Nobody No - One Nobody No - One was a Word Lord ( a parallel universe equivalent of the Time Lord s who lived forty - five billion dimensions to the left of theirs ) . He proved to be an exceedingly dangerous enemy for the Doctor . No - One ' s destructive potential was fed by both an ability to regenerate like Time Lord s , but more so , the potential to personify actions and concepts spoken through words . In the presence of a loose tongue , he could make unspeakable things come to fruition . Biography . Leaving his home universe , either being exiled or leaving of his own free will , Nobody No - One used his knowledge and power to become a bounty hunter , travelling throughout the multiverse . Nobody No - One used his CORDIS to hunt the Seventh Doctor through the continuum , seizing on rewards for his capture , bounties advertised by his enemies such as the Daleks and the Cybermen . He never caught him and grieving over his losses , Nobody wound up in 1945 , where he regenerated under mysterious circumstances . Nobody hid at an extraterrestrial research facility called the Forge , where his ship disguised itself as their catchphrase , " For King and Country " . ( AUDIO : " A Death in the Family " ) A century later , he finally confronted the Doctor in Antarctica , although it is unclear if this was their first meeting . His ship had infiltrated a military bunker , where it hid as a joke . Luckily , the bunker had a security black - out ; no phones , no books nor writing material . The Doctor was able to switch the TARDIS ' translation circuits to translate everyone ' s words and thoughts into an obscure alien language nobody could understand , forcing Nobody and his CORDIS into the only source of literature available : a protocol guide for the bunker . Despite being stuck , Nobody escaped when one of the soldiers carelessly shouted " Nobody move " . ( AUDIO : " The Word Lord " ) Some time later , someone used a lost letter from the English alphabet to snag the CORDIS , making the ship crash , forcing Nobody to regenerate . Clad in a knitted scarf of ridiculous length , Nobody returned with a vengeance . He fought the Doctor yet again , this time from deep in the future , near the end of his seventh incarnation and meeting his demise at Walker General Hospital . He trapped Nobody in the Hand of All and sealed it in his mind , going into hibernation in a Gallifreyan sarcophagus buried beneath the Forge . After the destruction of the facility in 2026 , a much younger Seventh Doctor awoke his older self and released Nobody . London had mostly been evacuated but there was still people and technology around to sustain Nobody ' s literal needs . He quickly amassed power over the Earth and to a greater extent , the Doctor ' s existence . Realising the imminent danger , the earlier Seventh Doctor sacrificed himself fighting Nobody , with his later self concocting an elaborate scheme to resurrect him . With the Hand of All , Ace and Hex could revive the earlier Seventh Doctor and defeat Nobody . Once restored to life , the younger Seventh Doctor trapped Nobody in the Hand of All just as his elder self had , visiting his old friend , Evelyn Smythe on the day she died , getting her permission to place The Hand in her mind as she drew her last breath . The Hand perished with Evelyn dragging Nobody along for the ride . ( AUDIO : " A Death in the Family " ) Personality . Nobody No - One was an inhuman monster who gained great pleasure from causing people pain and discomfort . He was malicious and cruel , the polar opposite of the Doctor . He enjoyed taunting people . He had mannerisms and speech patterns which were rather similar to the Tenth Doctor ' s . He laughed hysterically , be it whenever he was blowing up something as mundane as a duck pond or being the first being to commit ultracide , though this was thankfully proven to be an illusion . ( AUDIO : " A Death in the Family " ) Powers and abilities . Like all Word Lords , Nobody drew power from words , rhymes and literature . His CORDIS ' chameleon circuit was programmed to hide the ship not as an object but as a word , such as a common phrase or verb . He could be trapped within a particular novel or comic if no other source of literature were available , drawing him and his ship like a magnet . His ability to gain power from words was seemingly endless , for instance if someone proclaimed " Nobody can get in the TARDIS " or " No - one can turn off the Sun " then he could get in the TARDIS or turn off the Sun . ( AUDIO : " A Death in the Family " )