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The phrase "god of evil" does not appear to be in The Satan Pit. Certainly not when the Doctor's speaking to Ida about Draconia, Vel Consadine and Daemos.
(Reducing aliases to actual names said by the Ood in The Impossible Planet. The rest seems a little oblique and metaphorical to call actual titles.) |
(The phrase "god of evil" does not appear to be in The Satan Pit. Certainly not when the Doctor's speaking to Ida about Draconia, Vel Consadine and Daemos.) |
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The Beast claimed to have existed [[Pre-Universe|before the universe]], a claim the [[Tenth Doctor]] found troubling to accept or consider as he believed nothing could have existed before the universe. | The Beast claimed to have existed [[Pre-Universe|before the universe]], a claim the [[Tenth Doctor]] found troubling to accept or consider as he believed nothing could have existed before the universe. | ||
The Beast had been at battle with the [[Disciples of the Light]]. The Disciples, who themselves existed before the universe, bound it in giant chains and confined it to a pit in the centre of [[Krop Tor]], a planet in orbit around the [[black hole]] [[K37 Gem 5]]. If it ever tried to escape, the field holding Krop Tor in orbit would collapse and the planet would be sucked into the black hole, taking the Beast with it. Despite this, the Beast claimed that it was the basis of the Devil-figure in all religions. The Doctor believed this to be because the Beast's existence seeped into the subconscious of all sentient beings. Deities the Beast inspired included the [[Kaled]] [[God]] of War and the | The Beast had been at battle with the [[Disciples of the Light]]. The Disciples, who themselves existed before the universe, bound it in giant chains and confined it to a pit in the centre of [[Krop Tor]], a planet in orbit around the [[black hole]] [[K37 Gem 5]]. If it ever tried to escape, the field holding Krop Tor in orbit would collapse and the planet would be sucked into the black hole, taking the Beast with it. Despite this, the Beast claimed that it was the basis of the Devil-figure in all religions. The Doctor believed this to be because the Beast's existence seeped into the subconscious of all sentient beings. Deities the Beast inspired included the [[Kaled]] [[God]] of War and the "horned beast" for [[Draconia]] and [[Dæmos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') | ||
=== Encounter with the Walker Expedition === | === Encounter with the Walker Expedition === | ||
