The Foretold: Difference between revisions

The Foretold was injured in a war and fitted with "state of the art phase camouflage" and a "personal [[Teleport|teleporter]]". The technology within it kept it alive, leading it to kill for over five thousand years, draining the energy from its victims to sustain itself. It remained within the vicinity of a "scroll", which was in fact the flag under which it had fought.

The Foretold killed its victims by moving them out of phase and placing its hands on their temples. The entire process took sixty-six seconds, during which time the victim and only the victim could see and interact with it. The Foretold selected its victims based on physical and mental illness, preying on the weakest first. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')  

The Foretold was brought aboard the space-faring [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|Orient Express]], where experts on alien mythology and the sciences had been unwittingly gathered by the [[computer]] [[Gus]] to study it. The Foretold first killed [[Pitt (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Mrs Pitt]], then a chef, and a guard.

Gus revealed to the Doctor and the passengers the reason why they had been brought together and presented them with a laboratory in which to work. There, the Foretold killed [[Emile Moorhouse|Professor Moorhouse]], who was plagued by [[panic attack]]s, and [[Quell|Captain Quell]], who suffered from [[post-traumatic stress]].  

It came for [[Maisie Pitt]], but the Doctor extracted her grief, torment and resentment - the causes of her mental disturbance - and implanted into his own mind. This tricked the Foretold into believing he was Maisie. The Doctor identified it as a soldier and surrendered to it. Freed from its duty, it gave a final salute and disintegrated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')