List of minor Doctor Who villains

This is a list of fictional villains from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who.

C

Lady Cassandra

The Ninth Doctor encountered the Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Delta 17 in the episode The End of the World. They, along with the rich and powerful of the universe, were on Platform One, a space station orbiting Earth five billion years in the future, set up to witness the final destruction of the planet by the expansion of the Sun. The character was a purely computer-generated creation, and was voiced by the actress Zoë Wanamaker.

Related Topics:
Ninth Doctor - The End of the World - Earth - Sun - Computer-generated - Zoë Wanamaker

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

According to her, Cassandra's parents were the last to be buried "in its soil". She had been born a boy on Earth and lived on the edge of the Los Angeles Crevasse. Married several times, her life had been extended through a series of 708 surgeries, until she was nothing but a piece of skin stretched onto a frame, with eyes and a mouth, connected to a brain in a jar below. The skin had to be constantly moisturised to keep it from drying out. As the rest of the human race had long since left Earth and had interbred with other species, Cassandra considered herself the last "pure" human, and the others as mongrels.

Related Topics:
Los Angeles - Surgeries

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Cassandra used spider-like robots to sabotage Platform Ones computer systems and the android Adherents of the Repeated Meme to direct attention away from herself. Her original intent was to create the appearance of a hostage situation and collect the ransom and insurance money to fund further surgical procedures. When that was exposed by the Doctor, she teleported off the station, leaving the others to die — eliminating both the evidence and allowing a hostile takeover of the guests' financial holdings.

Related Topics:
Spider - Teleported

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

However the Doctor reset Platform Ones systems, saving the station, and also reversed the teleportation feed, bringing Cassandra back. In the heat, without her assistants to moisturise her, Cassandra's skin stretched and exploded, apparently killing her (although her brain was not seen to be destroyed).

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Wanamaker will return in the first episode of the 2006 series of Doctor Who (tentatively entitled New Earth). Doctor Who Magazine issue #361 confirmed that she will be reprising the role of Lady Cassandra. It is not yet known whether this means Cassandra survived her apparent death, or if New Earth is set before The End of the World.

Related Topics:
2006 - New Earth - Doctor Who Magazine

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~