Villengard was a planet located at the centre of the universe. Its weapons factories were known as the "Nightmare of the Seven Galaxies". (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).)
Villengard had a moon in its orbit, though by the time the First and Twelfth Doctors alongside Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart and the glass avatar of Bill Potts visited, it had been partially destroyed. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).)
Both Jack Harkness (TV: The Doctor Dances [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) and River Song had weapons from Villengard. (AUDIO: An Unearthly Woman)
History[]
Sonic blasters were produced on Villengard in the 51st century. (TV: The Doctor Dances, GAME: TARDIS)
Eventually, Villengard ruled warfare throughout the galaxy with its all-powerful algorithm determining who lived and who died. Villengard provided the weaponry to the clerics, members of the Church, who its algorithm tricked into fighting over a barren planet. Villengard's deadly ambulances maintained a casualty rate in the profitable zone. In the end, the Villengard mainframe was conquered by the AI reconstruction of John Francis Vater on the orders of the Fifteenth Doctor to save Vater's daughter Splice. (TV: Boom [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 14 (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)
In the 43rd century, the star seed was sent from Villengard to the Time Hotel in London, Earth, where it was intended to be sent back in time in order to hatch into a full-sized star. Their plan was thwarted by the Fifteenth Doctor and Joy Almondo and while Joy would eventually rise as the newly formed star, by this point it was outside Villengard's control. (TV: Joy to the World [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2024 (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)
In the last months of the Last Great Time War, the War Doctor enlisted the help of Dorium Maldovar to help him destroy the thirteen weapons factories of Villengard before the Dalek Fleet arrived to take control of them. Using a molecular fruit bomb, the Doctor transformed the factories into palm trees, creating a banana grove. (COMIC: The Whole Thing's Bananas) The Ninth Doctor used this event as a justification for why Jack Harkness should carry a banana instead of a sonic blaster. (TV: The Doctor Dances [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
The Doctor's TARDIS leaves Villengard, twice. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).)
Eventually, the "good" Dalek Rusty came to the ruins of Villengard's weapons factories, where he set himself up inside a tower to fight off other Daleks seeking to destroy him. The ruins became infested with Kaled mutants without their casings. The Twelfth Doctor visited Rusty to access the Pathweb and learn the identity of Testimony's glass avatar. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).)
The Thirteenth Doctor had a conversation with the Moment in Villengard's banana groves. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor)
Behind the scenes[]
Villengard serves as a notable bookend in the history of Doctor Who. It was initially mentioned in the first (non-satirical) story written by Steven Moffat, TV: The Empty Child [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)./The Doctor Dances [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., and then appeared in the final story written by him as showrunner, TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).. It later featured in the first story he wrote after his five year hiatus, TV: Boom, and was mentioned in Moffat's 2024 Christmas special TV: Joy to The World.
