Roki XII

## Incarnations of Roki

The **twelfth incarnation of Roki** played in motion his elaborate plan using the Moonmen to become the Doctor.

## Biography

It was this incarnation that came up with the idea of, rather than creating his own means of travel, simply stealing that of another Time Lord. He could ensnare one of the many rogue Gallifreyans roaming the universe and take their ship, while discrediting their name at the same time. He reasoned that the easiest to trap would be the Doctor.

#### On the moon

Roki decided to set up an elaborate plan to lure the Doctor to him. He chose Earth's moon as the prime location: a planet the Doctor was fond of, but a part of it that would not attract too much unwanted attention. It was also close enough to get to by hitchhiking. He got hold of a temporary accomplice, W'Katho, and set about putting his plan into action.

Reusing parts of his partially completed time machine, he cobbled together a machine that could implant completely realistic hallucinations into the heads of those nearby. He would use this machine to create a scenario that the Doctor could not resist, and take advantage of him while he was investigating. The set-up he devised involved three creatures of unlimited resources and benevolence that would grant any wish they were asked for with no repercussions.

Planting them deep within a cave on the moon, he hoped that due to the Doctor's affection for Earth that he would either eventually notice the massive psychic energy caused by the Moonmen, or else notice when someone else finds them first and they make a huge enough impact in time for him to investigate. (PROSE: *Moon Bait*)

An explorer named Alyx Morgan discovered the creatures long before the Doctor arrived while on an expedition into the lunar caves. After about a year of research into what he affectionately named the "Moonmen", he opened the cave they were discovered in to the public, setting up a nearby moonbase as the centre of his operations. This attracted the attention of the Seventeenth Doctor and Jayanna IX - essentially what Roki had wanted.

Following on with his plan, Roki manipulated events into separating the Doctor and Jayanna and, after ensuring the Doctor couldn't interfere, presented himself to Jayanna as a newly regenerated Eighteenth Doctor, suffering from post-regenerative amnesia. However, Jayanna's fascination with the Moonmen - intuitively deciding they couldn't be in any way natural - stalled Roki's plan entirely. This was only made worse when the Moonmen became hostile, not even allowing him to leave in the Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: *Doctor Who and the Moonmen*)

Hiding from the Moonmen as they attempt to purge the base, Jayanna became suspicious of Roki's dodging of questions and apparent lack of recall of adventures she had been through with the Doctor and thus purposely tried to trip him up, soon realising that Roki was merely an imposter. Roki then admitted the truth and explained what he had done, attempting to kill Jayanna right there and then, but she took advantage of the Moonmen starting to affect his mind and escaped.

With Jayanna revealing to the rest of the survivors that Roki was behind the massacre, he fled the group to survive by himself. As the Moonmen activity peaked, he was rediscovered and subsequently shot by Aidan Weber. Roki attempted to flee the base, but in his weakened state the Moonmen could take advantage of his panicked mind and he died in a great amount of pain in the main hall of the base. The Moonmen were then destroyed when Jayanna blew up the machine that created them.

In the aftermath, Roki regenerated into his thirteenth and final incarnation. (TV: *I Am The Doctor*)

## Appearance

By the time Roki arrived on the moon, he resembled a middle-aged male with tanned skin and short, spiky dark-brown hair. He had a well-defined jawline with the hint of a bedraggled beard, and a neat moustache. (TV: *Doctor Who and the Moonmen*)

### Clothing

When landing on the moon, Roki and W'Katho wore thick grey spacesuits. (PROSE: *Moon Bait*) Later, while pretending to be the Eighteenth Doctor, Roki wore a very simple plain grey t-shirt and black trousers (TV:*Doctor Who and the Moonmen*), and after his plan was found out, he changed into a cream-coloured full suit with a white shirt. (TV: *I Am The Doctor*)