Sutekh (Doctor Who)

Sutekh is an extraterrestrial television being who features in Doctor Who.

Biography

Sutekh was a member of the Osiran species that were native to the planet Phaester Osiris. (Episode: Pyramid of Mars)

At some point, he was noted to had joined the ranks of the Pantheon of Discord, eventually rising through the ranks to lead this group of gods. (Episode: The Legend of Ruby Sunday)

Sutekh had been entombed in a pyramid in Saqqara in Egypt, with the Eye of Horus on Mars beaming a signal to suppress Sutekh's powers and hold him prisoner. The tales of the Osirans were remembered in Egyptian mythology, and Sutekh still retained a cult of followers, such as Ibrahim Namin. (Episode: Pyramids of Mars)

In 1911, the archaeologist Professor Marcus Scarman excavated the inner chamber of the pyramid beneath which Sutekh was imprisoned, discovering Sutekh and thereby accidentally allowing him a chance of escape. After killing him, Sutekh controlled Scarman's corpse, using it and Osiran service robots to construct an Osiran war missile in an English priory aimed at the Eye of Horus on Mars. The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith were able to destroy the missile, but the Doctor fell under the psychic control of Sutekh's will as a result. He was made to take Scarman and the robots to Mars in his TARDIS. Despite the Doctor's attempt to stop them after surviving an attempt on his life by one of Sutekh's robots, Scarman destroyed the Eye and freed Sutekh. Hurrying back to Earth, the Doctor defeated Sutekh by delaying his trip in a time corridor to the priory by moving the corridor's threshold to the far future, with the intent that Sutekh would age to death. (Episode: Pyramids of Mars)

Overview

Personality and attributes

It was said that he was known by a number of different names and titles. (Episode: The Legend of Ruby Sunday) Marcus Scarman referred to him as the Lord of Death. (Episode: Pyramids of Mars) Meanwhile, Sutekh would identify himself as the God of Death. (Episode: The Legend of Ruby Sunday)

Sutekh held on to a fear that all lifeforms could rise up against him, with the paranoia leading to his decision to destroy all life wherever he found it, (Episode: Pyramids of Mars)

Powers and abilities

Sutekh possessed such immense power that the Fourth Doctor feared that not even the Time Lords could stop him if he was in possession of his full powers. (Episode: Pyramids of Mars)

Notes

• Sutekh was created by Stephen Harris and voiced by actor Gabriel Woolf and featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe.

Appearances

• Doctor Who:

External Links

• Doctor Who Wiki Entry

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