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[[File:The Dawn of the Kotturuh Cover.jpg|left|thumb|A [[Kotturuh]] on [[Birinji]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dawn of the Kotturuh (short story)|The Dawn of the Kotturuh]]'')]] | |||
It was popularly believed that among the first species in the universe were the [[Kotturuh]], who laid low for "a millennium or two", according to [[River Song]], and then set out to distribute [[mortality]] to the beings of the universe, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') starting on the planet [[Birinji]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dawn of the Kotturuh (short story)|The Dawn of the Kotturuh]]'') | It was popularly believed that among the first species in the universe were the [[Kotturuh]], who laid low for "a millennium or two", according to [[River Song]], and then set out to distribute [[mortality]] to the beings of the universe, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') starting on the planet [[Birinji]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dawn of the Kotturuh (short story)|The Dawn of the Kotturuh]]'') | ||
However, the Kotturuh themselves | However, the Kotturuh themselves believed they actually predated this universe and had been spreading what they saw as the "gift" of [[mortality]] in the [[Pre-universe|prior universes]]; they expected they would do so again in [[After-universe|subsequent universes]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dawn of the Kotturuh (short story)|The Dawn of the Kotturuh]]'') [[Inyit]] later claimed their beliefs were wrong. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') The Kotturuh drew their power from a realm accessible via their homeplanet [[Mordeela]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') Their emergence began what was known as the [[Kotturuh crisis]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') | ||
believed they actually predated this universe and had been spreading what they saw as the "gift" of [[mortality]] in the [[Pre-universe|prior universes]]; they expected they would do so again in [[After-universe|subsequent universes]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dawn of the Kotturuh (short story)|The Dawn of the Kotturuh]]'') | |||
As the Kotturuh spread, various races responded in different ways. The [[Eternal]]s fled, losing the ability to live their own lives in the process. The Osiran [[Sutekh]] bargained with them and gained the gift of death for himself. The [[Dæmon]]s tried to fight back, resulting in them eventually being driven to [[extinction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') After being banished to the Dark Times by the [[Time Lord]]s following the mayhem he had caused during [[the Doctor's trial (The Mysterious Planet)|the Doctor's trial]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]'') {{Ainley}} witnessed a Kotturuh woman at work on the planet [[Alexis (planet)|Alexis]] and attempted to influence her decision. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]'') | As the Kotturuh spread, various races responded in different ways. The [[Eternal]]s fled, losing the ability to live their own lives in the process. The Osiran [[Sutekh]] bargained with them and gained the gift of death for himself. The [[Dæmon]]s tried to fight back, resulting in them eventually being driven to [[extinction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') After being banished to the Dark Times by the [[Time Lord]]s following the mayhem he had caused during [[the Doctor's trial (The Mysterious Planet)|the Doctor's trial]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]'') {{Ainley}} witnessed a Kotturuh woman at work on the planet [[Alexis (planet)|Alexis]] and attempted to influence her decision. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]'') | ||
