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}}'''The Shift''' was a [[Gabrielidean]] soldier who was transformed into a [[Shift]] by [[the enemy]]. | }}'''The Shift''' was a [[Gabrielidean]] soldier who was transformed into a [[Shift]] by [[the enemy]]. | ||
Originally, the Shift was a [[Gabrielidean]] soldier in the [[Nth Platoon]], sent by the [[Time Lord]]s to attack a small automated [[the enemy|enemy]] outpost on [[Simia KK98]]. Despite being protected by bulletproof armour, he was shot by an enemy combat [[satellite]] while on a recon sweep; the rest of his platoon abandoned him as dead before also being killed by the satellites. After this, the dying soldier was visited by | Originally, the Shift was a [[Gabrielidean]] soldier in the [[Nth Platoon]], sent by the [[Time Lord]]s to attack a small automated [[the enemy|enemy]] outpost on [[Simia KK98]]. Despite being protected by bulletproof armour, he was shot by an enemy combat [[satellite]] while on a recon sweep; the rest of his platoon abandoned him as dead before also being killed by the satellites. After this, the dying soldier was visited by [[the Doctor (Alien Bodies)|the Doctor]], who was spectating the battle; though the Doctor couldn't help him, he told him stories and tried to give him hope. However, the soldier lapsed into unconsciousness, and the Doctor left. | ||
Enemy agents, dressed in flowing robes with high collars that parodied the costumes of the [[High Council]], rescued the soldier, removed his memories of being a Gabrielidean, turned him into a [[Shift]], and sent him to [[Qixotl]]'s auction for [[The Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]] as their representative. | Enemy agents, dressed in flowing robes with high collars that parodied the costumes of the [[High Council]], rescued the soldier, removed his memories of being a Gabrielidean, turned him into a [[Shift]], and sent him to [[Qixotl]]'s auction for [[The Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]] as their representative. | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] was able to trap the Shift in his mind and trick the [[Celestis]] into marking it as their agent when they attempted to [[Mark of Indenture|mark]] him. As a result, not only did the Doctor obtain the Relic by tricking the other attendees into thinking that the Relic was now a | The [[Eighth Doctor]] was able to trap the Shift in his mind and trick the [[Celestis]] into marking it as their agent when they attempted to [[Mark of Indenture|mark]] him. As a result, not only did the Doctor obtain the Relic by tricking the other attendees into thinking that the Relic was now a [[paradox]] (as the Celestis had marked him now, rather than immediately before his death), but the Shift was driven mad as it was torn between its new status as an agent of the Celestis and its original role as an agent of the enemy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
Because of this madness, the Shift was put in a zoo of ideas on [[Mictlan]]. It escaped the zoo by making one of the Celestis' servants think about it and pass it on to others as an idea, but it only escaped Mictlan by boarding one of the [[ | Because of this madness, the Shift was put in a zoo of ideas on [[Mictlan]]. It escaped the zoo by making one of the Celestis' servants think about it and pass it on to others as an idea, but it only escaped Mictlan by boarding one of the [[Great House]]s' [[War TARDIS|timeships]] while the realm was being attacked by the [[Memeovore]]. Together, the Mictlan refugees and the timeships found a safe refuge on [[sphinx-space|a planet]] in the early universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Soldiers]] | [[Category:Soldiers]] | ||
[[Category:Biologically modified individuals]] | [[Category:Biologically modified individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Individual time travellers]] | [[Category:Individual time travellers]] | ||
[[Category:Individuals in the War]] | [[Category:Individuals in the War in Heaven]] | ||
[[Category:Celestis agents]] | [[Category:Celestis agents]] | ||
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