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A curse was the supposed use of magic power on a person or object to cause harm.
According to the Eleventh Doctor, a curse meant that "bad things are happening but you can't be bothered to find an explanation." (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
A hex was a curse. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters [+]Mike Maddox and Alan Barnes, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2012).)
On Earth, cursed burial treasures were believed by some to have magical properties. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS [+]Dave Stone, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2000).)
Vicki Pallister was believed by the Trojans to be either possessed or cursed. (AUDIO: Frostfire [+]Marc Platt, The Companion Chronicles (Big Finish Productions, 2007).)
Vikings believed in curses, and occasionally laid them. In the 10th century, the Vikings believed that the flask containing Fenric was cursed. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Ian Briggs, Doctor Who season 26 (BBC1, 1989).) At some point, the Viking captain Gundar laid a curse on his crew after they mutinied against him; the god Odin ensured that the curse was fulfilled. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales [+]Stan Lee, Dr. Who's Time Tales comic stories (Marvel Comics, 1980).)
In the 17th century, the treasure of Captain Henry Avery was said to be cursed. (TV: The Smugglers [+]Brian Hayles, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1966).) Captain Avery himself, along with the crew of the Fancy, believed that their ship was cursed when the Siren began taking them. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).)
In 1800, the Chief Astrologer of China placed a curse on opium trader Roderick Upcott. (PROSE: Foreign Devils [+]Andrew Cartmel, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2002).)
According to legend, Native Americans placed the Curse of Tippecanoe on the Presidents of the United States. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5 (CBBC, 2011).)
After its destruction from a nuclear reactor meltdown in 1939, the ruins of Heinrich Himmler's castle of Drachensberg were believed to be cursed. People who refused to move away from the area gradually became ill and died, as a then-unknown consequence of radiation poisoning. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Terrance Dicks, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).)
Devil's End was famous for the curse upon Devil's Hump. (TV: The Dæmons [+]Guy Leopold, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).)
In 2006, the engineers working on Blaidd Drwg believed that the project was cursed. (TV: Boom Town [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
In 2011, Hetocumtek cursed Clyde Langer's name, causing everyone who heard or spoke it to hate him. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5 (CBBC, 2011).)
In 2194, Estella cursed Duke Orsino and the city of Venice. (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice [+]Paul Magrs, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2001).)
The Friars of Pangloss told their slaves that they had been cursed by a piece of red glass. When the glass came to Olleril, the natives believed that it had cursed them as well; the human colonists also came to believe in the curse. (PROSE: Tragedy Day [+]Gareth Roberts, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994).)
On Gallifrey, the last Pythia cursed her world with sterility after Rassilon and his Neo-Technologists rose to power. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible [+]Marc Platt, adapted from Cat's Cradle, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992).)