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"Trickster-gods" were a particular archetype of [[god|deities]] with tricksterly attributes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, {{cite source|Canaries (short story)}}, etc.) According to one account, the Doctor's unearthly enemy [[the Toymaker]] was in fact the [[China|Chinese]] trickster-god [[No Cha]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}) The Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] also had run-ins with a member of the [[Pantheon of Discord]] who was simply known as [[the Trickster]]. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}, etc.) The voices of [[Sibling (rank)|Sibling]] [[Same (Canaries)|Same]] and [[Sibling (rank)|Sibling]] [[Different (Canaries)|Different]], two stranded survivors of [[Faction Paradox|a pre-Time-War cult which worshipped contradiction]], reminded [[Anke Von Grisel]] of "trickster gods from an old myth". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Canaries (short story)}}) | "Trickster-gods" were a particular archetype of [[god|deities]] with tricksterly attributes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, {{cite source|Canaries (short story)}}, etc.) According to one account, the Doctor's unearthly enemy [[the Toymaker]] was in fact the [[China|Chinese]] trickster-god [[No Cha]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}) The Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] also had run-ins with a member of the [[Pantheon of Discord]] who was simply known as [[the Trickster]]. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}, etc.) The voices of [[Sibling (rank)|Sibling]] [[Same (Canaries)|Same]] and [[Sibling (rank)|Sibling]] [[Different (Canaries)|Different]], two stranded survivors of [[Faction Paradox|a pre-Time-War cult which worshipped contradiction]], reminded [[Anke Von Grisel]] of "trickster gods from an old myth". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Canaries (short story)}}) | ||
Some considered [[the Doctor]] an example of the archetype. Shortly after they met, [[Sabbath Dei]] pegged the [[Eighth Doctor]] as a "trickster" as well as a "monstrous egotist", "insane risk taker" and "manipulator". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Camera Obscura (novel)}}) When recalling the legend of the [[Pandorica]], not having yet realised that its intended prisoner was none other than himself, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described the figure meant to be imprisoned in the Pandorica as "a [[goblin]], or a trickster, or a [[warrior]]… a nameless, terrible thing". An integral part of the legend was that "nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world". ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}) On the other hand, in his speech to [[the Church|the Clerics]] in which he told them that the Doctor was a living breathing man, Colonel [[Manton]] said that the Doctor was not, among other things, a trickster. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') | Some considered [[the Doctor]] an example of the archetype. Shortly after they met, [[Sabbath Dei]] pegged the [[Eighth Doctor]] as a "trickster" as well as a "monstrous egotist", "insane risk taker" and "manipulator". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Camera Obscura (novel)}}) When recalling the legend of the [[Pandorica]], not having yet realised that its intended prisoner was none other than himself, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described the figure meant to be imprisoned in the Pandorica as "a [[goblin]], or a trickster, or a [[warrior]]… a nameless, terrible thing". An integral part of the legend was that "nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world". ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}) On the other hand, in his speech to [[the Church|the Clerics]] in which he told them that the Doctor was a living breathing man, Colonel [[Manton]] said that the Doctor was not, among other things, a trickster. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') One source indicated that the Pandorica legend's reference to a trickster did, in fact, pertain to the Trickster. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)}}) | ||
Furthermore, the "[[Trickster God]]" worshipped on [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]] was believed by [[Maxie Masters]] to be the same time traveller who gave [[Box (When to Die)|Box]] to [[P.R.O.B.E.]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) one "Doctor Smith". ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}}) | Furthermore, the "[[Trickster God]]" worshipped on [[Gendar (planet)|Gendar]] was believed by [[Maxie Masters]] to be the same time traveller who gave [[Box (When to Die)|Box]] to [[P.R.O.B.E.]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) one "Doctor Smith". ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}}) | ||
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