Rassilon

**Rassilon** was - alongside Omega and the Other - the founder of Time Lord civilisation.

## Biography

Having regenerated into a new incarnation, Rassilon heard about Gallifrey's destruction at the hands of the Spy Master's destruction of the planet and returned to his home planet - now a barren wasteland. Having secretly trailed the Master and CyberMasters for some time, he recovered the abandoned bodies of the CyberMasters after the failed events of the Master's Dalek Plan - using Time Lord DNA to kickstart the rejuvenation of the planet and resurrect the Time Lords via the CyberMasters.

He re-established himself as Lord President, ruling with an iron fist. (TV: *To Serve in Heaven*) Wanting revenge on the Doctor, he secretly hired the Datysian assassin, Yasheia, the sole survivor of the Datysian Cataclysm to kill her, luring her with false promises of immortality and transforming her into a Datysian/Time Lord hybrid.

As part of the trap, he created a planet named Aecalatia and set out false news of its capital city of Groeskiv having gone missing in the time vortex. (TV: *To Serve in Heaven*) However, when the Fourteenth Doctor and her companion Fleur eventually arrived, Yasheia failed to kill the Doctor as she was saved by Fleur who died in the Doctor's arms as Yasheia fled. (TV: *The City Beyond Time*, *The Woman Beyond Death*)

Pushed to the edge with no other option, Rassilon later forced the Doctor and Fleur in the Rally of the Twelve Galaxies soon after their confrontation with the Mirxoth and manipulated the event so that they won and were able to use the hypercube at the end of the race to be teleported to Gallifrey. (TV: *Race to Galaxy's End*)

From there, Rassilon attempted to make an example of the Doctor - to show all Gallifrey what would come of those who sought to rebel against his rule, but she ultimately fled, forcing him to deploy the Time Lord fleet after her. (TV: *To Serve in Heaven*) The Doctor and Fleur were eventually caught by Yasheia and brought before Rassilon, who imprisoned the two. Yasheia then asked for her reward of immortality but he merely sneered, offhandedly telling the Chancellery Guard to remove her from the chambers and to send her back where she came from. Realising what he meant, she struggled against their grip, hell bent on getting her hands around his throat.

Yasheia eventually managed to escape and freed the Doctor and Fleur, but they were cornered by Rassilon in a laboratory. In a standoff between Rassilon and the Doctor, Fleur said her goodbyes to the Doctor and teleported away to Groeskiv using a vortex manipulator to save the past Doctor's life. Yasheia then returned to the laboratory, now possessing with a rifle and grenades. However, Rassilon emerged unscathed from the first explosion and charged towards the Doctor, but was shot in the back by Yasheia and died.

Kenossium then took his place as President. (TV: *To Reign in Hell*)

## Personality

Rassilon had a strong sense of arrogance, believing himself superior to others simply for being Lord President, and showed no remorse for the death of Fleur. His involvement surrounding Gallifrey's restoration gave him a god complex, taking much more authoritative control of the planet to make sure Gallifrey was stronger and to lessen any chance of a mutiny against him.

He was also sadistic and ego-centric, but all this hid his true cowardice and persona who was terrified of losing his power. This pushed him to become ruthless, power-hungry and insane.

## Appearance

The nineteenth incarnation of Rassilon resembled an old man of average height with lightly coloured skin, pure white hair and beard and sharp blue eyes. (TV: *To Serve in Heaven*, *To Reign in Hell*)