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|image = Fenric in Judson's body.jpg | |image = Fenric in Judson's body.jpg | ||
|alias = Hastur the Unspeakable | |alias = {{il|Evil force|[[Evil]]|Hastur the Unspeakable|Aboo-Fenrán}} | ||
|species = Great Old One | |species = Great Old One | ||
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|other voice actor = [[John Banks]] | |other voice actor = [[John Banks]] | ||
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'''Fenric''', | "'''Fenric'''", a name drawn from [[Norse mythology]], was the name given by [[Commander]] [[A. H. Millington|Millington]] to the "'''evil force'''" from the dawn of time. The [[Seventh Doctor]] claimed that this sentient force of evil was a surviving fragment of the evil half of the good-evil binary which had shattered into a thousand pieces to create [[the Universe]]. According to him, "[[evil]] has no name" by nature, and thus Fenric was an improper designation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | ||
Some accounts suggested that Fenric was not a fundamental power of the universe, but simply one of the many [[Elder God]]s or [[Great Old One]]s; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', etc.) whose history was debated. One of these accounts suggested that Fenric's true name was '''Hastur the Unspeakable'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | |||
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At any rate, "Fenric" was once sealed inside a [[flask]] by [[the Doctor]]. Though imprisoned, he remained able to influence the outside world to a degree, placing upon a crew of [[Viking]]s a "[[curse]]" which was carried through their descendance, making them "[[Wolf of Fenric|Wolves of Fenric]]" doomed to help bring about his liberation whether they liked it or not. [[Ace]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[companion]], was unknowingly one of the last descendants of these cursed bloodlines, with her entire destiny being manipulated by Fenric. As a result, the evil was briefly freed from his prison when she and the Doctor travelled to [[Maiden's Point]], [[Northumberland]], [[1943]], possessing the body of the brilliant mathematician [[Judson]] to use as a vessel. However, he was once again defeated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | |||
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Origins === | === Origins === | ||
==== As a primordial force ==== | |||
According to the [[Seventh Doctor]], the being later known as Fenric was one of two forces, one [[good]], one [[evil]], which were present at the [[Event One|Dawn of Time]] and became caught in it. Somehow, the evil force survived. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') The Doctor later claimed Fenric was merely a part of nature that was "out of balance", not a force of "evil". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | |||
==== As a Great Old One ==== | |||
Some sources state that Fenric originated not in the beginnings of this universe but, like the other [[Old One]]s, in [[Great Old Ones' universe|another universe]]. One of these accounts stated that Fenric bore the name of Hastur the Unspeakable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') Some accounts related to the Elder Gods or Great Old Ones speculated that the Old Ones were survivers of an [[earlier race of Time Lords]] who had survived the destruction of [[Great Old Ones' universe|their universe]] and tried to gain a foothold in [[the Doctor's universe|the Doctor's]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'', ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | |||
According to one of these accounts, contrary to the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s claim that the evil force had no body of its own, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') Fenric did have a body, one with a thousand limbs that stretched across several [[dimension]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') but like many Old Ones lost it and became dependent on possessing others. He could presumably inhabit any body in any time, possibly killing the original [[consciousness]] if suppressed long enough. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'') He was able to control an army of [[Haemovore]]s, though this was a drain on his mind, and he was able to bestow free will onto individual creatures. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | |||
== Relationship with other Old Ones == | |||
Fenric was seen as being too dangerous, even for the [[Elder God]]s who were capable of dying despite their great power. As [[Weyland's shield]] gave the wearer the ability to destroy matter and change reality, Fenric sought it while the other Gods supported [[Weyland]] in his game against Fenric, with the shield as the prize. He was infuriated when he learned of the conspiracy against him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'') | |||
=== Entrapment of Fenric === | === Entrapment of Fenric === | ||
