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{{first pic|The Monk next to the TARDIS.jpg|The [[Fifth Doctor]] knew that the "monkish covens" had "gone wrong before", seemingly referencing ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Blood Invocation (comic story)}}) [[Mortimus]], "the Monk" | {{first pic|The Monk next to the TARDIS.jpg|The [[Fifth Doctor]] knew that the "monkish covens" had "gone wrong before", seemingly referencing ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Blood Invocation (comic story)}}) [[Mortimus]], "the Monk", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) first encountered by the [[First Doctor]] in his travels. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TV story)}})}}The so-called "'''monkish covens'''", or '''minor committees''', were [[cult]]s in [[the Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]] who worshipped [[Rassilon]]. | ||
According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], there were "hundreds" of them with a variety of perspectives on Rassilon; some viewed him as a [[saint]] or a great [[engineer]], and one even considered him a kind of "cosmic traffic warden" who was nevertheless deserving of worship. There was also one which believed him to have secretly been a [[vampire]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Blood Invocation (comic story)}}) fittingly known as the [[Cult of Rassilon the Vampire]], which prophesied the coming of the [[Vampire Messiah]]. The Doctor's childhood friend [[Ruath]] was a member. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goth Opera (novel)}}) | According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], there were "hundreds" of them with a variety of perspectives on Rassilon; some viewed him as a [[saint]] or a great [[engineer]], and one even considered him a kind of "cosmic traffic warden" who was nevertheless deserving of worship. There was also one which believed him to have secretly been a [[vampire]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Blood Invocation (comic story)}}) fittingly known as the [[Cult of Rassilon the Vampire]], which prophesied the coming of the [[Vampire Messiah]]. The Doctor's childhood friend [[Ruath]] was a member. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goth Opera (novel)}}) | ||
