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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Origin === | === Origin === | ||
The Terrible Zodin was originally a sword-swallower at the Grand Festival of [[Zymymys Midamor]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The Terrible Zodin was originally a sword-swallower at the Grand Festival of [[Zymymys Midamor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}) | ||
She was the third most wanted criminal in the galaxy, after [[the Master]] and [[the Rani]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | She was the third most wanted criminal in the galaxy, after [[the Master]] and [[the Rani]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Requiem for the Rocket Men (audio story)}}) | ||
=== Encounters with the Doctor === | === Encounters with the Doctor === | ||
Zodin was involved in an adventure in which the Doctor interacted with multiple incarnations of himself. After this she erased their memories of the incident using "mind rubbers", preventing the later Doctors involved from remembering having experienced the events before. ([[PROSE]]: | Zodin was involved in an adventure in which the Doctor interacted with multiple incarnations of himself. After this she erased their memories of the incident using "mind rubbers", preventing the later Doctors involved from remembering having experienced the events before. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}}) | ||
This did not prevent the [[Seventh Doctor]] from remembering enough of the affair to frequently bore people to sleep with long-winded accounts of it, although he was incapable of recalling whether she was assisted in her schemes by [[mutant kangaroo]]s or by [[giant grasshopper]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | This did not prevent the [[Seventh Doctor]] from remembering enough of the affair to frequently bore people to sleep with long-winded accounts of it, although he was incapable of recalling whether she was assisted in her schemes by [[mutant kangaroo]]s or by [[giant grasshopper]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}) | ||
[[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[PROSE]]: | [[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Colony of Lies (novel)}}) and [[Melanie Bush]] both experienced the incident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) | ||
When the Doctor's [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] visited a [[UNIT]] reunion in the early-mid [[1980s]], he described Zodin to [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: | When the Doctor's [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] visited a [[UNIT]] reunion in the early-mid [[1980s]], he described Zodin to [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}) The Brigadier, however, may have assisted [[Iris Wildthyme]] against Zodin in a different matter on the planet [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] disputed that ever took place, ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Third Doctor]] disputed that ever took place, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}) although he conceded that accounts of his own conflict with Zodin might not be entirely accurate when confronted with the implausibility of her motives and of grasshoppers jumping eighteen-storey buildings. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}) | ||
During the early [[21st century]], the Terrible Zodin hired a planet assassin named [[Dominicus (Power Play)|Dominicus]] to destroy [[Earth]]. On that occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] described her as "a devastating diva of dissimulation, the queen of corruption and chicanery." ([[AUDIO]]: | During the early [[21st century]], the Terrible Zodin hired a planet assassin named [[Dominicus (Power Play)|Dominicus]] to destroy [[Earth]]. On that occasion, the [[Sixth Doctor]] described her as "a devastating diva of dissimulation, the queen of corruption and chicanery." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Power Play (audio story)}}) | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned having the autograph of the Terrible Zodin. ([[COMIC]]: | The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned having the autograph of the Terrible Zodin. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Glorious Dead (comic story)}}) | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] at some point met the Terrible Zodin, a fact which Martha documented on [[Martha Jones's MySpace account|her MySpace blog]] on [[1 July]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] at some point met the Terrible Zodin, a fact which Martha documented on [[Martha Jones's MySpace account|her MySpace blog]] on [[1 July]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Martha Jones (short story)}}) | ||
=== Other references === | === Other references === | ||
Within a timeline that was later aborted, as they tried to figure out who had [[Time Scoop]]ed them to a desolate castle, the various incarnations of [[the Master]] briefly considered the Terrible Zodin as a suspect. ([[AUDIO]]: | Within a timeline that was later aborted, as they tried to figure out who had [[Time Scoop]]ed them to a desolate castle, the various incarnations of [[the Master]] briefly considered the Terrible Zodin as a suspect. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masterful (audio anthology)}}) | ||
[[Skorpios]] had a photo of him dancing with the Terrible Zodin. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doomsday Contract (audio story)|The Doomsday Contract]]'') | [[Skorpios]] had a photo of him dancing with the Terrible Zodin. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doomsday Contract (audio story)|The Doomsday Contract]]'') | ||
When he wrote over [[Sir]] [[Percival Addlington]]'s afterword to ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', the [[Twelfth Doctor]] noted many other monsters were not covered in the text, including the Terrible Zodin. ([[PROSE]]: | When he wrote over [[Sir]] [[Percival Addlington]]'s afterword to ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', the [[Twelfth Doctor]] noted many other monsters were not covered in the text, including the Terrible Zodin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)}}) | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
The Terrible Zodin had claws, or talons. ([[PROSE]]: | The Terrible Zodin had claws, or talons. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Colony of Lies (novel)}}) | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] once described Zodin as a celebrated sword-swallower at the [[Grand Festival]] of [[Zymymys Midamor]] and by no means any kind of actual villain. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Seventh Doctor]] once described Zodin as a celebrated sword-swallower at the [[Grand Festival]] of [[Zymymys Midamor]] and by no means any kind of actual villain. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}) However, the [[Sixth Doctor]] considered her a villain of rare guile and cunning. He said they didn't make "villains like her any more". At one point, his unstable memory caused him to refer to [[Peri Brown|Peri]] as "Zodin". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] thought that she had egomaniacal and megalomaniac tendencies. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Sixth Doctor]] thought that she had egomaniacal and megalomaniac tendencies. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
