The Dream Lord

The Dream Lord is the dark side of the Doctor, who has control over dreams. He was "awoken" by speck of psychic pollen from the candle meadows of Karass Don Slava that had got stuck in the TARDIS, and woke as it was warmed up. The Dream Lord drew his personality from the Doctor's inner darkness.

He trapped the Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams between two worlds, telling them that one was dream and one was real and that they would have to choose between them. He seemed to have a little sense of humour. While in the dream world, he would appear to the group and the Doctor individually, taunting him on his insecurities and defects. He trapped the Doctor and his friends with a big group of old people, who were in fact aliens called the Ecnodeen. However, the Doctor eventually realised that neither world was real, and managed to return them all to the waking world. After removing the pollen, the Doctor saw the Dream Lord's face in his reflection in the TARDIS console, smiling slyly at him. (DW: Amy's Choice)