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Darkel

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Darkel
Also known as: The Inquisitor
Race: Gallifreyan (Time Lady)
Home Planet: Gallifrey
Home Era: Rassilon Era
Appearances:
Actor: Lynda Bellingham

Inquisitor Darkel served on the High Council of Gallifrey.

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[edit] Biography

Darkel presided over the Doctor's trial on the Time Lord Space Station Zenobia, with the Valeyard acting as prosecutor. (DW: The Mysterious Planet, DW: Mindwarp) The Doctor himself would at a later stage act as his own defense lawyer. (DW: Terror of the Vervoids) (The Valeyard himself, apparently an independent Time Lord represented a dark side of the Doctor's personality.)

An honest woman, Darkel presided over a show trial designed to draw attention away from the corrupt High Council. With political unrest demanding a new Lord President and the Doctor unwilling to take on the job himself, he gave a symbolic vote of confidence to Darkel himself before departing in his TARDIS. (DW: The Ultimate Foe)

[edit] Behind the Scenes

On-screen Darkel had no name given to her, other than "the Inquisitor". The name Darkel was given to her in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio spin-off sereis Gallifrey.

[edit] See also

Time Lords
The Doctor  • The Master  • The Rani  • Romana  • Borusa  • Omega  • Rassilon  • The Other  • Morbius  • The Monk  • The War Chief  • Susan Foreman  • Jenny  • Darkel  • Hedin  • Maxil  • K'anpo Rimpoche  • Flavia  • Thalia  • Goth  • Drax  • The Valeyard
See also: Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor  • DoctorDonna