Nemesis
- ️Tue Feb 25 2025
The Nemesis, also known as the Silver Nemesis, Statue of Nemesis and, upon the rocket-sled, the Comet Nemesis, was a statue of validium that was capable of great destruction. Before arriving on Earth, the Nemesis had other forms that would horrify a person and had other names as well. It was also used by the Doctor once before, and only wanted her freedom. Since the statue was of validium, it could reform after it had been destroyed. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Origins[[edit] | [edit source]]
At some point during the Dark Times, the Other sent Nemesis out into the cosmos. (PROSE: The Four Faces of Immortality)
17th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
When the validium did arrive on Earth in Windsor in 1638, it was found by Lady Peinforte, who shaped it into a statue of herself holding a bow and arrow. Before she could use its power, the Doctor, knowing its power, launched it on the rocket-sled into space, without the bow and arrow.
Upon entering space, the Nemesis entered an orbit which brought it back to Earth every 25 years, bringing destruction. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"])
In 1663, the Nemesis possibly heralded the Great Plague of 1665. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1688 and 1713, the Nemesis came close to Earth and possibly influenced the warlike policies of France's Sun King towards the Austro-Prussian Empire. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
18th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1738, the Nemesis possibly heralded the first great Irish famine. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1763, the Nemesis possibly heralded a war between Turkey and Russia. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1788, the Nemesis possibly heralded the French Revolution. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1813, the Nemesis possibly exacerbated the warlike policies of Napoleon's First Empire. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1838, the Nemesis possibly heralded the Chinese-British Opium Wars. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1863, the Nemesis possibly fostered the American Civil War, though the Rani's visit to 1862 may also have influenced the conflict. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
In 1888, the Nemesis possibly heralded the Boer War and numerous other wars which occurred towards the end of the 19th century. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"]) The Jack the Ripper murders may have also been influenced by Nemesis. Victorian adventurers may have dealt with a bigger crisis instigated by the Nemesis, preventing it from causing damage. (PROSE: An Age of Marvels [+]Loading...["An Age of Marvels (feature)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1913, the Nemesis appeared on the eve of the First World War, when it was witnessed by a soldier named Wrightson. (PROSE: Human Nature) It next appeared in 1938 when Adolf Hitler annexed Austria, (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) marking the approach of the Second World War. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
The penultimate appearance of the Nemesis was in 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) It may also have precipitated Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright's fateful encounter with Susan Foreman and the First Doctor, as well as the subsequent Shoreditch Incident. (PROSE: History of Mankind according to Doctor Who [+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"])
Battle for the Nemesis[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Nemesis finally returned to Earth in 1988 and was fought for by Lady Peinforte, who time travelled from 1638 to 1988; De Flores, a neo-Nazi wishing to start the Fourth Reich; and the Cybermen wanting to conquer Earth with the combined forces of the Nemesis and their Cyber-Fleet and turn the planet into New Mondas. All the while, the Seventh Doctor was trying to stop them.
In order for the validium of the statue to be activated, it required a critical mass, so the statue needed the bow, which was brought by De Flores, and the arrow, which was brought by Lady Peinforte. Eventually, the Doctor retrieved the bow and then had to deal with Peinforte and the Cyber-Leader, De Flores having been killed by the Leader. Lady Peinforte threatened to tell the Cybermen of the Doctor's secrets, of the Old Time on Gallifrey that the statue told her.
The Doctor surrendered the bow to the Cyber-Leader, and insisted Lady Peinforte tell them. She started to, only to be stopped by the Leader's intrusion: "The secrets of the Time Lords are of no interest to us." With the rocket-sled about to launch the Nemesis to meet with the Fleet, Lady Peinforte went mad and jumped into the sled, merging with the statue just before it launched into space.
The Nemesis struck across space towards the Cyber-Fleet in orbit around the Moon. Upon entering the Fleet, the Nemesis exploded, destroying the entire Cyber-Fleet. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an alternate timeline, the Doctor attempted to destroy the Cyber-Fleet with nemesis mines before being confronted by a cyber-converted Ace. (COMIC: Prologue: The Seventh Doctor)