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In Eremite art, Urizen was caricatured as a [[blindness|blind]] old man using a set of [[dividers]] to measure his own [[dung]] as spittle hung from his lips. Despite their vows of silence, the Eremites celebrated the "rites of Urizen" by laughing freely. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | In Eremite art, Urizen was caricatured as a [[blindness|blind]] old man using a set of [[dividers]] to measure his own [[dung]] as spittle hung from his lips. Despite their vows of silence, the Eremites celebrated the "rites of Urizen" by laughing freely. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
{{w|Urizen}} is the embodiment of reason and law in {{w|William Blake's mythology}}. In Blake's designs, {{w|Urizen}} is usually portrayed as a bearded old man carrying either architects' tools to [[anchoring of the thread|constrain the universe]] or nets to ensnare people in [[Web of Time|webs of law]]. His opponent is the | {{w|Urizen}} is the embodiment of reason and law in {{w|William Blake's mythology}}. In Blake's designs, {{w|Urizen}} is usually portrayed as a bearded old man carrying either architects' tools to [[anchoring of the thread|constrain the universe]] or nets to ensnare people in [[Web of Time|webs of law]]. His opponent is the embodiment of imagination, {{w|Los}}. The description of the Eremites' caricatures of Urizen is an apparent parody of Blake's {{wi|The Ancient of Days}}. | ||
[[File:Rassilon The Stockbridge Horror.jpg|right|thumb|[[Steve Parkhouse]]'s Rassilon as depicted in ''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]'', bearing an obvious resemblance to Urizen.]]In any event, identifying a bearded old man, known as an [[architect]] and for tying the world down in law, as the first President of the [[Great House]]s of the [[Time Lord]]s, is obviously reminiscent of [[Rassilon]]. Rassilon had been described as an architect and as the originator of the [[Laws of Time]] as early as in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', and the even more explicitly godlike [[Matrix Lord]] incarnation featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics such as ''[[The Tides of Time (comic story)|The Tides of Time]]'' even depicted Rassilon as a bearded old man wearing robes, bringing the character even closer to the Blakean Urizen. | [[File:Rassilon The Stockbridge Horror.jpg|right|thumb|[[Steve Parkhouse]]'s Rassilon as depicted in ''[[The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)|The Stockbridge Horror]]'', bearing an obvious resemblance to Urizen.]]In any event, identifying a bearded old man, known as an [[architect]] and for tying the world down in law, as the first President of the [[Great House]]s of the [[Time Lord]]s, is obviously reminiscent of [[Rassilon]]. Rassilon had been described as an architect and as the originator of the [[Laws of Time]] as early as in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', and the even more explicitly godlike [[Matrix Lord]] incarnation featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comics such as ''[[The Tides of Time (comic story)|The Tides of Time]]'' even depicted Rassilon as a bearded old man wearing robes, bringing the character even closer to the Blakean Urizen. In addition, Urizen's antagonism with the embodiment of imagination Los is arguably mirrored by [[Rassilon]]'s enmity with the [[Carnival Queen]]. | ||
However, it is worth noting that not every source places Rassilon as the first President of the Time Lords. According to ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'', the [[Gallifreyan]]s were already ruled by Presidents even before Rassilon and [[Omega]] were born; ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', meanwhile, states that [[Pandak]] was the President of Gallifrey throughout the [[Eternal War]] and it was only after becoming a hero of said War that Rassilon overthrew him in a coup. As such, based purely on in-universe evidence, Urizen could plausibly be Pandak or indeed someone else entirely. | However, it is worth noting that not every source places Rassilon as the first President of the Time Lords. According to ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'', the [[Gallifreyan]]s were already ruled by Presidents even before Rassilon and [[Omega]] were born; ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', meanwhile, states that [[Pandak]] was the President of Gallifrey throughout the [[Eternal War]] and it was only after becoming a hero of said War that Rassilon overthrew him in a coup. As such, based purely on in-universe evidence, Urizen could plausibly be Pandak or indeed someone else entirely. | ||
