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|origin = [[Planet 5]], [[Sol]] System | |origin = [[Planet 5]], [[Sol]] System | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]'', ''[[The Dalek Trap (audio story)|The Dalek Trap]]'', ''[[Island of the Fendahl (audio story)|Island of the Fendahl]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]'', ''[[The Dalek Trap (audio story)|The Dalek Trap]]'', ''[[Island of the Fendahl (audio story)|Island of the Fendahl]]''}} | ||
|individuals =}}'''"Eustace"''' was the nickname for an apparently [[human]] skull found in [[Kenya]] by Dr [[Fendelman]], who had discovered a "sonic shadow" in the area | |individuals =}} | ||
'''"Eustace"''' was the nickname for an apparently [[human]] skull found in [[Kenya]] by Dr. [[Fendelman]], who had discovered a "sonic shadow" in the area. | |||
Eustace | == History == | ||
"Eustace" was found in the remnants of a [[volcano]]. Fendelman discovered two anomalies connected with the skull. It was [[Distant past|twelve million]] years old, much older than [[archaeologist]]s had estimated humans had existed. [[X-ray]]s revealed a [[pentagram]]-shaped pattern in the crown of the skull. Fendelman experimented with the skull, determined to unravel its secrets. | |||
This not only failed to destroy Eustace, | "Eustace" had originated as the skull of a [[Fendahl Core]] and still possessed vestigial life. Glowing with power, it drained life from the [[Fourth Doctor]]. Fendelman's employee and the leader of a [[coven]], [[Maximillian Stael]], used it as the centrepiece of a ritual successfully attempting to imbue [[Thea Ransome]] with the power of the [[Fendahl]] — turning her into another Fendahl Core. The Doctor put it into a [[lead|lead-lined]] box and took it into [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], so he could throw it into the heart of a [[supernova]], in the constellation of [[Canthares]], to destroy it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') | ||
This act not only failed to destroy "Eustace", but also strengthened it. After much drifting through space, it fell onto an unnamed planet and was taken to [[Kaldor City]], where it was presented by a cult as the skull of [[Taren Capel]], resulting in a new manifestation of the Fendahl. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]'') | |||
In [[1799]], [[Cardinal]] [[Catilin]] showed [[Marielle Duquesne]] the "[[witch-skull]]s of [[Peking]]" kept in the [[Collection of Necessary Secrets]]. Each one had a perfect [[pentagram]] burned into its forehead; the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] investigators had concluded that their owners were still alive when the marks were made, presumably as part of a [[pagan]] [[ritual]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | In [[1799]], [[Cardinal]] [[Catilin]] showed [[Marielle Duquesne]] the "[[witch-skull]]s of [[Peking]]" kept in the [[Collection of Necessary Secrets]]. Each one had a perfect [[pentagram]] burned into its forehead; the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] investigators had concluded that their owners were still alive when the marks were made, presumably as part of a [[pagan]] [[ritual]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | ||
