Gods of Ragnarok The Gods of Ragnarok , seemingly forming a family of Father Ragnarok , Mother Ragnarok and a Little Girl , were three Old One s resembling stone statues who made sentient beings suffer to entertain them . They were named by Rassilon the gods Raag , Nah and Rok , ( PROSE : " Divided Loyalties " ) and referred to singularly as Ragnarok by the Seventh Doctor . ( AUDIO : " Signs and Wonders " ) Like the other Old Ones , the Gods were originally from the time before the creation of the universe . ( PROSE : " All - Consuming Fire " ) They created the Land of Fiction as a pet project , but abandoned it shortly after , ( PROSE : " Conundrum " ) though Rassilon speculated that they had created and destroyed many universes , even theorising that they had destroyed their own and would one day destroy the current one . ( PROSE : " Divided Loyalties " ) They could manifest in different time - phases simultaneously , while they actually existed in their true time - space the Dark Circus , with a well on the planet Segonax actually leading to their realm . Additionally , they could create a multi - coloured portal to transport individuals to them . They could fire thunderbolts and reduce people to ashes accompanied by a clash of thunder and blinding light , and could also create rain . They used their eye symbol as a means to observe others , their actual eyes glowing green whenever they used their powers . Among other powers , they could reanimate dead bodies with their original persona intact . They were able to sense events happening elsewhere , and they could seemingly communicate with each other by passing energy between their hands . They were known for taking people with individuality and imagination and wearing them down in their service , making them entertain the Gods endlessly , wanting something bigger and better with each act . The Doctor stated that he had fought the Gods of Ragnarok all through time , but he may have meant this in the sense of beings who used lesser species like this . They existed for a time on the planet Segonax where they took over the Psychic Circus and its entertainers after Kingpin found them , the ringmaster and the chief clown keeping the others despite the desire to escape and luring spectators to their deaths . Outside their own world , they appeared as a man ( referred to as " Father " ) , a woman ( referred to as " Mother " ) and a little girl sitting in the audience . Their audience forms seemed to have some personality , the little girl complaining about being bored and the mother offering the Doctor popcorn . Their true stone forms , which had some degree of movement , were more adamant about having entertainment . Of course , by this point , their patience had been worn by the delays of the Psychic Circus getting more acts together . Using the Circus as entertainment , the performers would wait for talent to arrive for competitions to possibly be a part of the Psychic Circus , trapping them in a cage until they would perform . The Gods had cards they would hold up to display a number relating to their reaction , " 9 " being great and " 0 " being the worst ; a “ 0 ” would be followed by the performer ( s ) being reduced to ashes . The Seventh Doctor travelled into their realm where he performed a magic show to appease them , and then used a mirror amulet with their symbol to reflect their own power against them . The stone forms of the Gods broke apart and the Psychic Circus exploded and collapsed , breaking the Gods ' link to the normal universe . ( TV : " The Greatest Show in the Galaxy " ) A unnamed God of Ragnarok was released from the Circle of Transcendence by Sutekh . ( COMIC : " Old Girl " ) Other references . Anthony Rupert Hemmings mentioned the " gods of Ragnarok " to the Doctor , though this was in relation to gods associated with Ragnarok and not the Old Ones themselves . ( PROSE : " " ) The Doctor recalled the Gods several times in his later travels . ( AUDIO : " Signs and Wonders " , PROSE : " Conundrum " , " All - Consuming Fire " ) Harry Randall and Lola Luna included the Gods in their song about the Doctor :