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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|alias = The Burning One | |alias = The Burning One | ||
|image=Light looks left.jpg | |image = Light looks left.jpg | ||
|species= Eternal | |species = Eternal | ||
|only = Ghost Light (TV story) | |||
|only= Ghost Light | |actor = John Hallam (actor) | ||
|actor= John Hallam (actor) | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{dab page|Light (disambiguation)}} | |||
'''Light''' was a traveller who journeyed through the [[universe]] making a [[Catalogue of Life]], described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as an "evil older than [[Time]] itself." | '''Light''' was a traveller who journeyed through the [[universe]] making a [[Catalogue of Life]], described by the [[Seventh Doctor]] as an "evil older than [[Time]] itself." | ||
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
Light's form depended upon his environment. When he awoke he "naturalised" in an [[angel (mythology)|angelic]] [[human]] form, majestic and imposing, glowing with a [[yellow]] light and wearing a yellow | Light's form depended upon his environment. When he awoke, he "naturalised" in an [[angel (mythology)|angelic]] [[human]] form, majestic and imposing, glowing with a [[yellow]] light and wearing a yellow robe. | ||
In [[1883]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] told [[Ace]] that he moved at the | In [[1883]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] told [[Ace]] that he moved at the {{w|Nerve conduction velocity|speed of thought}}, [[teleport]]ing in a flash of [[lightning]] and [[thunder]]. Additionally, he possessed [[telekinesis]] and could [[telepathically]] kill someone, causing them to glow blue with [[electricity]]. He could also highlight microscopic organisms and dismember, petrify, and convert humans into [[primordial soup]]. | ||
His angelic appearance wildly contrasted with his bewildered, frustrated behaviour, doddering speech pattern and screeching timbre. Depending on his mood, he could speak in a timid warble or an angered snarl. Light had an all-consuming detestation of change, even finding the idea of himself changing to be nonsense. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | His angelic appearance wildly contrasted with his bewildered, frustrated behaviour, doddering speech pattern and screeching timbre. Depending on his mood, he could speak in a timid warble or an angered snarl. Light had an all-consuming detestation of change, even finding the idea of himself changing to be nonsense. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | ||
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After the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] arrived, Ace accidentally awoke Light and the Doctor "promised" Control her "freeness". Asleep for millennia, Light didn't believe he was on Earth because it was different. To determine this, he killed a maid and took her apart to see how she worked. He became angry that even microbes were evolving; everything on Earth had changed and his Catalogue was ruined. He then killed Inspector [[Mackenzie (Ghost Light)|Mackenzie]], turning him into [[primordial soup]], which he planned to do to Earth. | After the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] arrived, Ace accidentally awoke Light and the Doctor "promised" Control her "freeness". Asleep for millennia, Light didn't believe he was on Earth because it was different. To determine this, he killed a maid and took her apart to see how she worked. He became angry that even microbes were evolving; everything on Earth had changed and his Catalogue was ruined. He then killed Inspector [[Mackenzie (Ghost Light)|Mackenzie]], turning him into [[primordial soup]], which he planned to do to Earth. | ||
After turning Lady [[Pritchard (Ghost Light)|Pritchard]] and her daughter [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]] to stone, he decided Earth's fate. Since the primordial soup would start to evolve again, he would stop the change, eradicating all organic life in the "firestorm program." The [[Seventh Doctor]] showed Light that he himself was evolving | After turning Lady [[Pritchard (Ghost Light)|Pritchard]] and her daughter [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]] to stone, he decided Earth's fate. Since the primordial soup would start to evolve again, he would stop the change, eradicating all organic life in the "firestorm program." The [[Seventh Doctor]] showed Light that he himself was evolving since he was no longer his original shape. He asked Light why his Catalogue didn't include {{w|gryphons}}, {{w|basilisks}}, {{w|dragons}}, {{w|bandersnatch}}es, {{w|slithy toves}}, the [[Victoria|crowned Saxe-Coburg]] and other creatures Light didn't know. Confused as to why these weren't in his Catalogue, Light refused to accept that even he had evolved. To prevent himself from changing, Light dispersed himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The Doctor's comment that Light travels at the | The Doctor's comment that Light travels at the {{w|Nerve conduction velocity|speed of thought}} is a play on the fact that [[thought]] supposedly travels at the [[speed of light]]. | ||
{{NameSort}} | {{NameSort}} | ||
[[Category:Energy beings]] | [[Category:Energy beings]] | ||
[[Category:Scholars]] | [[Category:Scholars]] | ||
