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admonition : Spoilers ahead forDoctor Whoseason 15 , episode 2 , " Lux . “The penultimate episode ofDoctor Whoseason 14 not only revealed that Sutekh was back , but also the names of several other Gods relate with the Pantheon . The Pantheon has been explain onDoctor Whoas a race of omnipotent , divine creatures who pass on a trail of demolition in their way of life . They are fabulously hard to defeat , peculiarly those at the top of the mountain range , and enjoy play mayhem for their own sake . The revelation that there are many monsters associated with the Pantheon suggests that many of thebestDoctor Whostoriesmay have need these villains , even if it did n’t seem like it when they aired .
The Fifteenth Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) and his companion , Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) , have tangled with the Pantheon several time , though the current Pantheon storyline arguably began with a Fourteenth Doctor ( David Tennant ) adventure that should have led to that incarnation ’s expiry . The Fourteenth Doctor " bi - generated,“making him able to exist at the same time with the Fifteenth Doctor , and there have been other strange happeningsthat have suggested the Pantheon ’s influence is exchange fourth dimension and space in unwanted ways .
11Sutekh
The God of Death is Also Known As “The One Who Waits”
Sutekh is an erstwhile enemy of the Doctor ’s who first appeared in 1974 ’s " Pyramid of Mars . " Then , as now , he call himself the God of death , and his deepest desire was to destroy the entire universe . In the original story , The Doctor and Sarah Jane discover Sutekh ’s influence when they land at an archaeological web site that would eventually become UNIT headquarters and bump a trail of death and destruction . The Doctor realized Sutekh was undertake to free himself from ancient shackle , which could not be allow to happenor the universe would become a bare barren .
" Pyramid of Mars " establishes that Sutekh is from the planet of Osiris and has been imprison in a Pyramids of Egypt by the Eye of Horus . Egyptian mythology include Sutekh , the God of destruction , violence , deserts , and outlander , slay his brother Osiris , whose son was named Horus and was Sutekh ’s uncollectible enemy . The original story thus was a retelling of the Sutekh myth using sci - fi element , though the plot of " Pyramid of Mars " is standardised to the myth of Apep , the Egyptian God of dark and topsy-turvydom , who was imprisoned in the underworld because he was so unsafe .
Despite his cruelty , Sutekh believe himself to be a force of good that is alleviating suffering by bringing demise to living animal .
Sutekh ’s return during " The Legend of Ruby Sunday " showed the deepness of his cruelness , as he flim-flam the Doctor into call up that perhaps his granddaughter Susan was still animated , only to uncover that it was the vicious God himself who had been dwell Susan Triad ’s body . Despite his cruelty , Sutekh believe himself to be a force of trade good that is facilitate hurt by bringing death to living creatures . He likely also has a grudge against the Doctor , as the Fourth Doctor re - imprisoned him in a time tunnelto kibosh him from destroying the creation .
This seems to be something the fandom ca n’t agree on - some cogitate it ’s heavy , others lay claim casual Quaker totally got it .
I ’m a self-aggrandizing fan of New Who , have n’t watched much of the Classic serial , and base it all a bit disaffect - the anagram part of the twist especially felt like it was meant to be something you should know . But how many people watching Doctor Who in 2024 have fancy Pyramids of Mars ?
liken to The Master in season 3 , which had lots of explicit textual set up up ( watch pocket ticker , You Are Not Alone ) . I ’m not state the scoundrel did n’t have to be Sutekh - but perhaps the twist should have been more about his method acting / automobile mechanic / Pantheon plans and less about his name and history .
10The Celestial Toymaker
The God of Games tanged with the First Doctor in a lost episode
The Celestial Toymaker ( Neil Patrick Harris ) was also an previous opposition of the Doctor , having face off with him during a William Hartnell instalment that has since been lost . Originally , the Toymaker was an enigmatic public figure who had the power to force people to play games with him , with disastrous consequence for the nonstarter , and there was speculation about whether he was another Time Lord .
That modify during " The Giggle , " whenDoctor Whoexplained the Toymaster ’s originsand the Toymaster was revealed to be a member of the Pantheon . Although the Doctor overcome him , it came at a cost , and the Fourteenth Doctor was mortally injure . However , the Doctor atomic number 83 - generated rather of regenerating , which probably was a outcome of the Toymaker ’s influence on the universe of discourse . The Toymaker also revealed prior to his demise that he was scared of The One Who wait , setting up the time of year ’s mystery about who that might be .
There is still a mystery surround the Toymaker , as he had turned the Master into a gold tooth and a hand was insure picking up that tooth after the Toymaker was defeat .
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9Maestro
The God of Music wanted to steal it all for themselves
Maestro was the first Pantheon extremity the Doctor and Ruby encountered on their adventure . They travel to 1963 England , as Ruby want to see the Beatles making their debut record album , only to discover a existence in which music did not exist and the members of the Beatles felt that they were wasting their time . These strange going - on were the direct result of the Maestro steal the medicine out of everyone ’s soul .
The Maestro feast on music and was starving because there was none left and thus stress to catch Ruby , who still had euphony in her soul . However , they soon piece up on the fact that The One Who waitress ( later unwrap to be Sutekh ) was present at Ruby ’s birth and bet on off Ruby , too frightened to continue to torment her . This was an early clue that suggested that Ruby ’s birthing was somehow connected to the Pantheon .
There were several other clues as to Sutekh ’s rascality during " The Devil ’s Chord . " Most tellingly , the Doctor takes Ruby back to 2024 , only for it to be a desolate wasteland because of the Maestro ’s influence . This worked up panorama mirrored a alike one between the Doctor and Sarah Jane during " Pyramid of Mars,“thus foreshadow Sutekh ’s arrival . In addition , one of Sutekh ’s victim in the first part of " Pyramid of Mars " is playing the pianoforte short before his death , and the scene is similar to the cold-blooded open that summons the Maestro during " Devil ’s Chord . "
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8The Mara
The God of Beasts possessed a Fifth Doctor companion twice
The Mara is the only one of the Pantheon to have appeared in the classic series as of now . This evil puppet was said to reside in the dark part of the intellect , and during " Kinda , " it was able-bodied to infiltrate Tegan ( Janet Fielding ) ’s when the persona light asleep under some steer chimes while waiting for the Doctor . Tegan had foreign dreams featuring a creepy man who ask that she accept to being him and was in brief possess by the Mara , who require to influence a penis of the Kinda kin group to set off a war .
The Mara was depicted as an evil feeling that reveled in creating death and destruction , and the Kinda believe that the Mara caused war and could be defeated by being peaceful . Some ancient cultures bear on to a similar being in their mythology , especially Icelandic finish , which see to it the Mara as an malefic spirit that cursed humans without make themselves sleep with and blame it for nightmares and sleep paralysis . These aspect were alike to the version of the Mara onDoctor Who , as it possessed people through dream and they often did n’t realize they had been possessed .
Since the Mara possessed her double , it ’s unclear if Tegan is a necessary vessel for it to re - put down the human kingdom or whether it could find a new host and play more havoc
Something that happens toevery Doctor Whocompanionis that they present life - threatening danger . However , Tegan is the only companion that has been possess by the Mara . Since the Mara possessed her twice , it ’s unclear if Tegan is a necessary watercraft for it to re - enter the human realm or whether it could line up a unexampled host and make for more mayhem . The Mara has yet to come out in modernDoctor Who , but could do so , since Sutekh made a point of diagnose this monster as a fellow member of the Pantheon .
7The Trickster
The God of Traps messed with one of the Doctor’s old companions (& Ten himself)
The Trickster like to get topsy-turvyness and mess with the timeline . Hehad a especial tenderness for messing with Sarah Jane Smith(Elisabeth Sladen ) , the Doctor ’s former companion , and attempted to remove her from the timeline to cause hassle . The Trickster ’s war with Sarah Jane last for several episodes of the spinoff seriesThe Sarah Jane Adventures . This storyline reveal the hoaxer to be a extremity of the " Pantheon of Discord , " long before the Doctor canonically tangled with the Pantheon .
While Sutekh and some other Pantheon members have come along inDoctor Whobefore , the Trickster debut elsewhere as part of the expectant enfranchisement .
The Trickster proves thatDoctor Whodoesn’t just moil into its own past to discover potential villains that would be suited for Pantheon membership after a little bit of retconning . While Sutekh and some other Pantheon members have appear inDoctor Whobefore , the deceiver debut elsewhere as part of the larger enfranchisement . It helps that Russell T. Davies was also heavily knotty in the child - friendly spinoff , but it ’s also a brilliant decision in its own right to bring back the powerful unsound guy rope inDoctor Who ’s Disney era- even if only by Sutekh say his name .
6Reprobate
The God of Spite has not yet been seen
Humphrey Davy has n’t fully trust upon knownDoctor Whovillains when build the Pantheon . rather , he has chosen to keep certain Gods shrouded in ambiguity by having Sutekh name them only by name . Reprobate , the God of Spite , is just one illustration of Pantheon members within this category . Reprobate , as far as anyone can essay , has never appeared inDoctor Who . Having say that , it could be that they are a conversant cheek going by a new name . This has n’t happened with the other Pantheon Gods , but there is a first time for everything .
Matt Smith ’s Eleventh Doctor faced many villain new and old , but a figure from the former class could easily recall thanks to the Pantheon .
It ’s elusive to reckon what kind of challenges the God of Spite could present . For other Pantheon Gods , like the Toymaker and Maestro , it ’s relatively well-off to predict the variety of fighting that would unfold between them and the Doctor . Reprobate ’s forte being spite leaves thing implausibly equivocal . Of course , nastiness is objectively more nefarious than things like games or music , so the Doctor will emphatically have his work cut out for him if he ever cross path with Reprobate .
5The Threefold Deity of Malice, Mischief, & Misery
It’s possible this God could be one being or three
Although Sutekh mentioned this God as a " threefold deity , " which evoke it is one God with three heads . However , it could also be three disjoined beingness that usually trip together or seem identical to one another . This is another God or adjust of Gods that has not appear on - screen door . However , the Seventh Doctor ( Sylvester McCoy ) once cite having agitate the Gods of Ragnarok throughout his lifetime , and this was a set of three that was thrust the great unwashed to entertain them , so it ’s possible that these three could be retconned into the Pantheon .
If ever the MD were to come up across this Pantheon triplet , it would likely be a very different fighting from the 1 he has faced so far .
If ever the Dr. were to add up across this Pantheon threesome , it would likely be a very different battle from the ones he has confront so far . Some battles with Pantheon Gods , like Maestro , were over within a single episode . On the other mitt , others - wish the Trickster - took a little longsighted to kill . agitate three deity at once would surely set ashore this ternion in the latter category , as it would make them far less fearsome if the Doctor still manage to dispense with them as rapidly as some of their fellow Pantheon member .
4Gods of Skin and Shame & Secrets
There are a few clues regarding who these Gods could be
After key out a sight of the more major or familiar Gods , Sutekh ’s big monologue starts to aggroup together sealed names . As such , the Gods of Skin , Shame , and arcanum are all mentioned within the same hint . They may always be seen together as was mean for the God(s ) of Malice , Mischief , and Misery - or Sutekh could have been in summary manner at that point . For the Doctor ’s sake , I hope it is just one God rather than three more , as he already has his study cut out for him for the immediate future .
3Incensor
It’s possible a familiar face is the God of Disaster
Incensor has not yet been divulge on - screen door , but it ’s possible she is Mrs. Flood ’s true identity . This contradicts aDoctor Whotheory that Mrs. Flood is a Time Lord . However , it is evenly plausible that she is a member of the Pantheon , make the means she present as a kindly neighbour yet made an ill commentary about Sutekh ’s yield while alone with Cherry . Thus , her name could be a clever play on words , as a flood is a type of cataclysm , while the similarity of her name to Amy Pond and River Song ’s names is a scarlet herring .
2Dread & Doubt
Incensor’s children are the last two Gods mentioned by Sutekh
Doctor Whohas not only kept Dread and Doubt off - blind so far , but has not even made it absolved whether these twins are identical . This makes these two among the most inscrutable members of the Pantheon . With so little data to go on , it ’s difficult to determine anything about them . Doctor Whohas had no shortage of similitude in its 60 - year history , but perhaps these two being from a dissimilar generation is prefigure that they will be entirely new villains rather than retcons of character who have been seen before .
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