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 Name: Koquillion, AKA Bennett
Format: Television
show
Time of Origin: Born on Earth; confronted
The Doctor on Dido in 2493
Appearances: "The
Rescue"
Doctors: First
Doctor
Companions: Barbara
Wright,
Ian
Chesterton and
Vicki
History: In some ways, The Doctor’s confrontation
with Koquillion is a significant moment in The Doctor’s
life, as he was the first foe The Doctor confronted because he
wanted to rather than because he had to; The Doctor’s previous
encounters with his enemies up to this point only occurred because
The Doctor or his companions were cut off from the TARDIS for
some reason and had to battle their current enemies to regain
access to the ship, but he confronted Koquillion for no other
reason than that he recognised that an injustice had been done
and sought to correct it.
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Originally,
Koquillion was simply known as Bennett, a member of the
crew of a space ship travelling to the planet Astra.
While in transit, Bennett was arrested for a murder he
had committed - given his later actions it seems likely
that this murder was simply his latest crime rather than
his first one, as the scale of his plan suggests at a
willingness to kill that could not have been inspired
by a single murder - but the ship crash-landed on the
planet Dido before his crimes could be announced to the
entire ship. While the rest of the crew attended a dinner
held in their honour by the Didonians - a small population
of only around a hundred people, Bennett was able to
trigger an explosion that killed almost the entire crew
and most of the Didonians, the only other survivor being Vicki,
a young girl on the ship with her father who had remained
on the ship due to an illness.
With only he and Vicki left alive, Bennett subsequently
faked paralysis to create an illusion of helplessness while using
a ceremonial Didonian mask to pose as the ruthless Koquillion,
claiming in this guise that the rest of the Didonians had killed
the crew and he was the only one who could ‘protect’ Vicki
and Bennett from his ‘ruthless’ people. His long-term
plan was to keep Vicki confined to the ship in fear until the
rescue ship arrived, subsequently claiming that the Didonians
had killed the crew and having their city destroyed by the fleet,
thus allowing him to cover up all evidence of his crimes.
This plan would have been successful, but Bennett’s
plan was thwarted when the TARDIS arrived on the planet, the
First Doctor swiftly realising that Koquillion was lying because
he had previously visited Dido and knew that its people would
never have done what Koquillion had claimed. While Barbara
Wright and
Ian
Chesterton bonded with Vicki, The Doctor confronted ‘Koquillion’ in
the People’s Hall of Judgement to learn the true agenda
behind his actions. Although The Doctor failed to defeat Bennett
in a fight, their confrontation was interrupted by the arrival
of two surviving Didonians, Bennett being subsequently forced
off a cliff in revenge for the deaths of their people. With Bennett
dead, The Doctor, Barbara and Ian departed, taking Vicki with
them as their new companion while the Didonians disabled the
ship’s beacon for the rescue ship, allowing them to live
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