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The long standing tensions between the Time Lords and [[Dalek Empire]] finally broke out into the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|Meet the Doctor]]'') After the declaration of war, Braxiatel asked Coordinator Romana for her permission to go on a field mission with [[Ace]] to gain vital intelligence for the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]'') | The long standing tensions between the Time Lords and [[Dalek Empire]] finally broke out into the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)|Meet the Doctor]]'') After the declaration of war, Braxiatel asked Coordinator Romana for her permission to go on a field mission with [[Ace]] to gain vital intelligence for the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]'') | ||
He told Ace they were going to [[the Obscura]], an old battlefield, where he claimed a weapon was stored in a station guarded by his old mentor [[Danna]]. They discovered Daleks had already started infiltrating the station, being immobilised by Danna and he was concerned when one of the wounded [[Dalek]] | He told Ace they were going to [[the Obscura]], an old battlefield, where he claimed a weapon was stored in a station guarded by his old mentor [[Danna]]. They discovered [[Bronze Dalek|Daleks]] had already started infiltrating the station, being immobilised by Danna and he was concerned when one of the wounded [[Dalek drone|Dalek Drones]] started to transmit. He showed the Dalek in the hold the picture of the Obscura and it screamed. In truth he was leaking information about the Obscura deliberately to bring the Daleks there as a trap, planning for Danna to fire a perfect shot to trigger the [[Dalek Fleet]]‘s destruction. He’d been planning this trick for sometime, as he’d known that the Time War was going to happen from the scarred soldier who told him about the Obscura in his youth came from a battle in this war, not an ancient one. She revealed that she couldn’t make the shot due to her advanced age and with the Daleks approaching he killed her to stop her being a liability. Upon their arrival he tried to deceive the Daleks that Ace was the secret weapon, stalling long enough to open the station’s shutters on the Daleks and they saw the true power of the Obscura. With their eyes closed, he sent Ace back to their TARDIS while he returned to the control room to ensure the station’s destruction took the Dalek fleet with it. He was taunted by Danna‘s voice, though was unsure if that was his guilt or an effect of the Obscura. Ace overheard his confessions to Danna via the scanner and confronted him in the TARDIS, furiously denouncing him as a coward. In fury he showed Ace his mind and all the terrible things he’d done in his life. Following this, he wiped her mind of Gallifrey and the War and left her on [[20th century]] Earth, saying that he would check on her from time to time. He then fled the War, sending a message to Gallifrey that invasion was imminent. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|Soldier Obscura]]'') Afterwards he meddled in Ace‘s timeline as far back as her travels with the Doctor, which resulted in [[Narvin]] being unable to track either of them down. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassins (audio story)|Assassins]]'') | ||
Braxiatel monitored Romana using a backdoor channel he'd left behind in a failed attempt to negotiate with the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]. He returned to the war to rescue Narvin from the [[Project Revenant]] facility in the midst of Dalek [[Invasion of the Kaiphos Occlusion|invasion]]. He returned Narvin to Gallifrey with a message for Romana. In the message he reflected that the Time War was always going to happen and the Doctor was right to abandon the war like he had and that Romana should too. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') | Braxiatel monitored Romana using a backdoor channel he'd left behind in a failed attempt to negotiate with the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]. He returned to the war to rescue Narvin from the [[Project Revenant]] facility in the midst of Dalek [[Invasion of the Kaiphos Occlusion|invasion]]. He returned Narvin to Gallifrey with a message for Romana. In the message he reflected that the Time War was always going to happen and the Doctor was right to abandon the war like he had and that Romana should too. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') | ||
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[[File:IrvingB.jpg|thumb|Irving wears an open shirt. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'')]] | [[File:IrvingB.jpg|thumb|Irving wears an open shirt. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'')]] | ||
Bev Tarrant described him as dark-haired, slim, and with immaculate dress sense. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Glory Days (audio story)|Glory Days]]'') On a trip to [[Ganesh]], he wore a big black coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kill the Mouse! (short story)|Kill the Mouse!]]'') Whilst the Fifth Axis occupied the Collection, Braxiatel wore a grey suit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of Corners (short story)|Fear of Corners]]'') Shortly after the occupation, he wore a pinstriped suit with a silk brown tie and gold cufflinks in the shape of a double helix. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Denial (short story)|Denial]]'') | Bev Tarrant described him as dark-haired, slim, and with immaculate dress sense. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Glory Days (audio story)|Glory Days]]'') On a trip to [[Ganesh]], he wore a big [[black]] [[coat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kill the Mouse! (short story)|Kill the Mouse!]]'') Whilst the Fifth Axis occupied the Collection, Braxiatel wore a grey suit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear of Corners (short story)|Fear of Corners]]'') Shortly after the occupation, he wore a [[Pinstripe|pinstriped]] suit with a silk brown [[tie]] and gold cufflinks in the shape of a double helix. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Denial (short story)|Denial]]'') | ||
On Legion he generally wore an expensive suit with | On Legion he generally wore an expensive suit with a [[Raven (colour)|raven]] black [[overcoat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Filthy Lucre (novel)|Filthy Lucre]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]'') He wore an open white [[shirt]] on occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'') | ||
At Benny's wedding, Braxiatel wore a summer suit, with leather boots, and his spectacles balanced on the end of his nose. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') | At Benny's wedding, Braxiatel wore a summer suit, with leather boots, and his spectacles balanced on the end of his nose. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
In his youth, Braxiatel was overconfident | In his youth, Braxiatel was overconfident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)|The 100 Days of the Doctor]]'') He had a great interest in the universe and strove to gather as much knowledge as he could from it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') The Doctor referred to Braxiatel as "an occasional collaborator in adventures of the mind, the soul and the body". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') Braxiatel told the Oracle of the Lost that he missed his brother, but knew he was always out there, and that was what he believed real family should be. He considered Bernice Summerfield to be the closest thing to family he had found since leaving his home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') During the [[Last Great Time War]], Braxiatel was under the impression he would never see his brother again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beyond (audio story)|Beyond]]'') | ||
Suave, smart ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]'') and politically savvy, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'', etc.) Braxiatel believed that the universe was a place of disorder and disarray. He believed that if someone didn't manipulate the chaos, the universe would get into all sorts of trouble. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Propaganda War (short story)|The Propaganda War]]'') So long as he had a good enough reason, he was willing to stoop to any low ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') and was willing to break Gallifreyan laws despite being a Cardinal, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]'') only ever doing what he thought best. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mirror Effect (audio story)|The Mirror Effect]]'') He was once described as a "self-obsessed narcissist with a God complex" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Tub Full of Cats (audio story)|The Tub Full of Cats]]'') and [[Jason Kane]] said that, should one cut him open there would be the word "bastard" running through him like a stick of rock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]'') | Suave, smart ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]'') and politically savvy, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'', etc.) Braxiatel believed that the universe was a place of disorder and disarray. He believed that if someone didn't manipulate the chaos, the universe would get into all sorts of trouble. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Propaganda War (short story)|The Propaganda War]]'') So long as he had a good enough reason, he was willing to stoop to any low ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'') and was willing to break Gallifreyan laws despite being a Cardinal, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]'') only ever doing what he thought best. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mirror Effect (audio story)|The Mirror Effect]]'') He even wiped [[Ace]]'s memories of Gallifrey and the Time War to protect his reputation. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|''Soldier Obscura'']] [+]) He was once described as a "self-obsessed narcissist with a God complex" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Tub Full of Cats (audio story)|The Tub Full of Cats]]'') and [[Jason Kane]] said that, should one cut him open there would be the word "bastard" running through him like a stick of rock. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]'') | ||
Braxiatel was charming ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'') but found it difficult to convey sympathy and, as a result, generally did not try. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doomsday Manuscript (novel)|The Doomsday Manuscript]]'') However, he was not | Braxiatel was charming ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'') but found it difficult to convey sympathy and, as a result, generally did not try. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doomsday Manuscript (novel)|The Doomsday Manuscript]]'') However, he was not entirely unsympathetic, staying with [[Romana (Reborn)|an alternate Romana]] that he had shared a flirtatious relationship as she [[regeneration|regenerated]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'') Romana II found it "unnerving" when Braxiatel was quiet. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'') He had no problems with swearing, referring to [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] including [[CyberTelosian|Telosian ones]] he met as "metal bastards". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]'') | ||
Braxiatel enjoyed drinking [[champagne]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'') [[brandy]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]'') [[cognac]], [[beer]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]'') [[scotch]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'') [[wine]], [[port]], [[coffee]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]'') (namely [[cappuccino]]) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') and [[tea]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Careless Talk (short story)|Careless Talk]]'') which he liked paired with [[custard cream]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Braxiatel in Love (audio story)|Braxiatel in Love]]'') He read [[travelogue]]s, including those written by [[Dent Harper]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]'') | Braxiatel enjoyed drinking [[champagne]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'') [[brandy]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]'') [[cognac]], [[beer]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]'') [[scotch]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'') [[wine]], [[port]], [[coffee]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]'') (namely [[cappuccino]]) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') and [[tea]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Careless Talk (short story)|Careless Talk]]'') which he liked paired with [[custard cream]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Braxiatel in Love (audio story)|Braxiatel in Love]]'') He read [[travelogue]]s, including those written by [[Dent Harper]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device (novel)|The Joy Device]]'') | ||
