In its natural form, a huge snake-like creature with jagged fangs, it had the ability to shape-shift and take on the appearance of other beings with whom it had formed a psychic link. It derived its name from its captivity by the Atraxi in their maximum security jail. The explosion of the Doctor's TARDIS caused a crack to appear randomly across the universe, and one of these occurred in its cell - linking it to the bedroom on Earth of a girl named Amelia Pond, who lived in the village of Leadworth with her aunt. The Doctor met her there in 1996 as a child when the TARDIS crash-landed in her garden just after he had regenerated.
Prisoner Zero escaped through the crack and lived undetected in Amelia's home for 12 years, concealing itself in a bedroom whose door it hid behind a perception filter.
It was discovered by the Doctor and an adult Amelia - now Amy - in 2008. It had caused several inhabitants of the village to fall into comatose states, using their likenesses to move around unnoticed. When the Doctor opened the crack in the bedroom wall, it alerted the Atraxi to Prisoner Zero's location. They lay siege to the Earth, threatening to destroy it if their captive was not handed over. Prisoner Zero knew that this would mean certain execution.
The creature could not only assume the form of an individual but multiple beings - even of different species. The effort to maintain the illusion was great and it often revealed itself through the appearance of its fangs or by speaking through the wrong body - such as when it impersonated a man and his dog, and a mother with two children.
The Doctor eventually lured the creature to the local hospital, where Amy's fiancé Rory worked as a nurse. Here, the Atraxi recaptured it before they could destroy the Earth. Before it was taken away, it cryptically warned the Doctor to beware "the Silence"...
Voiced by: William Wilde. Played by: Olivia Colman, Edin and Merin Monteath, Marcello Magni.
Appearances: The Eleventh Hour (2010).
- William Wilde had previously played a Draconian captain in Frontier in Space (credited as Bill Wilde).
- Now one of Britain's most popular actors, Colman would go on to win an Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite.
- She would also play Queen Elizabeth II, in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown.
- She first came to prominence in a number of comedic roles, in Peep Show, Green Wing and the film Hot Fuzz.
- A breakout role was opposite David Tennant in Chris Chibnall's Broadchurch.
- She appears, as herself, in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, made for the 50th Anniversary.
- Marcello Magni was the voice of Pingu the Penguin in the CBBC series.
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