Death (mythology)


 * See Duroc for the entity of the same name. See also Death (disambiguation).

Death was an Eternal and was one of the gods of Gallifrey. As such she represented and embodied Death itself.

Biography
Death was not the oldest of the gods; Pain was. (NA: Set Piece)

Early in life, during the youth of his first incarnation, the Doctor killed someone. He made a deal with Death. Rather than having Death make him her champion, Death would choose another Time Lord, later known as the Master. (BFA: Master)

The Seventh Doctor met Death for the first time on the Moon, when she was summoned by the Timewyrm as a robed skeleton. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)

The Doctor made another deal with Death to save Ace (presumably from the Hoothi) and offered himself in her place. (NA: Love and War) Death later took the life of Doctor John Smith. (NA: Human Nature)

The Eighth Doctor knew the rituals involved in journeying to speak with Death. Sabbath had also witnessed Death's abode. (EDA: Camera Obscura)