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'''Irving Braxiatel''', or sometimes simply '''Braxiatel''', was a [[Time Lord]] and the older brother of [[the Doctor]]. He maintained the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. At one time he held the office of [[Lord Cardinal]] in the [[High Council]] on [[Gallifrey]]. He also briefly served as [[Lord Chancellor]] and [[Lord President]] of Gallifrey. He was an associate of [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | '''Irving Braxiatel''', or sometimes simply '''Braxiatel''', was a [[Time Lord]] and the older brother of [[the Doctor]]. He maintained the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. At one time he held the office of [[Lord Cardinal]] in the [[High Council]] on [[Gallifrey]]. He also briefly served as [[Lord Chancellor]] and [[Lord President]] of Gallifrey. He was an associate of [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | ||
Braxiatel's life was one of many paradoxes and anomalies, which included separate lives on Dellah, Legion and the Braxiatel Collection. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') | Braxiatel's life was one of many paradoxes and anomalies, which included separate lives on [[Dellah]], [[Legion (planet)|Legion]], and the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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Braxiatel never wanted to conform. He was attracted by the wealth of knowledge in the outer [[universe]]. Keen to leave Gallifrey, he excelled at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]] and passed with a handful of firsts. In time, Braxiatel became an unofficial ambassador for the [[Time Lord]]s. This allowed him to be a permanent presence out in the universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') | Braxiatel never wanted to conform. He was attracted by the wealth of knowledge in the outer [[universe]]. Keen to leave Gallifrey, he excelled at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]] and passed with a handful of firsts. In time, Braxiatel became an unofficial ambassador for the [[Time Lord]]s. This allowed him to be a permanent presence out in the universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') | ||
At one point, Braxiatel held the position of [[Lord Burner]], the personal assassin of President [[Pandad VII]], who "burned" people from history. During this time, he allowed "[[First Doctor|an old man]]" and "[[Susan Campbell|his granddaughter]]" to flee Gallifrey, even though Braxiatel had been given the order to erase them from history. The very same day, President Pandad died when a power relay in his office overloaded; an inquiry headed by Braxiatel found that this was an accident. | At one point, Braxiatel held the position of [[Lord Burner]], the personal assassin of President [[Pandad VII]], who "burned" people from history. During this time, he allowed "[[First Doctor|an old man]]" and "[[Susan Campbell|his granddaughter]]" to flee Gallifrey, even though Braxiatel had been given the order to erase them from history. The very same day, President Pandad died when a power relay in his office overloaded; an inquiry headed by Braxiatel found that this was an accident. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') | ||
([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') | |||
In his position as the Time Lord's unoffical ambassador, Braxiatel organised the [[Armageddon Convention]], which he tried to get the [[Third Doctor]] to chair, but after the [[The Three Doctors (TV story)|Omega crisis]], | In his position as the Time Lord's unoffical ambassador, Braxiatel organised the [[Armageddon Convention]], which he tried to get the [[Third Doctor]] to chair, but after the [[The Three Doctors (TV story)|Omega crisis]], his agents accidentally brought the [[First Doctor|wrong incarnation]]. The Convention was not particularly successful, although it did outlaw the use of [[Cyberbomb]]s. Due to the relative failure of the Convention, Braxiatel decided to begin focusing on building up his Collection rather than involving himself in galactic politics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') | ||
=== Gallifreyan politics === | === Gallifreyan politics === | ||
Braxiatel became involved in political affairs | Braxiatel became involved in political affairs on [[Gallifrey]]. He tried to halt the disaster he anticipated from the [[Timonic Fusion Device]], known as [[Project Alpha]], being built by [[Gower]] and his technician, [[Narvin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]'') | ||
Braxiatel was a tutor in the [[Time Lord Academy]] when [[Romana I]] attended. When she was contacted by [[Pandora]], she told him. He hypnotised her to forget not only Pandora, but also him. As a result, she recalled only having heard of him through his art collection before her eventual return to Gallifrey from [[E-Space]]. He guided her subsequent rise to the Presidency in order to watch her closely for any evidence of Pandora's influence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') | Braxiatel was a tutor in the [[Time Lord Academy]] when [[Romana I]] attended. When she was contacted by [[Pandora]], she told him. He hypnotised her to forget not only Pandora, but also him. As a result, she recalled only having heard of him through his art collection before her eventual return to Gallifrey from [[E-Space]]. He guided her subsequent rise to the Presidency in order to watch her closely for any evidence of Pandora's influence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') | ||
Braxiatel later became a Cardinal, a member of the High Council of Time Lords and a confidante of President Romana. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | Braxiatel later became a Cardinal, a member of the [[High Council]] of Time Lords, and a confidante of President Romana. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | ||
Secretly, throughout his rise to power, he was in communication with his past and future selves, sending items to his collection. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') President Romana knew this and held the information over him; if it were known that he had broken the laws of time | Secretly, throughout his rise to power, he was in communication with his past and future selves, sending items to his collection. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') President Romana knew this and held the information over him; he would be disgraces if it were known that he had broken the laws of time. | ||
Eventually Braxiatel became High Chancellor | Eventually Braxiatel became [[High Chancellor]], a post empty for many years, since Romana's predecessor had overthrown ''his'' predecessor. Mere hours later Braxiatel had to use his mind to contain the past and present forms of [[Pandora]]. Pandora would be able to escape if he ever connected to [[the Matrix]] or [[telepathy|telepathically]] communicated with another Time Lord mind, so Braxiatel exiled himself from Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]'') | ||
When Romana destroyed the future form of Pandora (as well as its intelligence), it also destroyed the Matrix. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'') After Romana was removed from office, Braxiatel returned briefly and unexpectedly to Gallifrey and assumed the post of [[Lord President]], since there was now nowhere for the Pandora entity to escape to. Having conspired with [[Matthias]], he claimed that as Inquisitor [[Darkel]] had cancelled much of Romana's presidential edicts, he was restored to the position of Chancellor and Vice-President. His first act was to free Romana. | When Romana destroyed the future form of Pandora (as well as its intelligence), it also destroyed the Matrix. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'') After Romana was removed from office, Braxiatel returned briefly and unexpectedly to Gallifrey and assumed the post of [[Lord President]], since there was now nowhere for the Pandora entity to escape to. Having conspired with [[Matthias]], he claimed that as Inquisitor [[Darkel]] had cancelled much of Romana's presidential edicts, he was restored to the position of Chancellor and Vice-President. His first act was to free Romana. | ||
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The ambitious Darkel goaded Braxiatel into losing control of Pandora, believing that it would destroy Braxiatel's mind. Braxiatel revealed that only a remnant of the entity had ever been in his mind; the bulk of it had sought refuge in Darkel's mind and Braxiatel had merely been the key that kept it restrained. Freed, Pandora consumed both Darkel and itself. Immediately resigning, Braxiatel named Matthias his successor, much to Romana's surprise, and returned to his exile, retaining the last fragments of Pandora within him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'') | The ambitious Darkel goaded Braxiatel into losing control of Pandora, believing that it would destroy Braxiatel's mind. Braxiatel revealed that only a remnant of the entity had ever been in his mind; the bulk of it had sought refuge in Darkel's mind and Braxiatel had merely been the key that kept it restrained. Freed, Pandora consumed both Darkel and itself. Immediately resigning, Braxiatel named Matthias his successor, much to Romana's surprise, and returned to his exile, retaining the last fragments of Pandora within him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'') | ||
Braxiatel was not done: hearing rumours of a [[ | Braxiatel was not done: hearing rumours of a [[the War|threat against Gallifrey]] and deciding that in its weakened state the world was doomed, he hatched a scheme to preserve the Time Lord [[biodata]] archive, holding the genetic patterns of all Time Lords, past and present, hoping to reconstruct Gallifrey after its inevitable fall. As the [[Free Time]] [[Dogma Virus]] ravaged Gallifrey, Matthias ordered Romana to find the cure, then go into exile. Romana followed the trail, only to find Braxiatel. He had nominated Matthias knowing that whoever was President was doomed to fall to the Dogma virus. The only cure was to end the Time Lords' regeneration capabilities. With [[K9]]'s help, Braxiatel used a [[Time Scoop]] to collect the biodata archive. He asked Romana to decide whether to administer the cure, or to let Gallifrey die and rebuild it using the biodata. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]'') | ||
Braxiatel took Romana, Leela, K9 and Narvin to [[Axis|the Axis]]. They explored numerous alternate Gallifreys to find one on which they could live. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'') On one of these Gallifreys, they encountered an alternate version of [[Burner Doctor|the Doctor]], who returned to the Axis. It turned out the Doctor meant to assassinate Braxiatel, and during a fight they fell into one of the Axis's portals. Romana said it likely that they would be falling through time for eternity, but it was possible that one or both of them would end up in one of the timelines. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') | Braxiatel took Romana, Leela, K9 and Narvin to [[Axis|the Axis]]. They explored numerous alternate Gallifreys to find one on which they could live. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'') On one of these Gallifreys, they encountered an alternate version of [[Burner Doctor|the Doctor]], who returned to the Axis. It turned out the Doctor meant to assassinate Braxiatel, and during a fight they fell into one of the Axis's portals. Romana said it likely that they would be falling through time for eternity, but it was possible that one or both of them would end up in one of the timelines. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') | ||
=== Legion === | === Legion === | ||
As it turned out, he arrived in what appeared to be his original universe, despite the presence of "another" Braxiatel. There, he met Bernice Summerfield for the first time from his perspective, though she already knew his future self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') Braxiatel travelled to [[Dexter Prime]], where he encountered [[Avril Fenman]], who removed the Pandora fragments within his head and sent them back into the head of the other Braxiatel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'') He quickly learnt that the other Braxiatel had become an infamous figure, with many enemies. As a result, he set about protecting himself by hiding in the most distant and remote part of the universe, [[Legion (planet)|Legion]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]'') | As it turned out, he arrived in what appeared to be his original universe, despite the presence of "another" Braxiatel. There, he met [[Bernice Summerfield]] for the first time from his perspective, though she already knew his future self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') Braxiatel travelled to [[Dexter Prime]], where he encountered [[Avril Fenman]], who removed the Pandora fragments within his head and sent them back into the head of the other Braxiatel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'') He quickly learnt that the other Braxiatel had become an infamous figure, with many enemies. As a result, he set about protecting himself by hiding in the most distant and remote part of the universe, [[Legion (planet)|Legion]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]'') | ||
At some point, Braxiatel rescued [[Peter Summerfield]] from the planet [[Bastion]], where he had been stranded as a slave after he was separated from his mother | At some point, Braxiatel rescued [[Peter Summerfield]] from the planet [[Bastion]], where he had been stranded as a slave after he was separated from his mother, and brought him to Legion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'', ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]'') He located Bernice in a stasis capsule on a planet called [[Zordin|Atlantis]], where he left her a message, claiming he was not the same man who she once knew and that he was on Legion with Peter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]'') Bernice travelled to Legion, and though she tried to attack him, Braxiatel claimed he had never met Benny before. By this point, Braxiatel owned a club in Legion city called the [[White Rabbit (Legion)|White Rabbit]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis]]'') He decided to buy a house for Benny outside Legion City for her to store her archaeological finds, bought from [[Galot]], one of his other self's acquaintances. It was also at this point he bought [[the Irverfield]] to use on missions to over planets. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]'') | ||
Braxiatel and Benny were in the White Rabbit when [[Cazador]] came hunting for the [[Billie Ford|Brimstone Kid]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brimstone Kid (audio story)|The Brimstone Kid]]'') He was kidnapped by [[the Epoch]] shortly afterwards. The Epoch took Braxiatel to a point beyond time, where his memory was altered to make him think he was an actor, called Miles Richardson, portraying himself. Bernice awoke the dormant personalities in her companions and defeated the Epoch by burying it under paradoxes of its own creation. Using the Epoch's technology, Braxiatel then sought out a way to find [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In Living Memory (audio story)|In Living Memory]]'') | Braxiatel and Benny were in the White Rabbit when [[Cazador]] came hunting for the [[Billie Ford|Brimstone Kid]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brimstone Kid (audio story)|The Brimstone Kid]]'') He was kidnapped by [[the Epoch]] shortly afterwards. The Epoch took Braxiatel to a point beyond time, where his memory was altered to make him think he was an actor, called Miles Richardson, portraying himself. Bernice awoke the dormant personalities in her companions and defeated the Epoch by burying it under paradoxes of its own creation. Using the Epoch's technology, Braxiatel then sought out a way to find [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In Living Memory (audio story)|In Living Memory]]'') | ||
=== Dellah and the Braxiatel Collection === | === Dellah and the Braxiatel Collection === | ||
Another version of Braxiatel became the head of the [[Department of Theatrology]] at [[St. Oscar's University]] on the [[planet]] [[Dellah]], where he met [[Bernice Summerfield]] after her meeting with his other self. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled]]'') They became friends, and he supported her in several adventures | Another version of Braxiatel became the head of the [[Department of Theatrology]] at [[St. Oscar's University]] on the [[planet]] [[Dellah]], where he met [[Bernice Summerfield]] after her meeting with his other self. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled]]'') They became friends, and he supported her in several adventures. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'', ''[[The Medusa Effect]]'', ''[[Deadfall]]'') After Bernice obtained a post at the archaeology department in [[2593]], the pair of them became entangled in many adventures. Braxiatel was on Dellah during the rise of the [[All-High God|All-High Gods]] and helped to evacuate a group of survivors. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear]]'') | ||
During this time, he won [[KS-159]], the future home of his Collection. Braxiatel supported Benny when she was dying and through her memory-loss that came with the recovery, conspiring with Jason, Chris, and Clarence to stop Benny from abandoning them all for the dangerous Eastern Rim. Braxiatel supported the Time Lords when their problems with [[the People]] had to be resolved. He supported the team in sending Dellah back to the Gods' universe, destroying that threat and ending the prospect of a war between the People and the Time Lords. In the aftermath, after leaving Vremnya, Braxiatel invited Benny to join him on the newly established Collection. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'', ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'', ''[[The Joy Device]]'', ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'', ''[[The Doomsday Manuscript (novel)|The Doomsday Manuscript]]'') | |||
The [[Braxiatel Collection]] (one of the greatest art galleries in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]) was founded by Braxiatel on KS-159. It had extensive archaeological libraries which could be used with Braxiatel's permission. Braxiatel's collection of books contained every book banned by the [[Catholic Church]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'') | The [[Braxiatel Collection]] (one of the greatest art galleries in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]) was founded by Braxiatel on KS-159. It had extensive archaeological libraries which could be used with Braxiatel's permission. Braxiatel's collection of books contained every book banned by the [[Catholic Church]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'') | ||
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=== Saving Gallifrey === | === Saving Gallifrey === | ||
In the aftermath of [[Omega]]'s escape back into the prime universe, Braxiatel rescued [[Romana III|Romana]] from her dead [[Type 160]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') | In the aftermath of [[Omega]]'s escape back into the prime universe, Braxiatel rescued [[Romana III|Romana]] from her dead [[Type 160]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') Brax went back in time to save the earlier Romana from regenerating on the ''[[Moros]]'', claiming that a war had broken out after Omega's return and her future self sent him back to change Gallifrey's future. Braxiatel took her and Leela back to Gallifrey, helped investigate the death of [[Narvin]], and stopped the [[Warpsmith]] plot to start a war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') | ||
After Romana succeeded in changing Gallifrey's destiny, Braxiatel was confronted by [[the Watchmaker]], who told him that his life could no longer continue as the paradox that it was. Braxiatel submitted to his fate and gave himself to the Watchmaker, who intended to find him his "true path". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') | After Romana succeeded in changing Gallifrey's destiny, Braxiatel was confronted by [[the Watchmaker]], who told him that his life could no longer continue as the paradox that it was. Braxiatel submitted to his fate and gave himself to the Watchmaker, who intended to find him his "true path". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') | ||
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== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
In his youth, Braxiatel was overconfident and more sensible than his younger brother. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'') He had a great interest in the universe and strove to gather as much knowledge as he could from it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'') The Doctor referred to Braxiatel as "an occasional collaborator in adventures of the mind, the soul and the body". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') | In his youth, Braxiatel was overconfident and more sensible than his younger brother. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'') He had a great interest in the universe and strove to gather as much knowledge as he could from it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'') The Doctor referred to Braxiatel as "an occasional collaborator in adventures of the mind, the soul and the body". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') | ||
The presence of [[Pandora]] in his mind caused Braxiatel to manipulate and kill others to serve his own ends. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'', ''[[Escaping the Future (audio story)|Escaping the Future]]'') | The presence of [[Pandora]] in his mind caused Braxiatel to manipulate and kill others to serve his own ends. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'', ''[[Escaping the Future (audio story)|Escaping the Future]]'') | ||
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