Dream Lord

The **Dream Lord** was a psychic manifestation of the darker parts of the Doctor's character, originally given life by psychic pollen that was stuck in the time rotor of the TARDIS.

## Biography

Psychic energy that radiated into 107 Baker Street caused the Dream Lord to remanifest itself, whilst the Fourteenth Doctor and Sandra Parry temporarily moved in sometime between 2011 and 2014, after Thomas Brewster had moved out and before Tania Bell moved in. The Dream Lord played on the anxieties and fears that the Doctor had about her companions, as the memory of Fleur's death was still been fresh within the Doctor's mind and she remained unsure as how well Sandra's companionship was going to go.

Choosing a form which was similar to the Doctor's current appearance, the Dream Lord aimed to be a mirror to her once again, but unlike the Eleventh Doctor who was an incarnation who felt incredibly personally like an old man in a young body - and hence the Dream Lord's appearance then reflected that - the Fourteenth was not an incarnation who felt much alike to that, and so the Dream Lord adapted accordingly.

Influencing both the Doctor and Sandra psychically, apparitions of both Fleur and Elias were created, only visible to the two as they were essentially just daydreams. The Dream Lord planned to have the Doctor and Sandra eventually lose their minds with Number 107, delving further and further into the chores and errands laid out for them permanently until they wasted away, with Elias and Fleur intended to be lures back into the work if they ever started to stray. As the Doctor later theorised, this may had come from a deep subconscious belief within her mind that this was a suitable punishment for allowing Fleur to die.

The Doctor ultimately copped to what was happening after realising that no one else could see Elias or Fleur; such as neighbours or post officers - nor that neither she or Sandra had actually eaten or drunk anything for days on end. Noticing that she was starting to actively lose her mind - and memory - the Doctor internally fought with herself to remember where she came from and her place in her own timeline. Enraged, the Dream Lord appeared to her, claiming that this punishment was what she wanted, to which the Doctor almost agreed; if it was not for Sandra coming to them, half delirious from hunger which affirmed to her that she had a reason to carry on, she always had a friend with her.

Despite the Dream Lord's influence heavily preventing the Doctor or Sandra from leaving Number 107, they managed to leave the building with great perseverance, which temporarily broke the Dream Lord' control due to their distance from the energy. The Doctor then used the TARDIS to confirm the Dream Lord's new origins - then flushed it out of the building. (AUDIO: *Home Away From Home*)

## Personality

The Dream Lord drew her personality and observations from the "dark" aspects of the Doctor's subconscious. This included her innermost thoughts and doubts about the course of her life and perhaps cavalier treatment of others, including self-loathing, guilt, arrogance, selfishness and even lust.

The Dream Lord had a bleak, cynical sense of humour, turning other people's remarks against them effortlessly and callously. She was scornful of how the Doctor mostly chose younger people as her companions - causing her to be surprised at Sandra's presence - and thus the Dream Lord did not consider the Doctor's companions as actual friends.