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 had committed murder. He made a deal with Death, so that rather than having Death make him her champion, Death would, instead, make another Time Lord, later known as the Master, her champion. (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)