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| − | The White Guardian | + | The White Guardian sent the Fourth Doctor and Romana I on a quest to find the six segments of the Key to Time, transmuted into a variety of forms and scattered across time and space. He warned them of the Black Guardian who would try to prevent the assembly of the Key. (Episode: The Ribos Operation) |
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| + | The sixth and final segment took the form of a living being, Princess Astra of Atrios. The Black Guardian used the Shadow to try to prevent the Doctor and Romana from re-assembling the Key. After the Doctor defeated the Shadow and re-assembled the Key, the Black Guardian posed as the White Guardian and asked for the Key. Observing the Black Guardian's casual indifference to the life of Princess Astra, the Doctor saw through this ruse and scattered the Key through time instead. The Black Guardian swore revenge on the Doctor. (Episode: The Armageddon Factor) | ||
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| + | Eventually, the Doctor grew sick of running from the Guardian and removed the randomiser, the Guardian's wrath no longer worrying him. (Episode: The Leisure Hive) | ||
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| + | The Black Guardian appeared to Turlough, a young Trion exiled to Earth. He promised Turlough that, if he killed the Fifth Doctor, he would return Turlough to his home. He gave Turlough a small crystal to communicate with him. Turlough ended up joining the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa in the TARDIS, still at least partly determined to carry out his mission. (Episode: Mawdryn Undead) As he grew fonder of the Doctor, Turlough began to rebel against the Black Guardian, wishing to back out of the bargain. The Black Guardian still convinced Turlough to sabotage the Doctor's TARDIS. (Episode: Terminus) | ||
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| + | The Doctor and his companions received a warning from the White Guardian about the Black Guardian. They then found themselves in the midst of a contest for Enlightenment, symbolised by a crystal of unknown powers and great value. It was much sought after by the amoral Eternals, who vied for it by racing sailing ships across the Solar System. The Black Guardian hoped that, with such a prize, the Eternals might wreak havoc throughout the universe. Instead, the Doctor and Turlough won the race. The Doctor refused Enlightenment, offering it instead to Turlough. The Black Guardian told Turlough that, to get the crystal, he must kill the Doctor. Turlough refused and threw the crystal at the Black Guardian, who vanished in a burst of flames. However, the White Guardian said the Black Guardian would exist as long as he did, until neither were needed any longer. (Episode: Enlightenment) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
| − | The Black Guardian | + | The Black Guardian was an anthropomorphic personification of the forces of entropy and chaos, the counterpart of the White Guardian, a personification of order. The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo. |
===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
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==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
| − | *In Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War, the Black Guardian appeared in the setting of the Virgin Missing Adventures spin-off novel by Gareth Roberts. He was shown catching up with the Fourth Doctor and Romana following the loss of the Randomiser, trapping them in a situation where they must either remain in the TARDIS and the Time Vortex for all eternity or release a powerful telepathic insect hive on 26th-century Earth, and they are forced to leave the known universe as a consequence. | + | *In Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War, the Black Guardian appeared in the setting of the Virgin Missing Adventures spin-off novel by Gareth Roberts. He was shown catching up with the Fourth Doctor and Romana following the loss of the Randomiser, trapping them in a situation where they must either remain in the TARDIS and the Time Vortex for all eternity or release a powerful telepathic insect hive on 26th-century Earth, and they are forced to leave the known universe as a consequence. A second attempt at revenge occurred when he lured the Doctor and Romana to Barclow. He engineered the war between the humans and the Chelonians as well as manipulating Galatea to create the concept of consular privilege to allow K9 to become a presidential candidate. Menlove Stokes was used in the plans to destroy the femdroids' controls and set the TARDIS' controls to take them to Dellah in the 26th century. He bargained on the Doctor's rash decisions to set the Darkness on the universe when the Doctor dematerialised the TARDIS, planning to send them into deep space. The Doctor foiled his plans again by using the emergency unit to take himself out of time and space. |
*In Doctor Who: The Quantum Archangel, the Black Guardian appeared briefly in the BBC Books spin-off novel by Craig Hinton. He was shown alongside the White Guardian and four others, who form a Council of Guardians that oversaw reality. The other four Guardians were first mentioned in Divided Loyalties which stated that one of them was the Celestial Toymaker. | *In Doctor Who: The Quantum Archangel, the Black Guardian appeared briefly in the BBC Books spin-off novel by Craig Hinton. He was shown alongside the White Guardian and four others, who form a Council of Guardians that oversaw reality. The other four Guardians were first mentioned in Divided Loyalties which stated that one of them was the Celestial Toymaker. | ||
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[[Category:Extraterrestrial Characters]] | [[Category:Extraterrestrial Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Television Characters]] | [[Category:Television Characters]] | ||
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[[Category:Demons and Devils]] | [[Category:Demons and Devils]] | ||
[[Category:Deities]] | [[Category:Deities]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:40, 26 April 2024
The Black Guardian is a male television villain who features in Doctor Who
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Biography
The Black Guardian
The White Guardian sent the Fourth Doctor and Romana I on a quest to find the six segments of the Key to Time, transmuted into a variety of forms and scattered across time and space. He warned them of the Black Guardian who would try to prevent the assembly of the Key. (Episode: The Ribos Operation)
The sixth and final segment took the form of a living being, Princess Astra of Atrios. The Black Guardian used the Shadow to try to prevent the Doctor and Romana from re-assembling the Key. After the Doctor defeated the Shadow and re-assembled the Key, the Black Guardian posed as the White Guardian and asked for the Key. Observing the Black Guardian's casual indifference to the life of Princess Astra, the Doctor saw through this ruse and scattered the Key through time instead. The Black Guardian swore revenge on the Doctor. (Episode: The Armageddon Factor)
Eventually, the Doctor grew sick of running from the Guardian and removed the randomiser, the Guardian's wrath no longer worrying him. (Episode: The Leisure Hive)
The Black Guardian appeared to Turlough, a young Trion exiled to Earth. He promised Turlough that, if he killed the Fifth Doctor, he would return Turlough to his home. He gave Turlough a small crystal to communicate with him. Turlough ended up joining the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa in the TARDIS, still at least partly determined to carry out his mission. (Episode: Mawdryn Undead) As he grew fonder of the Doctor, Turlough began to rebel against the Black Guardian, wishing to back out of the bargain. The Black Guardian still convinced Turlough to sabotage the Doctor's TARDIS. (Episode: Terminus)
The Doctor and his companions received a warning from the White Guardian about the Black Guardian. They then found themselves in the midst of a contest for Enlightenment, symbolised by a crystal of unknown powers and great value. It was much sought after by the amoral Eternals, who vied for it by racing sailing ships across the Solar System. The Black Guardian hoped that, with such a prize, the Eternals might wreak havoc throughout the universe. Instead, the Doctor and Turlough won the race. The Doctor refused Enlightenment, offering it instead to Turlough. The Black Guardian told Turlough that, to get the crystal, he must kill the Doctor. Turlough refused and threw the crystal at the Black Guardian, who vanished in a burst of flames. However, the White Guardian said the Black Guardian would exist as long as he did, until neither were needed any longer. (Episode: Enlightenment)
Overview
Personality and attributes
The Black Guardian was an anthropomorphic personification of the forces of entropy and chaos, the counterpart of the White Guardian, a personification of order. The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo.
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Black Guardian was portrayed by actor Valentine Dyall where he featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe.
In other media
Books
- In Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War, the Black Guardian appeared in the setting of the Virgin Missing Adventures spin-off novel by Gareth Roberts. He was shown catching up with the Fourth Doctor and Romana following the loss of the Randomiser, trapping them in a situation where they must either remain in the TARDIS and the Time Vortex for all eternity or release a powerful telepathic insect hive on 26th-century Earth, and they are forced to leave the known universe as a consequence. A second attempt at revenge occurred when he lured the Doctor and Romana to Barclow. He engineered the war between the humans and the Chelonians as well as manipulating Galatea to create the concept of consular privilege to allow K9 to become a presidential candidate. Menlove Stokes was used in the plans to destroy the femdroids' controls and set the TARDIS' controls to take them to Dellah in the 26th century. He bargained on the Doctor's rash decisions to set the Darkness on the universe when the Doctor dematerialised the TARDIS, planning to send them into deep space. The Doctor foiled his plans again by using the emergency unit to take himself out of time and space.
- In Doctor Who: The Quantum Archangel, the Black Guardian appeared briefly in the BBC Books spin-off novel by Craig Hinton. He was shown alongside the White Guardian and four others, who form a Council of Guardians that oversaw reality. The other four Guardians were first mentioned in Divided Loyalties which stated that one of them was the Celestial Toymaker.
Appearances
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