The Beast (The Impossible Planet)


 * For the parasitic species of the same name, see The Beast.

The Beast was a Demon imprisoned in the centre of Krop Tor, who claimed to have existed before this Universe was created. He identified himself as Satan, among many other religious representations of him.

Origins
The Beast claimed to have existed before the Universe, a claim that the Doctor found troubling to accept or consider as he believed nothing could have existed before then.

It is known that the Beast had been at battle with the Disciples of the Light. The Disciples, who themselves existed before the Universe, bound him in giant chains and confined him to a pit in the centre of Krop Tor, a planet in orbit around K37 Gem 5, a black hole. If he ever tried to escape, the field holding Krop Tor in orbit would collapse and the planet would be sucked into the black hole, taking the Beast with it. Despite this, the Beast claimed that he was the basis of the Devil-figure in all religions. This included the Kaled God of War and the God of Evil for Draconia and Dæmos. (DW: The Satan Pit)

Encounter with the Walker Expedition
In the year 43K2.1, the Walker Expedition came to Krop Tor, searching for the source of energy that kept the planet from falling into the black hole. The Beast possessed Toby Zed via the text transcribed into the Krop Tor Notebook.

Through Toby, the Beast's first action was to kill Scooti Manista by breaking one of the windows. The Base's Ood were taken over, causing them to attack the other member of the Expidition. Upon the Ood's defeat, the Beast planned to escape by keeping his spirit in Toby's body, leaving his physical body behind. The Doctor deactivated the force holding Krop Tor in orbit.

His spirit was destoryed when Toby's body was pulled into the black hole, followed shortly by the Beast's original body, which was destroyed along with Krop Tor. However, he claimed that he would never be truly destroyed. (DW: The Satan Pit)

Characteristics
The Beast's physical body resembled a massive humanoid with crimson skin, two large horns projecting from its head and a corpse-like face.

The Beast could manifest himself through electronic media, including computer voices and hologram viewers. Its mind could leave its body and possess a single hive mind of the Ood collectively or a single human individually, though not more than one at one time. He had the power of telepathy and, through a host, telekinesis. Possession of a human subject affected the host's skin, causing strange markings to appear all over their face and body; and vocal chords, allowing them to speak with different pitches simultaneously. Whether a single human or a hive mind, the eyes of those possessed by the beast glowed a fiery red. The Beast could also project fire from his mouth. His hosts could also physically survive in a vacuum indefinitely. (DW: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit)

He is known to have a son, Abaddon who was trapped in the Cardiff Rift on Earth. (TW: End of Days)


 * Some also called the Beast itself Abbadon. Abaddon had a "nemesis" or "evil twin" known as Pwccm. It is unknown if Pwccm is related the Beast. (TWN: The Twilight Streets)

Other References

 * When Drew Blayney, leader of the Brimstone Skulls motorcycle club, was possessed by one of the ritual motorcycles, he drew upon the image of the Beast as one of his childhood fears. (TWM: Jetsam)
 * The Beast's number - 666 - has come up many times begining from The Christmas through through to Planet of the Dead in same same fashion as 'Bad Wolf' constantly came up, leading some fans to believe this may be a clue to his - or its - return. It should be noted that the Doctor only thought he had defeated the Beast, and the Beast himself stated that he would never be truly destroyed. Only a number of fans began to notice how many times the number came up.
 * The Beast's number was also in an episode of Torchwood: three tapes, all of which had one 6 each, making a row of 666, the Beast's number.