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The [[Fifth Doctor]] once reflected Omega had "always been a victim of circumstance". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') According to most accounts, Omega was lost during the very same great working by which he granted Gallifrey the power to travel in time: the [[stasis halo]] of Omega's [[Starbreaker]], the ''[[Eurydice]]'', was sabotaged, exposing it, and the Starbreaker's crew, to the fury of the black hole. There were several accounts concerning the details and reasons for the sabotage, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') though [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|one Gallifreyan]] wrote that Omega had "got his sums wrong" and was simply not within a safe distance when the star exploded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] once reflected Omega had "always been a victim of circumstance". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') According to most accounts, Omega was lost during the very same great working by which he granted Gallifrey the power to travel in time: the [[stasis halo]] of Omega's [[Starbreaker]], the ''[[Eurydice]]'', was sabotaged, exposing it, and the Starbreaker's crew, to the fury of the black hole. There were several accounts concerning the details and reasons for the sabotage, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') though [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|one Gallifreyan]] wrote that Omega had "got his sums wrong" and was simply not within a safe distance when the star exploded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | ||
[[File:Omega (The Whoniverse).jpeg|thumb|left|Omega was lost to the [[anti-matter universe]], but his actions gave his people the power to become Lords of Time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') | [[File:Omega (The Whoniverse).jpeg|thumb|left|Omega was lost to the [[anti-matter universe]], but his actions gave his people the power to become Lords of Time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'')]] | ||
Historically accounts depicted that Omega's assistant, [[Vandekirian]], had sabotaged the mission on behalf of Rassilon. However, feeling guilty over his betrayal, he cut off his own hand as recompense. Omega did not accept it, and cut off his other hand, placing it in his [[stellar manipulator]], which was later to be known as the [[Hand of Omega]]. Upon which, the Eurydice was destroyed due to Vandekirian's actions. The hand was only named after Omega because Rassilon wanted to use the public's love of Omega to boost his own popularity, reasoning that showering the fallen founder with praise would do better than doing so for the disliked Vandekirian. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') According to the [[Seventh Doctor]] however, the Hand of Omega was not "literally" a hand, but had instead only received this nickname figuratively, "because Time Lords have an infinite capacity for pretension". ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | Historically accounts depicted that Omega's assistant, [[Vandekirian]], had sabotaged the mission on behalf of Rassilon. However, feeling guilty over his betrayal, he cut off his own hand as recompense. Omega did not accept it, and cut off his other hand, placing it in his [[stellar manipulator]], which was later to be known as the [[Hand of Omega]]. Upon which, the Eurydice was destroyed due to Vandekirian's actions. The hand was only named after Omega because Rassilon wanted to use the public's love of Omega to boost his own popularity, reasoning that showering the fallen founder with praise would do better than doing so for the disliked Vandekirian. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') According to the [[Seventh Doctor]] however, the Hand of Omega was not "literally" a hand, but had instead only received this nickname figuratively, "because Time Lords have an infinite capacity for pretension". ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
