Gathen

Gathen was a Time Lord colonist who served as Governor on the Gallifreyan colony planet of Trakkiney during the Racnoss Wars.

He was responsible for the construction of containment facilities that could be used as cells. Later, when word first reached the Fledgling Empire outpost that a group of Racnoss led by Cob-Commander Messothel were coming to attack the outpost, Gathen ordered the colonists to shelter in the subterranean stores. When the Racnoss arrived, he quickly surrendered and ordered the colonists to do whatever the Cob-Commander ordered. Secretly, he attempted to send distress messages to Gallifrey, but both times they were intercepted and the Racnoss executed eight more prisoners as punishment. After the conquest, the surviving Time Lords were forced into manual labour, while Gathen was ordered to make extra rations and wine available for a feast.

Gathen participated in the escape from imprisonment and defeat of the Racnoss, led by the scientist Fysus. (PROSE: The Labyrinthine Web) A figure from an early Time Lord myth, it was unclear how much of his history as recounted in myth was true. (PROSE: Introduction) The Gallifreyan people's early history was so distant and shrouded in mystery that later generations surmised some of their myths were in fact history, and some of their history was actually myth. (AUDIO: Enemy Lines)