurian]]s. ([[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') It is unclear whether the Great Old Ones were a single species, or merely a term to describe any unimaginably powerful being that had escaped the Pre-Universe into ours.

The Beast claimed to have originated before the universe and to have been imprisoned by the [[Disciples of the Light]], likely placing both in the Pre-Universe. The Beast was also said to have been the inspiration for all [[Satan]]-like figures in the mythology of countless alien races, including the Demons of [[human]] mythology, the ancient [[Kaled]] God of War and the [[Draconian]] God of Evil. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'' / ''[[The Satan Pit]]'')

The [[Ancient Lights]] were speculated by [[Luke Smith]] to have come from the Pre-Universe. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'')

Syriath, an entity who could raise the dead, was said by Jack Harkness to have been trapped within the Rift since before time. ([[BBCR]]: ''[[The House of the Dead]]'')