General (The Last Soldier)

The General was a survivor of an age-old conflict on an unnamed planet. Two species had been at war on this world for a very long time. So long had the war been waged that both sides have suffered substantial losses. As a result, both sides had agreed not to kill each other, but to stun and leave their opponent incapacitated. As the conflict reached its conclusion, only one soldier from each side remained. The General and Elphon were those survivors.

The General was an old soldier, a lumpy figure on tracks, not legs made of bone like others of his kind. The Doctor’s intervention at the crucial moment, when Elphon was about to take the decision to set his gun to kill and finish the war, resulted in a truce being agreed to and both parties shaking hands. This very act of contact between the last surviving male and female enabled the mix of genetic material needed for the next generation. (DWA: The Last Soldier)