the Nightmare Child

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The Nightmare Child is a terrifying, near-mythic weapon or entity from Doctor Who lore, infamous for its role in the Last Great Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks.

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Label Occurrences
"the Nightmare Child" 1
the Nightmare Child canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who entity
fictional entity
weapon
appearsInExpandedUniverse yes
associatedDoctorIncarnation Ninth Doctor
associatedEra Revived series (2005– )
associatedEvent Last Great Time War
canonicity television canon
chronology late stages of the Last Great Time War
conflict Last Great Time War
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Russell T Davies
describedAs the Nightmare Child self-linksurface differs
surface form: "the Nightmare Child"
fictionalUniverse Doctor Who
firstMentionedByCharacter Ninth Doctor
surface form: the Ninth Doctor
firstMentionedIn Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways
surface form: Doctor Who television episode "The Parting of the Ways"
firstMentionedInSeries Doctor Who series 1 (2005)
franchise Doctor Who
genre science fiction
hasNature uncertain (weapon or entity)
impliedCapability mass destruction
threat to both Time Lords and Daleks
introducedInYear 2005
involvedParties Daleks
Time Lord
surface form: Time Lords
levelOfDetailOnScreen minimal
medium television
narrativeFunction symbol of the horrors of the Time War
notableSurvivor Ninth Doctor
surface form: the Ninth Doctor
notableVictim the Dalek Emperor
surface form: the Emperor of the Daleks
originalNetwork BBC One
primarySourceType dialogue reference
relatedConcept the Cruciform
the Moment
Time War
surface form: the Time War
relatedSpecies Daleks
Time Lord
surface form: Time Lords
reputation near-mythic
terrifying
roleInWar decisive weapon
scale cosmic
status shrouded in mystery
theme cosmic-scale destruction
war atrocities
tone horror-inflected
visualDepictionOnScreen no

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Last Great Time War notableWeapon the Nightmare Child
the Nightmare Child describedAs the Nightmare Child self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "the Nightmare Child"