Ramón Salamander

Salamander (full, rarely used name Ramón Salamander) was a supposed philanthropist who, in reality had a boundless fount of cruelty and powerlust. He bore a close physical resemblance to the Second Doctor.

Criminal career
Salamander came from Merida in the Yucatan in Mexico. Both a respected politician and a scientist, Salamander received worldwide acclaim for his invention of Sun Store technology which beamed sunlight from Earth orbit in order to help the growth of crops and alleviate global hunger on an overpopulated planet. He addressed the World Zones Authority, outlining his triumphs.

Secretly, however, Salamander also committed murders of officials in order to ensure his goal of world domination so he could replace them with other officials that Salamander could trust. Circa 2013, he had taken advantage of an experiment by a team of scientists who had isolated themselves a deep shelter as an endurance exercise. He lied to them and claimed that a nuclear war had taken place on the surface. The scientists created "natural" disasters such as volcanos and earthquakes that would happen at will in order to work against their so-called enemies.

He betrayed Giles Kent, an almost equally power-hungry man. Kent plotted Salamander's death. (TV: The Enemy of the World)

Downfall
When, in 2018, the TARDIS landed on a beach. Kent attempted to kill the Doctor, mistaking him for his enemy, and then tried to have the Doctor impersonate him, for the same reason. Kent's associate, the trusting Astrid Ferrier, inserted the Doctor's companion to an already planned operation of infiltrating Salamander's mansion in the Central European Zone.

Salamander set off an explosion to destroy his base in Australia, shot Kent fatally and escaped. Jamie, mistaking him for the Doctor, welcomed him into the TARDIS. A few minutes later, the Doctor appeared, but by this time the TARDIS had taken off. In the confusion, Salamander flew through its open doors into the Time Vortex], where he would remain. ([[TV: The Enemy of the World) The Doctor stated it would be very unpleasant for him floating around in time and space. (TV: The Web of Fear)

In the Vortex
Nevertheless, Salamander still survived in a ghastly existence, still alive in the Vortex. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet). He became a member of the gestalt intelligence based in the Vortex known as the Horror. (PROSE: Dead Romance)