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The '''Terrible Zodin''' was encountered by and reminisced about by [[the Doctor]] on a number of occasions. He first met her some time prior to or during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]. [[Iris Wildthyme]] also claimed to have met her. | The '''Terrible Zodin''' was encountered by and reminisced about by [[the Doctor]] on a number of occasions. He first met her some time prior to or during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]. [[Iris Wildthyme]] also claimed to have met her. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== | === Origin === | ||
The Terrible Zodin was originally a sword-swallower at the Grand Festival of [[Zymymys Midamor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | The Terrible Zodin was originally a sword-swallower at the Grand Festival of [[Zymymys Midamor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
=== Encounters with the Doctor === | |||
Zodin was involved in an adventure in which the Doctor interacted with multiple incarnations of himself. After this she erased their memories of the incident using "mind rubbers", preventing the later Doctors involved from remembering having experienced the events before. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'') | Zodin was involved in an adventure in which the Doctor interacted with multiple incarnations of himself. After this she erased their memories of the incident using "mind rubbers", preventing the later Doctors involved from remembering having experienced the events before. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'') | ||
This did not prevent the [[Seventh Doctor]] from remembering enough of the affair to frequently bore people to sleep with long-winded accounts of it, although he was incapable of recalling whether she was assisted in her schemes by [[mutant kangaroo]]s or by [[giant grasshopper]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'') | This did not prevent the [[Seventh Doctor]] from remembering enough of the affair to frequently bore people to sleep with long-winded accounts of it, although he was incapable of recalling whether she was assisted in her schemes by [[mutant kangaroo]]s or by [[giant grasshopper]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'') | ||
[[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies]]'') and [[Melanie Bush]] both experienced the incident ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'') | [[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies]]'') and [[Melanie Bush]] both experienced the incident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'') | ||
When the Doctor's [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] visited a [[UNIT]] reunion in the early-mid [[1980s]], he described Zodin to [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and indicated the Brigadier would have his own encounter with Zodin alongside the Doctor in his personal future. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') The Brigadier, however, may have assisted [[Iris Wildthyme]] against Zodin in a different matter on the planet [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'') | When the Doctor's [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] visited a [[UNIT]] reunion in the early-mid [[1980s]], he described Zodin to [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and indicated the Brigadier would have his own encounter with Zodin alongside the Doctor in his personal future. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') The Brigadier, however, may have assisted [[Iris Wildthyme]] against Zodin in a different matter on the planet [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'') | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] disputed that ever took place, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'') although he conceded that accounts of his own conflict with Zodin might not be entirely accurate when confronted with the implausibility of her motives and of grasshoppers jumping eighteen-storey buildings ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'') | The [[Third Doctor]] disputed that ever took place, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Verdigris (novel)|Verdigris]]'') although he conceded that accounts of his own conflict with Zodin might not be entirely accurate when confronted with the implausibility of her motives and of grasshoppers jumping eighteen-storey buildings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]'') | ||
During the early [[21st century]], the Terrible Zodin hired a planet assassin named [[Dominicus]] to destroy [[Earth]]. On that occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] described her as "a devastating {{w|Cruella de Vil|de Vil}} of dissimulation, the queen of corruption and chicanery." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Power Play (audio story)|Power Play]]'') | During the early [[21st century]], the Terrible Zodin hired a planet assassin named [[Dominicus]] to destroy [[Earth]]. On that occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] described her as "a devastating {{w|Cruella de Vil|de Vil}} of dissimulation, the queen of corruption and chicanery." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Power Play (audio story)|Power Play]]'') | ||
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The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned having the autograph of the Terrible Zodin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned having the autograph of the Terrible Zodin. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'') | ||
== Appearance == | |||
The Terrible Zodin had claws, or talons. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies]]'') | |||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] once described Zodin as a celebrated sword-swallower at the [[Grand Festival]] of [[Zymymys Midamor]] and by no means any kind of actual villain | The [[Seventh Doctor]] once described Zodin as a celebrated sword-swallower at the [[Grand Festival]] of [[Zymymys Midamor]] and by no means any kind of actual villain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') However, the [[Sixth Doctor]] considered her a villain of rare guile and cunning. He said they didn't make "villains like her any more". At one point his unstable memory caused him to call [[Peri Brown|Peri]] Zodin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
The Doctor {{which?}} thought she had egomaniacal and megalomaniac tendencies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The first reference to the Terrible Zodin occurs in a scene in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' when the [[Second Doctor]] mentions her to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]. Because several variant cuts of ''The Five Doctors'' exist and because [[Patrick Troughton]] apparently elaborated on the script, the amount of details on her and the details themselves vary from version to version. | * The first reference to the Terrible Zodin occurs in a scene in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' when the [[Second Doctor]] mentions her to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]. Because several variant cuts of ''The Five Doctors'' exist and because [[Patrick Troughton]] apparently elaborated on the script, the amount of details on her and the details themselves vary from version to version. | ||
* | * [[Martha Jones]]' blog, a now-defunct website, recounts an encounter between the [[Tenth Doctor]] and Martha. | ||
* The Terrible Zodin has become something of a running joke in ''Doctor Who''. She is always discussed, but so far has never actually appeared on screen, in an audio or in print. | * The Terrible Zodin has become something of a running joke in ''Doctor Who''. She is always discussed, but so far has never actually appeared on screen, in an audio or in print. | ||
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